Description
This book is a translation, with expanded material for English-language readers, of Maud Chirio's original Portuguese-language work, A politica nos quarteis: Revoltas e protestos de oficiais na ditadura military brasileira, which was awarded the Thomas E. Skidmore Prize by the Brazilian National Archives and Brazilian Studies Association.
About the Author
Maud Chirio is associate professor of history at the University of Paris Est Marne-la-Vallee (UPEM).
Reviews
Politics in Uniform is innovative and extremely important. It challenges existing analyses of the internal politics of the Brazilian Armed Forces and focuses significant attention on junior officers and their role in pressuring for diverse policies of the regime. This is a pioneering study of how rank-and-file members of the military actively engaged in politics that will be a model for scholars of military regimes across much of Latin America."" - James Green, Brown University
""Chirio's argument is groundbreaking, pushing beyond superficial descriptions of 'the military,' and even beyond previous analyses of left-right splits within the Army. She shows that understanding generational divides and the ambitions of the volatile junior officer ranks is essential to understanding the coup and the dictatorship in Brazil."" - Bryan McCann, Georgetown University
Book Information
ISBN 9780822965374
Author Maud Chirio
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press