Latin America between the Second World War and the Cold War
Subtitle: Crisis and Containment, 19441948
Contributors: Leslie Bethell (Editor); Ian Roxborough (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780521574259
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; 20th century; History; America - History; Post World War II History; History - General History; Latin America - South America; History: American; Central America; South America; History / Modern / 20th Century; History / South America; Latin America--Politics and government--1830-; Latin America--Politics and government--1830-1948; Politics and government; Military - World War II; 1830-1948; Democracy; Foreign relations; Latin America
First sentence: The outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939 forced Getulio Vargas, who had been president of Brazil since the Revolution of 1930 (and dictator since the military coup and foundation of the Estado Novo in November 1937), to reassess the foreign policy he had successfully pursued throughout the 1930s.