Carlucci Versus Kissinger

1 Introduction
Part 2 I. Wait and See
Chapter 3 1. There Will be Regime Change in Portugal
Chapter 4 2. A Military Coup d'Etat in Western Europe
Chapter 5 3. Spínola and Costa Gomes Are In Charge
Chapter 6 4. Communists in NATO
Chapter 7 5. Guarantees from Spínola, Mário Soares and … Álvaro Cunhal
Chapter 8 6. The Nixon-Spínola Meeting in the Azores
Chapter 9 7. The "Three Crises": Palma Carlos, Vasco Gonçalves and the Mediterranean
Chapter 10 8. September 28 and the End of the "Wait and See" Cycle
Part 11 II. Low Intensity Involvement
Chapter 12 1. The Lukens Mission
Chapter 13 2. Costa Gomes and Mário Soares in the United States
Chapter 14 3. Kissinger "Dismisses" Portugal from the NATO Nuclear Planning Group
Chapter 15 4. Kennedy in Portugal
Chapter 16 5. The US Approves Economic Aid Program for Portugal
Chapter 17 6. Sá Carneiro in the US
Chapter 18 7. Frank Carlucci Arrives in Portugal
Chapter 19 8. Possible Communist Coup in Portugal
Chapter 20 9. March 11th and the End of the "Low-Intensity Involvement" Cycle
Part 21 III. Carlucci vs Kissinger
Chapter 22 1. "Portugal: Courses of Action"
Chapter 23 2. We Probably Have to "Attack" Portugal and Drive it from NATO
Chapter 24 3."Vaccine" or "Support"
Chapter 25 4. The US Reevaluates its Interests in the Azores
Chapter 26 5. "The Election Was a Popularity Contest With No Significance"
Chapter 27 6. The "República Affair" Increases International Import of the Revolution's Progress
Chapter 28 7. Genscher Joins Kissinger and Melo Antunes
Chapter 29 8. The NATO Summit and the US Attempt to Isolate Portugal
Chapter 30 9. Possible Coup by Azorean Separatists
Chapter 31 10. An American Secret Military Mission
Chapter 32 11. Kissinger Encourages the Portuguese "Moderates" to Act
Part 33 IV. Support for the "Moderates"
Chapter 34 1. European Pressure at Helsinki
Chapter 35 2. The "Nine's Document" and Contacts with the US Embassy
Chapter 36 3. Carlucci "Beats" Kissinger
Chapter 37 4. Support for the Democratic Parties
Chapter 38 5. Carlucci's Primary Objective: Get Rid of Vasco Gonçalves
Chapter 39 6. The United States and Western Europe Discuss Plans for Portugal
Chapter 40 7. Support for the Sixth Provisional Government
Chapter 41 8. The American Contingency Plan for a Portuguese Civil War
Chapter 42 9. The West and November 25th
Part 43 V. Support for the Implementation of Democracy
Chapter 44 1. The "Mensheviks' Victory"
Chapter 45 2. Angola and Cuban Aircraft in Portugal
Chapter 46 3. The Institutionalization of Democracy and Carlucci's Support
Chapter 47 4. The "Jumbo Loan"
Chapter 48 5. American Support for the Restructuring of the Armed Forces
49 Conclusion
50 Bibliography

Bernardino Gomes and Tiago Moreira de Sa provide an important scholarly contribution with their study of U.S.-Portuguese relations, a subject that has been neglected by the discipline of American diplomatic history. Not only have the authors made impressive use of documents in Washington and Lisbon, they have interviewed some key historical figures in Portugal's transition to democracy, including Prime Minister Mario Soares and U.S. Ambassador Frank Carlucci, whose record as a Kissinger subordinate will surprise many readers.