Compromisso among Vargas, Góis Monteiro, Dutra and the establishment of the Estado Novo

My purpose is to examine why the military supported the Estado Novo. They badly needed armaments, but the paying off the national debt and the bonds sold to foreigners made paying for weaponry impossible. Staging the 1937 coup and declaring a moratorium on debt and bond payments would free up fundin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank D. McCann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arquivo Nacional 2017-11-01
Series:Acervo
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Online Access:http://revista.arquivonacional.gov.br/index.php/revistaacervo/article/view/814