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Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

By: Stanley E. Hilton

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Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

By: Stanley E. Hilton

This study sheds new light on the Brazilian communist movement and how the specter of the USSR influenced mid-twentieth century Brazilian foreign policy. Between 1918 and 1961, Brazil and the USSR maintained formal diplomatic ties for only thirty-one months, at the end of World War II. Yet, despite the official distance, the USSR is the only external actor whose behavior, real or imagined, influenced the structure of the Brazilian state in the twentieth century. In Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947, Stanley Hilton examines Brazilian policy toward the Soviet Union during this period. Drawing on American, British, and German diplomatic archives and unprecedented access to official and private Brazilian records, Hilton elucidates the connection between the Brazilian elite’s perception of a communist threat and the creation of the authoritarian Estado Novo (1937–1945), the forerunner of the post-1964 national security state. Hilton shows how the 1935 communist revolt generated irresistible pressure for an authoritarian government to contain the Soviet threat; details the Brazilian government’s secret cooperation with the Gestapo during the 1930s and its concomitant efforts to forge an anti-Soviet front in the Southern Cone; and uncovers Brazil’s attempt to build counterintelligence capabilities in neighboring countries.

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0292786433

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Hitler's Secret War In South America, 1939–1945

German Military Espionage and Allied Counterespionage in Brazil

By: Stanley E. Hilton

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Hitler's Secret War In South America, 1939–1945

German Military Espionage and Allied Counterespionage in Brazil

By: Stanley E. Hilton

Published first in Brazil as Suástica sobre o Brasil, this examination of the rise and fall of German espionage in that country spent months on the best-seller list there and generated a national furor as former spies and collaborationists denounced it as a CIA ploy. Here, for the first time, are the colorful stories of such German agents as "Alfredo," probably the most important enemy operative in the Americas; "King," who was decorated for his daring exploits but who carelessly mentioned the real names of his collaborators in secret radio messages; the bumbling Janos Salamon; and the debonair Hans Christian von Kotze, who ultimately betrayed the Abwehr (German Military Intelligence). Eminently readable, Hitler's Secret War in South America resembles, but is not, fiction. It describes in detail the Allies' real battle against the Abwehr, a struggle highlighted by the interception and deciphering of German radio transmissions.

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0807124362

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9780807124369

Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

By: Stanley E. Hilton

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Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

Hitler's Secret War In South America, 1939–1945

Hitler's Secret War In South America, 1939–1945

Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917–1947

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