The Franco Regime, 1936-1975
In recent years there have been several studies of the post-Franco transition. Payne, a veteran historian of modern Spain, judges the time to be ripe for a fresh overview of the Franco regime itself. He focuses on the political history of the Franco years, with lesser attention to economic and other developments. Payne struggles to give the Franco of the Civil War every possible credit, assuming Republican bias on the part of the reader. He is less gentle with the regime in reporting on the repression and World War II periods. On the whole, his is a balanced and coherent treatmentnot light reading, but accessible to any serious reader. Well done and highly recommended. Nancy C. Cridland, Indiana Univ. Libs., BloomingtonCopyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.