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The Captains' Coup - Wilfred Burchett, Timothy Walker, Daniela Melo & Tariq Ali

By Wilfred Burchett, Timothy Walker, Daniela Melo & Tariq Ali

Release Date: 2025-04-22

Genre: European History

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The first English edition of a legendary journalistā€™s eyewitness account of the near-bloodless coup and the Carnation Revolution that ended fascism in Portugal

Wilfred Burchett went to Lisbon in 1974 to cover the military overthrow of the fascist dictatorship that had ruled the country for nearly five decades. Burchettā€™s on-the-ground reporting details the immediate aftermath of the coup and the civilian uprising that followed, which took its name, the Carnation Revolution, from the flowers demonstrators handed out to soldiers and placed in their rifle muzzles. The peopleā€™s victory began a transition to democracy. It prompted the withdrawal of troops from Portugalā€™s colonies, bringing independence to Guinea Bissau and soon to Angola, Mozambique and other colonial territories.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the revolutionā€™s end, The Captainsā€™ Coup offers an insightful, poignant narrative never before available in English from a journalist of international repute. The text is based on the authorā€™s original typescripts, discovered recently in the National Library of Australia.

Included are a foreword and introductory essay that explore the political and journalistic significance of Burchettā€™s work. Illustrated by contemporary photographs and political posters, the volume is complemented by the editorsā€™ annotations, providing essential historical context.

Also included is an afterword by historian and filmmaker Tariq Ali.

The Captains' Coup - Wilfred Burchett, Timothy Walker, Daniela Melo & Tariq Ali

By Wilfred Burchett, Timothy Walker, Daniela Melo & Tariq Ali

Release Date: 2025-04-22

Genre: European History

(0 ratings)
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The first English edition of a legendary journalistā€™s eyewitness account of the near-bloodless coup and the Carnation Revolution that ended fascism in Portugal

Wilfred Burchett went to Lisbon in 1974 to cover the military overthrow of the fascist dictatorship that had ruled the country for nearly five decades. Burchettā€™s on-the-ground reporting details the immediate aftermath of the coup and the civilian uprising that followed, which took its name, the Carnation Revolution, from the flowers demonstrators handed out to soldiers and placed in their rifle muzzles. The peopleā€™s victory began a transition to democracy. It prompted the withdrawal of troops from Portugalā€™s colonies, bringing independence to Guinea Bissau and soon to Angola, Mozambique and other colonial territories.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the revolutionā€™s end, The Captainsā€™ Coup offers an insightful, poignant narrative never before available in English from a journalist of international repute. The text is based on the authorā€™s original typescripts, discovered recently in the National Library of Australia.

Included are a foreword and introductory essay that explore the political and journalistic significance of Burchettā€™s work. Illustrated by contemporary photographs and political posters, the volume is complemented by the editorsā€™ annotations, providing essential historical context.

Also included is an afterword by historian and filmmaker Tariq Ali.

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