The Carnation Revolution

The Carnation Revolution The day Portugal's dictatorship fell

Alex Fernandes

Book - 2024

"On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal's Eurovision entry. By 6.20 p.m. the next day, Europe's oldest fascist regime has fallen. Hardly a shot has been fired. As citizens pour into the streets, they offer carnations to the revolutionary soldiers. For the first time in forty-eight years, Portugal is free. The Carnation Revolution winds through the streets of Lisbon as the revolution unfolds, revealing the myriad acts of ordinary and extraordinary resistance that made 25 April possible. It's the story of daring escapes from five-storey prisons, soldiers disobeying their officers' orders and simple acts of courage by thousands of citizens. It's the sto...ry of how a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire."-- Front flap.

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Subjects
Portugal > History > Revolution, 1974.
Published
London : Oneworld 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Alex Fernandes (author)
Physical Description
xvi, 379 pages : illustrations (black & white photographs), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780861547548
  • Prologue
  • Glossary of Initialisms
  • Part 1. One Thousand Acts of Resistance
  • 1. The Stories We Tell Ourselves
  • 2. Fearless
  • 3. Dissident Confetti
  • 4. Colonial War
  • Part 2. Operation Historic Turn
  • 5. A Conspiracy of Captains
  • 6. Confrontation
  • 7. General Plan of Operations (Historic Turn)
  • 8. It's Five to Eleven…'
  • 9. Dawn in Terreiro do Paço
  • 10. The Time Has Come
  • 11. Hunting Fascists and Discussing the Price of Cod
  • Part 3. Ongoing Revolutionary Process
  • 12. The Decline and Fall of António de Spínola
  • 13. Crisis
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgements
  • Maps
  • Select Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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