University of Wisconsin Press, 2018 Cloth: 978-0-299-30210-8 | Paper: 978-0-299-30214-6 | eISBN: 978-0-299-30213-9 Library of Congress Classification DP264.F7P34 2014 Dewey Decimal Classification 946.082092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
General Francisco Franco (1892–1975), ruler of Spain for nearly forty years, was one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. This deeply researched biography treats the three major aspects of his life—personal, military, and political. It depicts his early life, explains his career and rise to prominence as an army officer who became Europe's youngest interwar brigadier general in 1926, and then discusses his role in the affairs of the troubled Second Spanish Republic.
Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios examine in detail how Franco became dictator and how his leadership led to victory in the Spanish Civil War that consolidated his regime. They also explore Franco's role in the great repression that accompanied the Civil War—resulting in tens of thousands of executions—and examine at length his controversial role in World War II. This masterful biography highlights Franco's metamorphoses and adaptations to retain power as politics, culture, and economics shifted in the four decades of his dictatorship.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Stanley G. Payne is the Hilldale–Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the author of many books, including A History of Fascism, 1914–1945; The Franco Regime, 1936–1975; and Spain: A Unique History. Jesús Palacios is a noted historian, investigative journalist, and adjunct professor at the University of Madrid.
REVIEWS
"An intimate portrait of Franco the man, provoking a lively and necessary debate about the nature of the dictator's regime."—Julius Ruiz, author of Franco's Justice
"This compelling biography of Francisco Franco situates the Caudillo in his Spanish and global context. It covers every aspect of Franco's life—from birth to death, from the political to the personal—displaying a judicious and critical understanding of this very controversial figure."—Michael Seidman, author of The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War
"During and after his life, Francisco Franco garnered more than fifty studies of his life, but Franco: A Personal and Political Biography is quite simply one of the best. At last we are presented with a genuinely objective, balanced, above all dispassionate biography, written by two vastly experienced and distinguished scholars. The book's cool and measured conclusions—always lucidly presented—reflect almost uncannily the meticulously pragmatic approach of the subject himself to the numberless military and political issues his career confronted. From being a twentieth-century pariah of world politics, Franco has now come into his own in terms of serious academic attention."—Robert Stradling, author of Your Children Will Be Next: Bombing and Propaganda in the Spanish Civil War
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Preface
1 The Making of a Spanish Officer (1892–1913)
2 The Youngest General in Europe (1913–1926)
3 Director of the General Military Academy (1926–1931)
4 From Ostracism to Chief of Staff (1931–1936)
5 The Destruction of Republican Democracy (1936)
6 Franco Becomes Generalissimo (1936)
7 Forging a Dictatorship (1936–1939)
8 Winning the Civil War (1936–1939)
9 Franco and the Nationalist Repression (1936–1945)
10 From Civil War to World War (1939–1940)
11 The Great Temptation (1940–1941)
12 Surviving World War II (1941–1945)
13 Franco at Bay (1945–1953)
14 Franco at His Zenith (1953–1959)
15 Franco at Home
16 Development Dictator (1959–1964)
17 Facing the Future (1964–1969)
18 Franco and the Modernization of Spain
19 Twilight Years (1969–1974)
20 The Death of Franco (1974–1975)
Conclusion: Franco in the Perspective of History
Notes
Index
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University of Wisconsin Press, 2018 Cloth: 978-0-299-30210-8 Paper: 978-0-299-30214-6 eISBN: 978-0-299-30213-9
General Francisco Franco (1892–1975), ruler of Spain for nearly forty years, was one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. This deeply researched biography treats the three major aspects of his life—personal, military, and political. It depicts his early life, explains his career and rise to prominence as an army officer who became Europe's youngest interwar brigadier general in 1926, and then discusses his role in the affairs of the troubled Second Spanish Republic.
Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios examine in detail how Franco became dictator and how his leadership led to victory in the Spanish Civil War that consolidated his regime. They also explore Franco's role in the great repression that accompanied the Civil War—resulting in tens of thousands of executions—and examine at length his controversial role in World War II. This masterful biography highlights Franco's metamorphoses and adaptations to retain power as politics, culture, and economics shifted in the four decades of his dictatorship.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Stanley G. Payne is the Hilldale–Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the author of many books, including A History of Fascism, 1914–1945; The Franco Regime, 1936–1975; and Spain: A Unique History. Jesús Palacios is a noted historian, investigative journalist, and adjunct professor at the University of Madrid.
REVIEWS
"An intimate portrait of Franco the man, provoking a lively and necessary debate about the nature of the dictator's regime."—Julius Ruiz, author of Franco's Justice
"This compelling biography of Francisco Franco situates the Caudillo in his Spanish and global context. It covers every aspect of Franco's life—from birth to death, from the political to the personal—displaying a judicious and critical understanding of this very controversial figure."—Michael Seidman, author of The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War
"During and after his life, Francisco Franco garnered more than fifty studies of his life, but Franco: A Personal and Political Biography is quite simply one of the best. At last we are presented with a genuinely objective, balanced, above all dispassionate biography, written by two vastly experienced and distinguished scholars. The book's cool and measured conclusions—always lucidly presented—reflect almost uncannily the meticulously pragmatic approach of the subject himself to the numberless military and political issues his career confronted. From being a twentieth-century pariah of world politics, Franco has now come into his own in terms of serious academic attention."—Robert Stradling, author of Your Children Will Be Next: Bombing and Propaganda in the Spanish Civil War
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Preface
1 The Making of a Spanish Officer (1892–1913)
2 The Youngest General in Europe (1913–1926)
3 Director of the General Military Academy (1926–1931)
4 From Ostracism to Chief of Staff (1931–1936)
5 The Destruction of Republican Democracy (1936)
6 Franco Becomes Generalissimo (1936)
7 Forging a Dictatorship (1936–1939)
8 Winning the Civil War (1936–1939)
9 Franco and the Nationalist Repression (1936–1945)
10 From Civil War to World War (1939–1940)
11 The Great Temptation (1940–1941)
12 Surviving World War II (1941–1945)
13 Franco at Bay (1945–1953)
14 Franco at His Zenith (1953–1959)
15 Franco at Home
16 Development Dictator (1959–1964)
17 Facing the Future (1964–1969)
18 Franco and the Modernization of Spain
19 Twilight Years (1969–1974)
20 The Death of Franco (1974–1975)
Conclusion: Franco in the Perspective of History
Notes
Index
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