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The making of Portuguese democracy

Title: The making of Portuguese democracy / Kenneth Maxwell.
Author: Maxwell, Kenneth, 1941-
Publication: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Description

xiii, 250 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This vividly written book is the first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal to be placed in a broad international historical context. It is written with the benefit of a long-term vision of Portuguese history, and it emphasizes the significance of Portugal's new European orientation after centuries of global and oceanic preoccupations. After an account of the collapse of the old regime in 1974, the book studies the complex revolutionary period that followed, and the struggle in Europe and Africa to define the future role of Europe's then poorest country. These events also had international repercussions which transformed the balance of forces in southern Africa, following the collapse of Europe's last overseas empire. The consequent actions and reactions of the European powers and the United States are examined, and telling comparisons are also drawn with later developments in Eastern Europe and with the wider collapse of the communist movement.

Subject

Genre/Form

History (form)

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prisoners of history -- The praetorian guards -- Coup d'e;tat -- Conflicts and confusions -- African dilemmas -- Revolution -- Counter-revolution -- The revolution tamed -- Picking up the pieces.

ISBN

0521460778
9780521460774

LCCN

94036697

OCLC

ocm31166743
31166743
SCSB-14575673

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library