: Vargas expertly played the Axis and Allied powers against each other.

: Skeptics claimed it was more likely for a "snake to smoke a pipe" than for Brazil to send troops to fight.

The non-fiction book by historian Neill Lochery reveals the secret history of Brazil's high-stakes involvement in World War II. 🎭 The Master of Playing Both Sides

: Brazil's charismatic and cunning dictator who ruled through his "Estado Novo" regime.