The Brazilian military reserve officers and the defense of the institutional memory of March 31, 1964

Authors

  • Fernando da Silva Rodrigues
  • Cláudio Beserra de Vasconcelos

Abstract

This article analyzes the current debate surrounding the dispute over the official memory of the coup d’état and the corporate-military dictatorship implanted in Brazil in 1964. It is based on the reaction of former political agents of the institution (currently military reserve officers) and private websites and blogs that were created in order to constitute a space of discourse defending the interests of these military and the institutional memories of the coup and the dictatorship. Complementarily, it discusses how the regime’s “propaganda” reinforced the construction of this memory through the speeches published in the Army’s newsletter, specifically on the commemoration of March 31, and institutional bibliographical production.

Keywords: 1964 coup, dictatorship from 1964 to 1985, military memory.

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Published

2014-12-30

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2014): September/December

Section

Dossiê: A ditadura brasileira: história e historiografia

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