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Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader. Volume 2, The Years 196o-1977. By JOHN W. F. DULLES. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Index. vii, 759 pp. Cloth. $50.00.
The second and concluding volume of John W. F. Dulles' political biography of Carlos Lacerda will not disappoint readers who liked volume one. Dulles, the historian as investigative reporter, has never employed his formidable skills and legendary resourcefulness to greater effect than in this colossal biography.
The subject, one of Brazil's truly tragic figures, is entirely worthy of the attention. Generations of scholars to come will be indebted to Dulles for clarifying Lacerda's record as no one else could have-with his methodical tracking of events, meticulous research, extensive interviews with participants, and unequaled access to the private papers of public figures....