Quartéis do exército em Goiás: a influência das frentes pioneiras na estrutura de defesa

Resumo

The objective of this article is to analyze the positioning of the barracks of the existent Brazilian Army in the territory goiano, starting from the process of progress of the Pioneering Fronts in the century XX. For so much, an analysis geohistorycal of the context world geopolitical was accomplished, and also, of your reflexes in the Brazilian government actions. One of the guidelines of the State was the one of occupation of the Brazilian demographic emptiness through the “March to the West“, which established a slow process of population occupation of the State of Goiás for areas. The proposal of regionalization done by Barrier (2002) it was adopted for the spacetemporary analysis of the installation of the barracks. The light of this regionalization was approximated to the understanding that as the Pioneering Fronts moved forward on the territory goiano, they provoked the installation of the barracks, which occupied strategic positions in Goiás. Ally to that fact, the creation of Brasília, not just provoked an enormous arrival of migrants, but also, the installation of great number of military units in several cities goianas, destined to your protection.

Descrição

Palavras-chave

Frentes pioneiras, Pioneering fronts, “Marcha para o Oeste”, Quartéis, March to the West“, Barracks

Citação

MENDONÇA FILHO, Marajá João Alves de; ALMEIDA, MARIA Geralda de. Quartéis do exército em Goiás: a influência das frentes pioneiras na estrutura de defesa. Mercator, Fortaleza, ano 4, n. 7, p. 25-34, 2005.