This important new study is an inquiry into the origins and purposes of downwardly directed violence by economic and political elites in Brazil—violence that has led to the invention and tacit approval of contemporary death squads.

"The historical and sociological research of Dr. Rose, so evident in his writing, has never ceased to arouse my highest admiration." - John W.F. Dulles

"The historical and sociological research of Dr. Rose, so evident in his writing, has never ceased to arouse my highest admiration." - John W.F. Dulles