Getúlio 1945 1954 by Lira Neto

A sweeping, meticulously researched account of the tumultuous decade after 1945 that traces the former leader’s fall from power, his political maneuvers and electoral comeback, and the fraught second presidency (1951–1954) — detailing policy achievements for labor and industrialization, the fierce opposition from military and conservative sectors, intense press campaigns, and the spiral of crises that culminated in his suicide; the work uses archival evidence and contemporary sources to portray both the mass popular appeal and the private dilemmas that shaped Brazil’s mid‑century political turning point.