The War of Memory: The Brazilian Military Dictatorship according to Militants and Military Men
In: Latin American perspectives, Band 36, Heft 5, S. 89-107
ISSN: 1552-678X
Since the mid-1970s, a number of testimonial narratives have contributed to the literature on the Brazilian military regime. These works, representing both the military and the Brazilian left, carry on the political struggles of the period (1964—1984). Through the dynamics of their publication, a tense dialogue has been established. A comparison of the memoirs of leftist militants with those of military men reveals that the practice of torture continues to be a source of apparently unending discord between the two sides.