Abstract
In the relatively short existence of Portugal as a Republic, the Armed Forces intervened in the country’s political affairs twice. After the monarchy fell in 1910, Portugal entered a period of political instability, which over the next 16 years saw 44 changes of government (an average of three governments every year), eight presidents and 20 uprisings.1 This prompted the Armed Forces to stage a coup in May 1926. Ultimately, the coup led to a Fascist dictatorship, which ruled Portugal for nearly 50 years, first under António Salazar, and then, upon his departure for health reasons in 1968, by Marcello Caetano.
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Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Uma Soluçâo para Portugal ( Lisbon: Publicaçöes Europa-América, 1985 ), p. 37.
Antonio de Spinola, Pais Sem Rumo — Contributo para a Histo is de uma Revoluçiio ( Lisbon: Editorial SCIRE, 1978 ), pp. 41–2.
Eduardo Mondlane, Present Conditions in Mozambique’, 1 May 1961, pp. 10a, 12 from the Immanuel Wallerstein Collection of Political Ephemera, Reel Number 4, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University.
FOIA: ‘Memorandum of Conversation’, 16 May 1961, op. cit.
FOIA: ‘Memorandum of Conversation’ at the State Department on 8 February 1962. Participants: Robert Stephens, Office of Cultural Affairs; Charles W. Grover, Office of East African Affairs; and Eduardo Mondlane.
FOIA: ‘Memorandum of Conversation’, 8 February 1962, op. cit.
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Cabrita, J.M. (2000). Marriage of Convenience. In: Mozambique. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977385_1
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