Latin America between the Second World War and the Cold War
Subtitle: Crisis and Containment, 19441948 (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
Contributors: Leslie Bethell (Editor); Ian Roxborough (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 26, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780521430326
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; 20th century; History - General History; World War II; Post World War II History; Latin America - South America; History: World; Central America; South America; History / Modern / 20th Century; History / South America; Latin America--Politics and government--1830-; Latin America--Politics and government--1830-1948; Latin America - General; 1830-1948; Democracy; Foreign relations; History; Latin America; Politics and government
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.