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.