Probing the enigma of Franco / by Andrew Sangster.

"This book has been written for the student and general reader to study the Franco regime within an accessible framework. It explores the various views of Franco provided by biographers and historians, and acknowledged that political bias and various moral stances are forever evident. The back...

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Main Author: Sangster, Andrew, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Spanish Background History.The nineteenth century
  • 1900-1936
  • Civil strife
  • pt. 2. Franco. His early life
  • Franco and the political scene
  • The Caudillo
  • pt. 3. The Second World War. Power play
  • 1940 : the ideological Fascist
  • 1941 : at war against Russia
  • 1942 : Franco's two-war thesis
  • 1943 : Doubts
  • 1944 : holding the balance
  • 1945 : Franco the pariah
  • pt. 4. Spain under Franco. Postwar problems
  • The way forward, 1950-1955
  • Need for change, 1956-59
  • The last years, 1960-1975.