Franco : a personal and political biography /
Payne, Stanley G.,author.
Palacios, Jesús,1952-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The making of a Spanish officer (1892-1913) -- 2. The youngest general in Europe (1913-1926) -- 3. Director of the General Military Academy (1926-1931) -- 4. From ostracism to Chief of Staff (1931-1936) -- 5. The destruction of Republican democracy (1936) -- 6. Franco becomes Generalissimo (1936) -- 7. Forging a dictatorship (1936-1939) -- 8. Winning the Civil War (1936-1939) -- 9. Franco and the Nationlist Repression (1936-1945) -- 10. From civil war to world war (1939-1940) -- 11. The great temptation (1940-1941) -- 12. Surviving World War II (1941-1945) -- 13. Franco at bay (1945-1953) -- 14. Franco at his zenith (1953-1959) -- 15. Franco at home -- 16. Development dictator (1959-1964) -- 17. Facing the future (1964-1969) -- 18. Franco and the modernization of Spain -- 19. Twilight years (1969-1974) -- 20. The death of Franco (1974-1975) -- Conclusion: Franco in the perspective of history -- Index.
Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975.
Heads of state
Generals