000 00836nam a2200181 4500
020 _a9781904950325
024 _a60668614
050 _aDP264.F7
082 _a946.082092
100 1 _aMichael Streeter
245 1 _aFranco
260 _bHaus Publishing
300 _a170 pages
520 _aFranco's ruthless pursuit of victory in the bloody Spanish Civil War alone guaranteed him fame and notoriety. The general went on to rule Spain for nearly 40 years with an authoritarian zeal that scarcely diminished in old age. Variously courted by the liberal democracies of Britain and France, the Fascist alliance of Hitler and Mussolini and then by anti-communist administrations in Washington, Franco played a major role on the world stage until his death in 1975.
650 _aHistory - Europe
650 _aBiography
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