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Franco: A Personal and Political Biography

Franco: A Personal and Political Biography Hardcover - 2014

by Payne, Stanley G.; Palacios, Jesus

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Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 617pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners and edges of unclipped jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: General Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. He has been the subject of many biographies, several of them more than a thousand pages in length, but all the preceding works have tended toward one extreme of interpretation or the other. This is the first comprehensive scholarly biography of Franco in English that is objective and balanced in its coverage, treating all three major aspects of his life—personal, military, and political. The coauthors, both renowned historians of Spain, present a deeply researched account that has made extensive use of the Franco Archive (long inaccessible to historians). They have also conducted in-depth interviews with his only daughter to explain better his family background, personal life, and marital environment, as well as his military and political career. Franco: A Personal and Political Biography 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 (1931-36). 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.(Publisher).
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  • Title Franco: A Personal and Political Biography
  • Author Payne, Stanley G.; Palacios, Jesus
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 617
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison
  • Date 2014
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 15235
  • ISBN 9780299302108
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Spanish

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2014, Page 12
  • Choice, 05/01/2015, Page 1581
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2014, Page 94

About the author

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. Jess Palacios is a noted historian, investigative journalist, and adjunct professor at the University of Madrid.

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