The Blue Shirts: Portuguese Fascists and the New State

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Social Science Monographs, 2000 - History - 271 pages

In this work on Portuguese authoritarianism in the context of European fascism, Pinto focuses on the National Syndicalist Movement of the early 1930's. He explores its defeat in 1935 by Oliveira Salazar, the rising Catholic dictator of Portugal, and compares the entire history of Portuguese fascism to other projections of fascism worldwide.

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Contents

Rolão Preto and the Origins of Portuguese Fascism
1
The Emergence of National Syndicalism
69
The National Syndicalists 105 Leaders Militants
120
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About the author (2000)

Antonio Costa Pinto is a professor of Modern European History and Politics at the University of Lisbon in Portugal.

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