The article calls attention to an aspect hitherto less known in the literature about the Latin-American military dictatorships: the influence of the French guerre révolutionnaire ideas, which were developed by the French colonial Army in its action in Algeria in the 1950s. The evidence shown in the article contradict the thesis of authors like Joseph Comblin, which defend the preponderance of the American doctrines as the main source of the military culture in the 1960s and 1970s, in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Specifically, the article follows the evolution and application of the French doctrines in Brazil from 1959 to 1975.
revolutionary war; military regimes; armed forces; Brazil; anticommunism