The Formative Period of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Army Thought, 1900-1922
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2832761 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank D Mccann (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 737 |
| Publication date | 1984-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2514752 |
| OpenAlex | W4244519066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
IN the first decades of this century, army officers debated the role their institution was to play in Brazilian society. They envisioned the army as the central institution in preserving and deepening Brazilian national unity. Army spokesmen laid the weight of Brazil's future on their fellow officers' shoulders. The examples of Germany, France, Japan, the United States, and even Argentina indicated to them that national greatness was linked to military preparedness, which in turn depended upon the country's economic development. Military weakness was an invitation, they thought, to live under the humiliating tutelage of the strong.' At the crossroads where their fears and dreams met, they saw a small, ill-trained, and ill-equipped army that was unequal to its tasks. Their mounting frustration led Brazilian officers to examine their country's economic, social, and political systems, its international status, the nature of its population, and their own role in society in terms of the constitutional responsibilities, which called upon the armed forces to defend the nation against both external and internal threats. In the process, which con
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Formative assessment · Greatness · Institution · Mathematics education · Period (music) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy · Demography · History · History of Education Research in Brazil · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Sociology and Education in Brazil
Elites militares, trajetórias e redefinições político-institucionais (1850-1930)
Moderating Diffusion
A política platina do Barão do Rio Branco
Rio Branco, grand strategy and naval power
Up From Slavery
The Modern State and the Primitive Accumulation of Symbolic Power
As Voltas Que O Mundo Dá
Shady Business
Soldier and Scholar
Technology, the Military, and Democracy in Brazil
Bringing the Countryside Back In
A formação de um exército à brasileira
Military Entrepreneurs
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2021 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |