Skip to product information
1 of 9

Books and Crannies Shop

Franco and the Politics of Spain by Edouard de Blaye (1976)

Regular price
£2.00 GBP
Regular price
Sale price
£2.00 GBP
Tax included.

Product Details

  • Format -Paperback
  • Condition -Fair, cover worn, spine cracked - see images 

Synopsis

Surrounded by the blare of highflown panegyric, General Francisco Franco Bahamonde held on to the sole political power in Spain for almost 40 years, from the end of the Spanish Civil War until his death in November 1975. Representing a peculiar combination of Fascism, Nationalism and religious bigotry, he ruthlessly repressed all opposition to his government, avoiding the diplomatic consequences of his rule in the turmoil of Cold War power-politics