Franco and the Spanish Civil War

<strong>Franco and the Spanish Civil War</strong> is a wideranging and insightful analysisof the origins course and consequences of the conflict and of Francos ... » 

Franco and the Spanish Civil War is a wideranging and insightful analysisof the origins course and consequences of the conflict and of Francos rolewithin it. It offers a broad view of the war through a survey of the social andcultural dimensions as well as the military and political ones. In particularit traces Francos meteoric rise to power his conduct in the war and his longsubsequent rule.This authoritative introduction illuminates the many differentinterpretations of the conflict by examining a variety of perspectives. Francoand the Spanish Civil War places the war in its national and global contextsexploring both nationalist and republican points of view and giving attentionto foreign participation in the conflict. «