
Brazilian Economy in the Café Filho Administration
Café Filho’s government moved from orthodox contraction to credit expansion while easing capital-goods imports.

Brazilian Economy During the Second Vargas Administration (1951-1954)
Vargas’s second administration combined development policy with inflation, fiscal strain, and foreign-exchange crisis.

Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 12 – The End of Illusion
This chapter discusses the failure of the Treaty of Versailles, which enabled the rise of Hitler’s Nazism and Mussolini’s Fascism in Germany and Italy.

Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 11 – Stresemann and the Re-emergence of the Vanquished
This chapter discusses European politics in the interwar period, with a focus on the role of Gustav Stresemann to reinsert Germany in power politics.

Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 10 – The Dilemmas of the Victors
This chapter discusses the challenges affecting the European international order in the aftermath of World War I.

Brazilian Economy in the Dutra Administration
The Dutra administration moved from orthodox trade liberalism to heterodox protectionism as inflation and currency pressures grew.

Brazilian Economy in the Vargas Era (1930-1945)
The Vargas Era began during the Great Depression and promoted intensive industrial growth in Brazil.

Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 9 – The New Face of Diplomacy
This chapter discusses the transition from the First World War to the Treaty of Versailles, influenced by Woodrow Wilson, that established a fragile peace.

Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 8 – Into the Vortex
This chapter discusses the short-term causes for the outbreak of World War I after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.