West Germany and the Portuguese Dictatorship, 1968–1974

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-14

3. The International Front: An ‘Insult to Africa’ and Other Offences

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   Pages 15-65

4. The Domestic Front: Facing the ‘Tribunal’

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   Pages 66-101

5. The Economic Front: From Außenwirtschaft to Außenpolitik

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   Pages 102-134

6. The Military Front: The Price of ‘Germanic Greatness’

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   Pages 135-169

7. The Diplomatic Front: Trapped by the ‘Typical Dilemma’

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   Pages 170-211

8. The Parallel Front: Either Weapons or Coffins

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   Pages 212-236

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 237-248

10. Back Matter

    Pages 249-269

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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.

• African decolonisation
• Cold War
• Colonial wars
• détente
• FRELIMO
• Germany
• Marcelo Caetano
• Ostpolitik
• Portugal
• SPD
• Willy Brandt
• colonialism
• dictatorship
• foreign policy

“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)

• Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

  Rui Lopes

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.

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