| Brazil's National Defense Strategy: Prospects for the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Penny Hill Press Inc (Editor), Naval Postgraduate School (Author) |
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ISBN: 1522986693 ISBN-13: 9781522986690 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.63 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the factors that have contributed to the reshaping of Brazil's national defense strategy. It addresses the role of geopolitics, the impact of regional economic integration through Mercosur, renewed nationalism, and the uncertain political realities facing Brazil in the 1990s. Further sections review the historical role of the Brazilian armed forces, the fading importance of the Superior War College, the new civil-military relationships, and the concept of strategic planning in Brazil. Lastly, it examines the dilemma facing Brazil's armed forces in attempting to move from an internal to external security orientation. It discusses the military mission to develop and integrate the Amazon, and argues that this nation-building mission is in its final phase. In assessing the implications of all these factors, the study concludes that Brazil is restructuring its military strategy to demonstrate sovereignty in the Amazon while aspiring to occupy the role of regional hegemon. |