The Franco Regime, 1936–1975

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Univ of Wisconsin Press, Nov 15, 1987 - Biography & Autobiography - 677 pages

The history of modern Spain is dominated by the figure of Francisco Franco, who presided over one of the longest authoritarian regimes of the twentieth century. Between 1936 and the end of the regime in 1975, Franco’s Spain passed through several distinct phases of political, institutional, and economic development, moving from the original semi-fascist regime of 1936–45 to become the Catholic corporatist “organic democracy” under the monarchy from 1945 to 1957. Distinguished historian Stanley G. Payne offers deep insight into the career of this complex and formidable figure and the enormous changes that shaped Spanish history during his regime.

 

Contents

The Politics of Modern Spain
3
General Miguel Primo de Rivera while dictator in 1928
22
Manuel Azaña Díaz prime minister and president of the Second Republic
37
José Calvo Sotelo head of the rightist Bloque Nacional under the Republic
48
Ramiro Ledesma Ramos cofounder of the JONS
54
José Antonio Primo de Rivera first Jefe Nacional of the Falange
60
Franco and his daughter Carmencita during the Civil War
74
The Rebellion of the Eighteenth of July
87
Franco saluting a crowd from the balcony of the Salamanca city hall 1937
172
Franco on an inspection tour during the Civil War
190
The New State of 1939
231
Franco addressing a large political audience in Madrid soon after
233
Ramón Serrano Súñer while Minister of the Interior 1940
259
Franco and Hitler at Hendaye October 23 1940
272
U S Ambassador Weddell and German Ambassador Eberhard von Stohrer
280
Franco followed by Arrese entering a meeting of the FETs National Council
289

Franco and Yagüe in Seville August 1936
113
Republican troops during the first months of the Civil War
121
Members of the International Brigades
129
Nationalist artillery on the Somosierra front north of Madrid 1937
137
Nationalist infantry from one of the elite Tercio units on the assault
148
A detachment of the Condor Legion on parade during the Civil War
157
Manuel Hedilla Larrey leader of the Falange early in the Civil War
164
The Regime at MidPassage 19501959
413
Developmentalism and Decay 19591975
461
Continuity and Reform during the 1960s
494
Selected Bibliography
645
Index
655
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Stanley G. Payne is the Hilldale–Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His many books include Spain: A Unique History; Spain’s First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931–1936; A History of Fascism, 1914–1945; and Fascism: Comparison and Definition, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

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