A comprehensive overview of Brazilian history during the Vargas dictatorship.
1. Introduction: Vargas as Enigma; 2. In the Saddle, 1883¿1937; 3. The Estado Novo, 1937¿1945; 4. Populism Vargas-style, 1945¿1954; 5. Different Getúlios; 6. Vargas' Incomplete Revolution; Appendices.