South America

March 2002
Compiled by Ron Fuller, Bibliographer
Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL

CONTENTS

Brazil--Foreign Relations
Brazil--Guerilla Warfare
Brazil--History
Brazil--Indigenous People
Brazil--Politics and Government
Brazil--Security and Defense

BRAZIL--FOREIGN RELATIONS

PERIODICALS

US Wants Brazil to Act on Colombia. Latin American Weekly Report, p 427, September 14, 1999.
Gen Wilhelm want to block the guerrillas supply line, but Brazil is opposed to any initiative that might entail meddling in the internal affairs of Colombia.

BRAZIL--GUERRILLA WARFARE 

PERIODICALS

Mendel, William W. The Brazilian Amazon: Controlling the Hydra. Military Review 79:18-28 July-August 1999.

BRAZIL--HISTORY 

BRAZIL--INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

 PERIODICALS

Moore, Sara Gavney and Lemos, Maria Carmen. Indigenous Policy in Brazil: The Development of Decree 1775 and the Proposed Raposa/Serra do Sol Reserve, Roraima, Brazil. Human Rights Quarterly 21:444-463 May 1999.

BRAZIL--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

BOOKS

Corruption and Political Reform in Brazil: The Impact of Collor's Impeachment, edited by Keith S. Rosenn and Richard Downes. Miami, FL, University of Miami. North-South Center Press, 1999. 184 p.
Book call no.: 320.981 C825

Goertzel, Ted G. Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Reinventing Democracy in Brazil. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. 219 p.
Book call no.: 981.063 G597f

 PERIODICALS

August is Make-Or-Break Time for FCH. Latin American Weekly Report, p 351, August 1, 2000.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso's strategy for re-election.

de Souza, Amaury. Cardoso and the Struggle for Reform in Brazil. Journal of Democracy 10:49-63 July 1999.

Figueiredo, Argelina Cheibub and Limongi, Fernando. Presidential Power, Legislative Organization, and Party Behavior in Brazil. Comparative Politics 32:151-170 January 2000.

Flynn, Peter. Brazil : The Politics of Crisis. Third World Quarterly 20:287-317 1999.
Politics as the root cause of economic crisis in Brazil during the last months of 1998.

Resende-Santos, Joao. Democracy, Equity, and Governance in Brazil. Latin American Research Review 36:207-237 2001.
Review essay focusing on "democratic governance and social welfare" during the Cardozo regime.

BRAZIL--SECURITY AND DEFENSE 

PERIODICALS

Barletta, Michael. Democratic Security and Diversionary Peace: Nuclear Confidence-Building in Argentina and Brazil. National Security Studies Quarterly 5:19-38 Summer 1999.

Brazil Orders Troop Mobilisation to Contain Colombian 'Spillover.' Latin American Weekly Report, p 517, November 9, 1999.

Flores, Jackson, Jr. Brazil's New Teeth. Flight International 155:46-48 June 1, 1999.
With the roll-out of the Embraer EMB-145SA and ALX on 28 May, the Brazilian air Force is preparing to add two long-awaited aircraft to its fleet.

Jasper, Chris. Embraer Aims for More from Military. Flight International 155:32 June 22, 1999.

Mendel, William W. Security on Brazil's Amazon Frontier. Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement 7:60-74 Winter 1998.

Nicholls, Mark. Embraer's New Stars. Air Forces Monthly, pp 48-49, July 1999.
Reports on the roll-out of two new Embraer military aircraft, the EMB-145SA and the ALX.

Pion-Berlin, David. Will Soldiers Follow? Economic Integration and Regional Security in the Southern Cone. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 42:43-69 Spring 2000.
Looks at the impact of economic changes on defense policies and explores the possibility for a regional defense plan.

Rodenburg, Corne and Schleiffert, Rob. The Giant's Small Stick: Forca Aerea Brasileira. Air International 53:361-367 December 1997.

Rodenburg, Corne and Schleiffert, Rob. Navy Without Wings: Force Aeronaval da Marinha do Brasil. Air International 53:368-371 December 1997.

Zaverucha, Jorge. Military Justice in the State of Pernambuco after the Brazilian Military Regime. Latin American Research Review no.2:43-73 1999.

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