West Germany and the Portuguese Dictatorship, 1968-1974: Between Cold War and Colonialism

by R. Lopes

Overview

West Germany and the Portuguese Dictatorship 1968-1974 examines West Germany's ambiguous policy towards the Portuguese dictatorship of Marcelo Caetano. Lopes sheds new light on the social, economic, military, and diplomatic dimensions of the awkward relationship between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Caetano regime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137402066
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/28/2014
Series:	Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Rui Lopes is a Researcher at the Instituto de História Contemporânea, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, having taught there as well as at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The International Front: An 'Insult to Africa' and Other Offences 2. The Domestic Front: Facing the 'Tribunal' 3. The Economic Front: From Aussenwirtschaft to Aussenpolitik 4. The Military Front: The Price of 'Germanic Greatness' 5. The Diplomatic Front: Trapped by the 'Typical Dilemma' 6. The Parallel Front: Either Weapons or Coffins

Editorial Reviews

This is an important contribution to a developing area of Portugal’s contemporary international history. … it provides an accessible as well as a carefully and convincingly argued account of an important European relationship at a key period for each of the states involved.” (Norrie MacQueen, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 27 (1), 2016)

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