The military dictatorship and the long night of the generals: 1970-1985

The conclusion to the impeccable work on the military dictatorship in Brazil, inaugurated in The Military Dictatorship and the Coups Within the Coup: 1964-1969. With the authority of someone who knows power from the outside and inside, the conditions, the role and influence of the media, and the pitfalls of the political process, journalist Carlos Chagas addresses here the trajectory of the military movement from 1970, with General Garrastazu Médici in power, through the period of General Ernesto Geisel, until the last day of João Baptista Figueiredo's administration. With the clarity and objectivity that characterize his text, Chagas recovers, through the eyes of the press, the nuances—vivid and of rare importance—of those turbulent years, driven by the contradictions inherent in a country immersed in political, economic, and social challenges. The result is a must-read reference work for understanding the military dictatorship in Brazil.