The Blue Shirts

Focuses on the National Syndicalist Movement of the early 1930's, exploring its defeat in 1935 by Oliveira Salazar, the rising Catholic dictator of Portugal, and comparing the entire history of Portuguese fascism to other projections of fascism worldwide.

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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.