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The Ambassador to Brazil. A Novel.
Peter Hornbostel
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Description for The Ambassador to Brazil. A Novel.
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
In March 1964, a secret task force of United States warships and tankers set sail from the Caribbean bound for Brazil. The flotilla, which had the code name Operation Brother Sam, included the world's largest aircraft carrier, several destroyers, a troop carrier, and three tankers. Its purpose was to support the Brazilian military in its meticulously planned coup d'etat against President Joao Goulart, which was successfully completed on April 1. In this work of fiction, Peter Hornbostel deftly weaves fact and fiction to draw a classic example of U.S. intelligence operations in Latin America out of the ... Read more
In March 1964, a secret task force of United States warships and tankers set sail from the Caribbean bound for Brazil. The flotilla, which had the code name Operation Brother Sam, included the world's largest aircraft carrier, several destroyers, a troop carrier, and three tankers. Its purpose was to support the Brazilian military in its meticulously planned coup d'etat against President Joao Goulart, which was successfully completed on April 1. In this work of fiction, Peter Hornbostel deftly weaves fact and fiction to draw a classic example of U.S. intelligence operations in Latin America out of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Four Winds Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9781940423111
SKU
V9781940423111
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99-15
About Peter Hornbostel
Peter Hornbostel is an international lawyer, a writer of short stories, and the Artistic Director of a community theatre in Washington, Virginia. He worked for the United States government in Rio de Janeiro and Washington DC from 1963 to 1968 and started his law practice soon after. He has lived in Rio for six years, and has visited Brazil more ... Read more
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