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Brazil - The Fortunes of War (Hardcover)
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Brazil - The Fortunes of War (Hardcover)
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When World War II erupted in 1939, Brazil seemed a world away.
Lush, remote, and underdeveloped, the country and its capital of
Rio de Janeiro lured international travelers seeking a respite from
the drums of the war. "Rio: at the end of civilization, as we know
it," claimed Orson Welles as he set out for the city in 1942. But
Brazil's bucolic reputation as a distant land of palm trees and
pristine beaches masked a more complex reality--one that the
country's leaders were busily exploiting in a desperate gambit to
secure Brazil's place in the modern world.
In "Brazil," acclaimed historian Neill Lochery reveals the secret
history of the country's involvement in World War II, showing how
the cunning statecraft and economic opportunism of Brazil's leaders
transformed it into a regional superpower over the course of the
war. Brazil's natural resources and proximity to the United States
made it strategically invaluable to both the Allies and the Axis, a
fact that the country's dictator, Getulio Dornelles Vargas, keenly
understood. In the war's early years, Vargas and a handful of his
close advisors dexterously played both sides against each other,
generating enormous wealth for Brazil and fundamentally
transforming its economy and infrastructure.
But Brazil's cozy neutrality was not to last. Forced to choose
sides, Vargas declared war on the Axis powers and sent 25,000
troops to the European theater. This Brazilian expeditionary force
arrived too late--and was called home too early--to secure a
significant role for Brazil in the postwar order. But within
Brazil, at least, Vargas had made his mark, ensuring Rio's
emergence as a major international city and effectively remaking
Brazil as a modern nation.
A fast-paced tale of war and diplomatic intrigue, "Brazil" reveals
a long-buried chapter of World War II and the little-known origins
of one of the world's emerging economic powerhouses.
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