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Franco : a personal and political biography /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Payne, Stanley G. (Author), Palacios, Jesús, 1952- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Franco, Francisco, > 1892-1975.
Heads of state > Spain > Biography.
Generals > Spain > Biography.
Spain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The making of a Spanish officer (1892-1913)
  • 2. The youngest general in Europe (1913-1926)
  • 3. Director of the General Military Academy (1926-1931)
  • 4. From ostracism to Chief of Staff (1931-1936)
  • 5. The destruction of Republican democracy (1936)
  • 6. Franco becomes Generalissimo (1936)
  • 7. Forging a dictatorship (1936-1939)
  • 8. Winning the Civil War (1936-1939)
  • 9. Franco and the Nationlist Repression (1936-1945)
  • 10. From civil war to world war (1939-1940)
  • 11. The great temptation (1940-1941)
  • 12. Surviving World War II (1941-1945)
  • 13. Franco at bay (1945-1953)
  • 14. Franco at his zenith (1953-1959)
  • 15. Franco at home
  • 16. Development dictator (1959-1964)
  • 17. Facing the future (1964-1969)
  • 18. Franco and the modernization of Spain
  • 19. Twilight years (1969-1974)
  • 20. The death of Franco (1974-1975)
  • Conclusion: Franco in the perspective of history
  • Index.