The Coming Hangover

The Protracted Conflict

It did not take much of a coup (=Fr. “blow”) to topple Premier Marcello Caetano’s government. The government had been decaying from within for years, and simply collapsed last month at the gentlest of pushes from General Antonio de Spinola acting as receiver in bankruptcy. It is possible, even, that the transfer of the mounting debts and depleted assets had been privately arranged beforehand. It is otherwise hard to understand why Caetano’s censors would have authorized, a few months ago, publication of General Spinola’s book asserting the failure of Portugal’s African policy.

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James Burnham

The Protracted Conflict

It did not take much of a coup (=Fr. “blow”) to topple Premier Marcello Caetano’s government. The government had been decaying from within for years, and simply collapsed last month at the gentlest of pushes from General Antonio de Spinola acting as receiver in bankruptcy. It is possible, even, that the transfer of the mounting debts and depleted assets had been privately arranged beforehand. It is otherwise hard to understand why Caetano’s censors would have authorized, a few months ago, publication of General Spinola’s book asserting the failure of Portugal’s African policy.