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Franco - A Personal and Political Biography (Hardcover)
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Franco - A Personal and Political Biography (Hardcover)
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General Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one
of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's
long history. He has been the subject of many biographies, several
of them more than a thousand pages in length, but all the preceding
works have tended toward one extreme of interpretation or the
other. This is the first comprehensive scholarly biography of
Franco in English that is objective and balanced in its coverage,
treating all three major aspects of his life - personal, military,
and political. The coauthors, both renowned historians of Spain,
present a deeply researched account that has made extensive use of
the Franco Archive (long inaccessible to historians). They have
also conducted in-depth interviews with his only daughter to
explain better his family background, personal life, and marital
environment, as well as his military and political career. Franco:
A Personal and Political Biography depicts his early life, explains
his career and rise to prominence as an army officer who became
Europe's youngest interwar brigadier general in 1926, and then
discusses his role in the affairs of the troubled Second Spanish
Republic (1931-36). Stanley G. Payne and Jesus Palacios examine in
detail how Franco became dictator and how his leadership led to
victory in the Spanish Civil War that consolidated his regime. They
also explore Franco's role in the great repression that accompanied
the Civil War-resulting in tens of thousands of executions - and
examine at length his controversial role in World War II. This
masterful biography highlights Franco's metamorphoses and
adaptations to retain power as politics, culture, and economics
shifted in the four decades of his dictatorship.
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