The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives present a book talk with Daniela Melo and Timothy Walker, coeditors of The Captains’ Coup: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Portugal (1974-1976) by Wilfred Burchett, on Tuesday, April 29, at 6 pm, at the FMPAA (Library). Refreshments will be served and copies of the book will be available for sale. Please park in lot 13.
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The Captains’ Coup is a legendary journalist’s eyewitness account of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. Burchett went to Lisbon in 1974 to cover the military overthrow of the fascist dictatorship that had ruled the country for nearly five decades. His on-the-ground reporting details the immediate aftermath of the coup and the civilian uprising that followed. On the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution’s end, The Captains’ Coup offers an insightful, poignant narrative never before available in English from a journalist of international repute. The text is based on the author’s original typescripts, discovered recently in the National Library of Australia.
Included are a foreword and introductory essay that explore the political and journalistic significance of Burchett’s work. Illustrated by contemporary photographs and political posters, the volume is complemented by the editors’ annotations, providing essential historical context, and includes also an afterword by historian and filmmaker Tariq Ali.