Brazil's national defense strategy: prospects for the twenty-first century
dc.contributor.advisor | Tollefson, Scott D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lundgren, Kenneth S. | |
dc.date | June 1993 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-26T23:23:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-26T23:23:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-06 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/39806 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis 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 realistic 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 he 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. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/brazilsnationald1094539806 | |
dc.format.extent | 112 p. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
dc.title | Brazil's national defense strategy: prospects for the twenty-first century | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.secondreader | Eyre, Dana P. | |
dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs (NSA) | |
dc.subject.author | Brazil | en_US |
dc.subject.author | History | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Geopolitics | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Transition in armed forces | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Natonal strategy | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Defense strategy | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Development of the Amazon | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Aspiring hegemon | en_US |
dc.description.service | Captain, United States Army | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | M.A. in National Security Affairs | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | National Security Affairs | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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