Araguaia War: Counterinsurgency Against the Communist Guerrillas of Brazil, 1964-1985

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Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia

Araguaia War

Counterinsurgency Against the Communist Guerrillas of Brazil, 1964-1985

Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia

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Helion & Company
01 December 2024

Military history: post WW2 conflicts

Series: Latin America@War

In 1964 a right-wing military coup seized power in Brazil. The Araguaia Guerrilla movement, formed by the Communist Party of Brazil in the late 1960s, launched an armed opposition to the US-backed military government with the intention of waging a Maoist-style people's war from its base area along the banks of the Araguaia river. Between 1972 and 1974 the Brazilian military launched a brutal campaign to destroy the Araguaia Guerrilla in its jungle stronghold.

While the idea of armed opposition to the military government of Brazil was popular amongst the Brazilian left-wing, it was the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) that actually formed such a movement. They selected as their base area the towns along the banks of the Araguaia River where tensions between locals and the government-backed mining operations already existed. The concept was that a rural people's war would be waged from this base area, inspired by Mao's campaign in the Chinese Civil War and the successful Cuban Revolution. Never a large organization, the Araguaia Guerrilla movement avoided much attention of the government until 1972 when the military launched a campaign that by 1974 would leave few survivors.

Araguaia War examines the military regime in Brazil between 1964 and 1985, and the subversive groups, both urban and rural that appeared in that country in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Brazilian military and police forces in the 60s and 70s are described in detail, along with their campaign against the armed opposition in Araguaia, in the states of Maranhão, Pará and Goiás, and the actions of the guerilla movement.

AUTHOR: Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia was born in Asunción, Paraguay on 14 May 1960. He graduated from the Catholic University of Asunción where he got a B.A. in Clinical Psychology. He also took specialized English courses at Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and San Diego State University in California. He is now a retired English Teacher and Academic Coordinator of the Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano (CCPA), a binational institute in Asunción. Married with two children, he resides in the capital. In his function as an aviation historian, Sapienza became a founding member of the Instituto Paraguayo de Historia Aeronáutica ""Silvio Pettirossi"" and has written more than 500 related articles for the specialised press around the world. Sapienza has received five decorations for his academic merits, and published eleven books, including a number for Helion's @War series.

183 b/w photos, 30 colour illustrations, 21 colour profiles, 5 b/w maps, 1 colour map, 3 figures, 15 tables

By: Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia
Imprint: Helion & Company
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9781804515754
ISBN 10: 1804515752
Series: Latin America@War
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia was born in Asunci n, Paraguay on 14 May 1960. He graduated from the Catholic University of Asunci n where he got a B.A. in Clinical Psychology. He also took specialized English courses at Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and San Diego State University in California. He is now a retired English Teacher and Academic Coordinator of the Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano (CCPA), a binational institute in Asunci n. Married with two children, he resides in the capital. In his function as an aviation historian, Sapienza became a founding member of the Instituto Paraguayo de Historia Aeron utica ""Silvio Pettirossi"" and has written more than 500 related articles for the specialised press around the world. Sapienza has received five decorations for his academic merits, and published eleven books, including a number for Helion's @War series.

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Araguaia War

Counterinsurgency Against the Communist Guerrillas of Brazil, 1964-1985

Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia

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