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. After a vibrant account of the collapse of the old regime in 1974, it 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. International repercussions are examined and comparisons are drawn with the more general collapse of communism in the late 1980s.
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'... the first analysis of the Portuguese Revolution in its international context ... a fundamental book for all who are interested in transitions to democracy ... Kenneth Maxwell's book is indispensable reading.' Joao Carlos Espada, Publico
