| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 617 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 Nationlist 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 -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975.
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Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975 |
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Heads of state -- Spain -- Biography.
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Generals -- Spain -- Biography.
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Spain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biography.
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| Added Author |
Palacios, Jesús, 1952- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Payne, Stanley G., author. Franco 9780299302108 (DLC) 2014007458 (OCoLC)872562093 |
| ISBN |
9780299302139 (electronic bk.) |
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029930213X (electronic bk.) |
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9780299302108 |
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0299302105 |
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