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