Fear & memory in the Brazilian army and society 1889 1954 Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Officers versus Politicians 1889 1930; 2. Chaos Communism and Terror 1930 1937; 3. The Meaning of Independence 1937 1945; 4. The Struggle over Petroleum 1945 1948; 5. The Clash of Ideologies 1949; 6. The Victory of the Nationalists 1949 1951; 7. Betrayal Torture and Suicide 1951 1954; 8. The Foundations of Military Rule; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index For more than half a century the Brazilian army used fear and censorship to alter history and create its own political myths. Drawing on oral histories secret police documents and other sources recently made available the author offers a revisionist interpretation of Brazils political history