Da redação do Jornal do Brasil para as livrarias: os idos de março e a queda em abril, a primeira narrativa do golpe de 1964

Abstract

Os idos de março e a queda em abril, the first book published about the history of the 1964 coup d état, was printed in the month following President João Goulart s fall. Often used by those who search access to the happenings of the days that marked Brazilian history, the book was written by eight journalists of Jornal do Brasil, a newspaper that stood out in the campaign to overthrow the government. The assemblage of the essays, coherent with what had been published in the newspaper for which the authors worked, is favorable to the coup d état. As a source of history, the most important aspect of the document is related to the possibility of better understanding the performance of the Brazilian Newspaper professionals in the period.