Brazil and the United States during World War II and Its Aftermath (eBook)

Negotiating Alliance and Balancing Giants

Frank D. McCann (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XVIII, 318 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-92910-1 (ISBN)

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The military alliance between the United States and Brazil played a critical role in the outcome of World War II, and yet it is largely overlooked in historiography of the war. In this definitive account, Frank McCann investigates Brazilian-American military relations from the 1930s through the years after the alliance ended in 1977. The two countries emerge as imbalanced giants with often divergent objectives and expectations. They nevertheless managed to form the Brazilian Expeditionary Force and a fighter squadron that fought in Italy under American command, making Brazil the only Latin American country to commit troops to the war. With the establishment of the US Air Force base in Natal, Northeast Brazil become a vital staging area for air traffic supplying Allied forces in the Middle East and Asian theaters. McCann deftly analyzes newly opened Brazilian archives and declassified American intelligence files to offer a more nuanced account of how this alliance changed the course of World War II, and how the relationship deteriorated in the aftermath of the war.

Frank D. McCann is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Hampshire, USA. 

Inhalt

1. A Relationship of Unbalanced Giants2. Pre-War Fears and Explorations3. Search for Mutual Benefits4. Brazil's Options Narrow5. Decision to Fight6. The Brazilian Expeditionary Force: The Smoking Cobras7. Post–World War Disappointment8. Cold Wind from the East

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.8.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 318 p. 18 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Axis Submarine attacks • Brazilian-American Alliance • Brazilian Expeditionary Force • Franklin D. Roosevelt • George C. Marshall • Getulio Vargas • Goes Monteiro • Inter-American Conference at Rio de Janeiro • Natal Conference • Nazi Germany • Roosevelt and Vargas • US military alliance with Brazil • World War II Brazil
• ISBN-10: 3-319-92910-0 / 3319929100
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-92910-1 / 9783319929101