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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lochery, Neill.

Brazil : the fortunes of war : World War II and the making of modern Brazil / Neill Lochery.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-465-03998-2 (hardback)—ISBN 978-0-465-08070-0 (e-book) 1. World War, 1939–1945—Brazil. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Participation, Brazilian. 3. Brazil—Strategic aspects. 4. Brazil—Politics and government—1930–1945. 5. Brazil—Foreign relations—1930–1945. 6. Vargas, Getúlio, 1883–1954. I. Title.

D768.3.L64 2014

940.53’81—dc23

2013050354

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