Franco |
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| Author:
| Ellwood, Sheelagh M. |
| Series title: | Profiles in Power Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-582-01467-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1994 |
| Publisher: | Longman Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Franco was a military man before all else. His supporters said that his handling of politics was that of a brilliant strategist, his detractors that he ran Spain as if it were a barracks. 100 years after his birth, 20 years after his death, he remains a deeply divisive figure, and his contribution, for good or ill, to the emergence of modern Spain is still intensely controversial. Sheelagh Ellwood assesses his career, through the Civil War and his forty years of supreme power, in this...
More DescriptionFranco was a military man before all else. His supporters said that his handling of politics was that of a brilliant strategist, his detractors that he ran Spain as if it were a barracks. 100 years after his birth, 20 years after his death, he remains a deeply divisive figure, and his contribution, for good or ill, to the emergence of modern Spain is still intensely controversial. Sheelagh Ellwood assesses his career, through the Civil War and his forty years of supreme power, in this incisive study.