The Captains' Coup

The Captains' Coup:From Dictatorship to Democracy in Portugal (1974-1976)

by Wilfred Burchett

Edited by Daniela Melo and Timothy Walker

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    352 pages / 22 April 2025 / 9781804298367

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The first English edition of legendary journalist Wilfred Burchett’s eye-witness reporting on the bloodless Portuguese military coup and “Carnation Revolution” (1974-1975).

Legendary journalist Wilfred Burchett’s eyewitness account of the military coup d’étatthat ended authoritarian dictatorship and established democracy in Portugal. The Captains’ Coup offers an insightful, poignant narrative of events during the first year following the near-bloodless left-wing “Carnation Revolution” of 25 April 1974 that overthrew a nearly five-decade-long fascistic dictatorship (the Estado Novo, or “New State”) led by António Salazar. This first-ever English edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution.

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  • There are two journalists living today who are rocklike in their integrity and in their courage. And one is Wilfred Burchett, the Australian journalist you might say is a universal journalist. He’s been everywhere, and often every side calls upon him because he is right there with his information that others lack, because the information is from his own experience and being there.

    Studs Terkel