Legendary journalist Wilfred Burchett's eyewitness account of the military coup d'etatthat ended authoritarian dictatorship and established democracy in Portugal. The Captains' Coup offers an insightful, poignant narrative of events during the first year following the near-bloodless left-wing "Carnation Revolution" of 25 April 1974 that overthrew a nearly five-decade-long fascistic dictatorship (the Estado Novo, or "New State") led by Antonio Salazar. This first-ever English edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution.