The Most Dangerous Man in the Country: Filinto Mueller of Brazil

ISBN-13: 9781433178825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 308 str.

R. S. Rose

Opis

This book argues that Müller was responsible for the invention of modern-day death squads, the first of their kind in the Americas.

Spis treści

Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Cuiaba Days - A Youngman's Passion - The Revolution of 1924 - Exile and Return - Vargas - Police Chief - The Estado Novo - Limbo - The CPI - Senator - A Row of Onions - A Place in History - Selected Glossary - Bibliography - Index.

O autorze

R. S. Rose is originally from California. He left the United States to study in Sweden where he earned Ph.D. and MSSc. degrees in sociology at the University of Stockholm. Much of his work is located at the intersection of history and social justice. He is currently Visiting Professor of Brazilian History in the Post-Graduate Program in History at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.