Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: MANOEL FELIPE BATISTA DA FONSECA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MANOEL FELIPE BATISTA DA FONSECA
DATE: 27/06/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Virtual - Meet
TITLE:

Diplomacy in times of war: American military presence and the role of the United States Consulate in Recife during World War II (1939-1945)

KEY WORDS:

Second World War. Brazilian-U.S. Relations. American Consulate. Recife

PAGES: 162
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the actions of the United States Consulate in Recife during World War II. We seek to identify how the connection between the state of emergency created by the war and the presence of the military and other American government agencies in Recife contributed to the modification of traditional activities and the creation of other wartime tasks to be performed by the Consulate. We defend the thesis that these impacts can be explained as a result of the need to adapt the American diplomatic service to the demands of the state of emergency created by the war, evidenced, above all, by the fact that strategic and military matters took precedence over diplomatic matters. In order to examine its role, this work mainly analyzed the diplomatic documentation of the Consulate itself during the period between 1939 to 1945, identifying not only the changes in its attributions and structure, but also perceiving whether its actions and speeches were in line with the Good Neighbor Policy, especially in the thematic section in which Recife became a military base for the American Armed Forces on a mission in the South Atlantic Campaign, a period in which rumors were generated around an alleged “American invasion”.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 6350775 - HENRIQUE ALONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE RODRIGUES PEREIRA
Interno - 1088824 - RAIMUNDO NONATO ARAUJO DA ROCHA
Interno - 1675519 - SEBASTIAO LEAL FERREIRA VARGAS NETTO