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Franco - Anatomy of a Dictator (Hardcover)
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Franco - Anatomy of a Dictator (Hardcover)
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On 20th November 1975, General Francisco Franco died in Madrid,
just before his 83rd birthday. At the time of his death he had been
the head of a dictatorial regime with the title of 'Caudillo' for
almost 40 years. In this book, Enrique Moradiellos redraws Franco
in three dimensions - Franco, the man; Franco, the Caudillo and
Franco's Spain. In so doing, he offers a reappraisal of Franco's
personality, his leadership style and the nature of the regime that
he established and led until his death. As a dictator who
established his power prior to World War II and maintained it well
into the 1970s, Franco was one of the most central figures of
twentieth-century European history. In Spain today, he is a spectre
from a regrettable recent past, uncomfortable yet still very real
and significant. Although a realtively minor dictator in comparison
with Mussolini, Hitler or Stalin, Franco was more fortunate than
them in terms of survival, long-lasting influence and public image.
A study of his regime and its historical evolution sheds new light
on fundamental questions of European history, including the social
and cultural bases for totalitarian or authoritarian challenges to
democracy and sources of political legitimacy grounded in the
charisma of a leader. In this book, Enrique Moradiellos Garcia
examines the dictatorship as well as the dictator and, in doing so,
reveals new aspects to our understanding of General Franco, the
Caudillo.
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