A Ditadura Encurralada by Elio Gaspari

A concise narrative of the late years of Brazil’s military regime, showing how internal power struggles, economic malaise and growing social and political mobilization gradually cornered the junta. It follows the controlled ‘‘abertura’’ promoted by moderate officers, the persistence of repression and human-rights abuses, and the rise of opposition forces—workers, politicians and a bolder press—while detailing the political maneuvers (including amnesty and limited liberalization) that signaled the regime’s weakening. Based on extensive archival research and interviews, the book reconstructs the personalities, decisions and contradictions that pushed the dictatorship toward decline.