LEADER 00000cam a22004937i 4500 001 k3vpcfwmhmsfkzwv 008 240425s2024 enk||||er|||||000 0|eng|d 020 9780861547548|qhbk 020 |z9780861547555 041 eng 082 04 946.9044|223 092 0 946.9|bengelska 100 1 Fernandes, Alexander,|d1929-|4aut 245 14 The Carnation revolution :|bthe day Portugal's dictatorship fell /|cAlex Fernandes 264 1 London :|bOneworld,|c2024 300 xvi, 379 pages|billustrations (black & white photos)|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 8 On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal's Eurovision entry. By 6.20 p.m. 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 650 7 Statskuppen i Portugal 1974|2sao 650 7 Fascism|2sao 651 0 Portugal|xHistory|yRevolution, 1974 651 7 Portugal|2sao
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