TITLE

The Professionalization of Military Terror in Brazil, 1945-1964

AUTHOR(S)
Smallman, Shawn C.
PUB. DATE
June 2000
SOURCE
Luso-Brazilian Review;2000, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p117
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Examines military terror in Brazil from a historical perspective. Theories of terror; Post-war struggle of the Brazilian military; Information on the military terror before the 1964 coup.
ACCESSION #
3726617

Tags: TERROR;  MILITARY art & science

 

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