Description: Carnation Revolution : The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell, Hardcover by Fernandes, Alex, ISBN 0861547543, ISBN-13 9780861547548, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A new history of the Portugal’s Carnation Revolution on its fiftieth anniversary On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal’s Eurovision entry. By . 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 story of how a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire.
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Book Title: Carnation Revolution : the Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Topic: Modern / 20th Century, Europe / General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2024
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Author: Alex Fernandes
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
