An edition of Franco: A Biography (1993)

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An edition of Franco: A Biography (1993)

Franco

a biography

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The controversy about Franco's achievements has raged since his death. Just how good a general was he? Would he have won the civil war without German and Italian help? Can he be blamed for the bombing of Guernica and other atrocities? Did he dupe Hitler during World War II? Were his self-sufficient economic policies directly responsible for ushering in Spain's economic boom? Did he deliberately seek to liberalize the regime in his later years, or was he perhaps losing his grip on the controls?

Did Franco preside over another Spanish golden age or did he merely stall and stifle his country's natural growth? How, in the final reckoning, are his achievements to be judged? Preston addresses and resolves, often to startling effect, these pivotal questions.

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Publisher
BasicBooks, a division of HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
1002

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Subjects

Heads of state, Biography, Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975, General, Language readers, Fiction - General, Spain, biography, Generals, Spanish language books, Franco, francisco , 1892-1975, Politics and government, Politics, Spain, 946.082

People

Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975)

Places

Spain

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Franco: Caudillo de España
2006, Debolsillo
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Franco
Franco: a biography
1994, BasicBooks, a division of HarperCollins
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [921]-953) and index.

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
946.082/092, B
Library of Congress
DP264.F7 P74 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 1002 p. :
Number of pages
1002

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1103612M
Internet Archive
francobiography00pres
ISBN 10
0465025153
LCCN
94028636
OCLC/WorldCat
30736425
Library Thing
248390
Goodreads
987842

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Work Description

Contra la visión de Franco como figura providencial, una biografía completísima, rigurosa y apasionante del hombre que rigió España durante tantos años, donde se muestra al militar ambicioso e implacable al admirador de Hitler y Mussolini; al dirigiente político cada vez más pagado de su propio papel, pero incapaz de comprender la complejidad del Estado y la economía modernos. Queda el hombre visceralmente conservador, tan cauto como ambicioso, hábil en el manejo de las personas y de los contrapesos del poder.

Un libro imprescindible para quien quiera comprender la historia reciente de España, Así como a uno de los personajes cantrales de la misma.

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