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Salazar : A Political Biogr...
Salazar: A Political Biography is the definitive biography of the longstanding Portuguese dictator. António de Oliveira Salazar entered the government of Portugal when Herbert Hoover was president and ended his political career at the end of the Johnson administration. He remained in power for forty years (1928-1968), one of the longest tenures in modern history. Unlike the other 'great dictators' of the twentieth century, Salazar, an academic, immersed himself in the minutiae of government and administration, maintaining a prodigious work rate until illness forced his retirement. He successfully managed his country's finances despite the impact of the Great Depression, imposing a harsh policy of austerity. He then preserved Portugal's neutrality during the Second World War, ultimately favouring Great Britain and the United States. But Salazar was at heart an extremely conservative, even reactionary statesman. He relied on secrecy and a police state to maintain the order which, he believed, was necessary to control progress. Rejecting the anti-colonialist movements in Asia and Africa, he plunged Portugal into a series of wars in Africa it could ill afford. Fully revised and updated throughout, this remains the authoritative biography of a key Portuguese political leader who was a significant presence in twentieth-century politics. This book will be of interest to historians of the far right, international diplomacy and Portugal
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monografia Rebiun36759107 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36759107 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 231114s2024 enka ob 001 0 eng d 9781003821694 1003821693 9781003382782 1003382789 9781003821663 1003821669 CBUC 991013415433406708 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ e-po--- 946.9042092 23 De Meneses, Filipe Ribeiro 1969-) author Salazar A Political Biography Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses Second edition Routledge 2023 Routledge Abingdon, England Routledge [2024] Abingdon, England Abingdon, England Routledge 2024 1 online resource (637 pages) 1 online resource (637 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right Series Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. From Santa Comba Dão to São Bento -- 2. The New State in the Age of Totalitarianism -- 3. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 -- 4. The Second World War: The Axis Threat, 1939-1942 -- 5. The Second World War: The Allied Threat, 1943-1945 -- 6. The Postwar World -- 7. Salazar and the Politics of the New State, 1945-1958 -- 8. A New Opposition: Humberto Delgado and the Bishop of Oporto -- 9. The Colonial Reckoning I: Angola, 1961 -- 10. The Colonial Reckoning II: Salazar's Defiance -- 11. Portugal at War: The 1960s -- 12. Illness, Retirement and Death -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Salazar: A Political Biography is the definitive biography of the longstanding Portuguese dictator. António de Oliveira Salazar entered the government of Portugal when Herbert Hoover was president and ended his political career at the end of the Johnson administration. He remained in power for forty years (1928-1968), one of the longest tenures in modern history. Unlike the other 'great dictators' of the twentieth century, Salazar, an academic, immersed himself in the minutiae of government and administration, maintaining a prodigious work rate until illness forced his retirement. He successfully managed his country's finances despite the impact of the Great Depression, imposing a harsh policy of austerity. He then preserved Portugal's neutrality during the Second World War, ultimately favouring Great Britain and the United States. But Salazar was at heart an extremely conservative, even reactionary statesman. He relied on secrecy and a police state to maintain the order which, he believed, was necessary to control progress. Rejecting the anti-colonialist movements in Asia and Africa, he plunged Portugal into a series of wars in Africa it could ill afford. Fully revised and updated throughout, this remains the authoritative biography of a key Portuguese political leader who was a significant presence in twentieth-century politics. This book will be of interest to historians of the far right, international diplomacy and Portugal Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira 1889-1970) Dictators- Portugal Biography Heads of state- Portugal Biography Portugal- Politics and government- 1910-1974 Print version de Meneses, Filipe Ribeiro. Salazar Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2023 9781032455747 9781032466774 Routledge studies in fascism and the far right