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Franco : a personal and political biography / Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Stanley G., author.
- Palacios, Jesús, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975.
- Franco, Francisco.
- Heads of state--Spain--Biography.
- Heads of state.
- Spain.
- Generals--Spain--Biography.
- Generals.
- Spain--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Political science.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 617 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1 The Making of a Spanish Officer (1892-1913) 3
- 2 The Youngest General in Europe (1913-1916) 23
- 3 Director of the General Military Academy (1926-1931) 53
- 4 From Ostracism to Chief of Staff (1931-1936) 68
- 5 The Destruction of Republican Democracy (1936) 100
- 6 Franco Becomes Generalissimo (1936) 127
- 7 Forging a Dictatorship (1936-1939) 152
- 8 Winning the Civil War (1936-1939) 172
- 9 Franco and the Nationalist Repression (1936-1945) 200
- 10 From Civil War to World War (1939-1940) 212
- 11 The Great Temptation (1940-1941) 231
- 12 Surviving World War II (1941-1945) 261
- 13 Franco at Bay (1945-1953) 284
- 14 Franco at His Zenith (1953-1959) 342
- 15 Franco at Home 364
- 16 Development Dictator (1959-1964) 391
- 17 Facing the Future (1964-1969) 414
- 18 Franco and the Modernization of Spain 431
- 19 Twilight Years (1969-1974) 447
- 20 The Death of Franco (1974-1975) 475.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780299302108
- 0299302105
- OCLC:
- 872562093
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