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El Generalísimo : a biography of Francisco Franco / Giles Tremlett.
Van Pelt - New Book Display DP264.F7 T7 2025
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- Author/Creator:
- Tremlett, Giles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975.
- Franco, Francisco.
- Dictators--Spain--Biography.
- Dictators.
- Francoism.
- Spain--Politics and government--1931-1939.
- Spain.
- Spain--Politics and government--1939-1975.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 506 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Biography of Francisco Franco
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Supported by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco rose to power by defeating the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War that lasted from 1936 to 1939. Yet while Hitler and Mussolini did not survive World War II, Franco remained Spain's strongman ruler until his death forty years later. More compelling than how he gained absolute power is how he retained it for so long, virtually unopposed, making him one of history's most successful dictators. In El Generalísimo, published on the 50th anniversary of Franco's death, Giles Tremlett reveals how his ascent and extraordinary staying power stemmed from his determination to reverse history, returning Spain to its glory days as a globe-spanning empire."
- Contents:
- Introduction : a military messiah
- El desastre
- Cadet
- Without Africa, I can scarcely explain myself
- The girl behind the lattice screen
- Los novios de la muerte
- A new disaster
- Fame
- My Mussolini
- Retreat and revenge
- Hero brothers
- Out witht he old : the end of the monarchy
- ¡Viva la republica!
- Rebels in Asturias
- The pendulum swings
- The Popular Front :the left returns
- The big decision
- Insurrection
- Fascism's tailcoat
- Fighting at last
- Absolute power
- Holy war
- Attack on Madrid
- The absent one
- Enforced unity
- Slow war
- A new regime
- The three dictators
- Victory and repression
- The world at war
- My friend Hitler
- Famine
- The race
- The wrong side of history
- End of empire, again
- Post-war pariah
- Great poisons
- The sleeper prince
- The grey fifties
- Take-off
- Change
- Lost years
- ¡Viva Franco!
- Operation Ogre
- He listens but does not hear
- Last gasp
- Epilogue :Franco's funerals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-488) and index (pages 489-504).
- ISBN:
- 9780197832318
- 0197832318
- OCLC:
- 1515159856
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