Article: The Tribute of Blood: Army, Honor, Race and Nation in Brazil, 1864-1945.(Reviews)(Book Review)

The Tribute of Blood: Army, Honor, Race and Nation in Brazil, 1864-1945. By Peter M. Beattie (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. x + 390pp., $54.95 cloth, $18.95 paperback).

One morning, hiking in the Itatiaia National Park, located in the mountains between the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, I encountered a contingent of several hundred Brazilian soldiers who were breaking down their encampment and taping their blistered feet as they prepared for a training march through the mountains. Shortly afterward, I stepped off the trail to allow the soldiers to pass. They marched by, toting heavy packs and carrying obsolescent, perhaps First World ...

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