Title: Oswaldo Aranha
Description: "Important biography of leader of 1930 revolution presents his career as framed by repeated failures to attain presidency; personal loyalty to and liberal dissent from Getúlio Vargas; and diplomatic achievements in consolidating 1940s Brazilian-US alliance and later at the UN. Solidly based on archives of the Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de Historia Contemporânea do Brazil (CPDOC); engages historiographical debates only indirectly"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Biography, Politicians, Politics and government
Places: Brazil
People: Oswaldo Aranha (1894-1960)
Time periods: 1930-1945, 1945-1954