Description
An excellent introduction to Franco's rise to power and his four decades as autocratic head of state in Spain.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 From Galicia to Castile and Back (1892–1912); Chapter 2 Africa, Madrid, Zaragoza (1912–31); Chapter 3 The Second Republic (1931–36); Chapter 4 The Civil War (1936–39); Chapter 5 ‘Franco’s Peace’ (1939–42); Chapter 6 Weathering the Storm (1943–49); Chapter 7 The ‘Sentry of the West’ (1950–60); Chapter 8 The Twilight of the God (1960–75); Chapter 9 The Beginning of the Post-Franco Era;
