Geopolitics, generals and the state in Brazil
1986; Elsevier BV; Volume: 5; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0260-9827(86)90059-5
ISSN1878-3937
Autores Tópico(s)Brazilian cultural history and politics
ResumoThis study traces the history of geopolitics in Brazil and the major contributions made by army generals, notably General Golbery do Couto e Silva. The relationship that developed in the 1950s between geopolitics, national security doctrine and military ideology is then examined. The paper argues that geopolitics was an important source of a theory of the state for the military regime, but that the specific role of geopolitics can be overstated. This analysis is then related to wider debates about military-authoritarian regimes in South America
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