1st Edition

The Politics of Revenge Fascism and the Military in 20th-century Spain

By Paul Preston Copyright 1991
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

The role of the Spanish Right in the course of the twentieth-century has been a neglected area of academic study. The Politics of Revenge redresses this providing a succinct and disturbing account.

Author's Note; Preface; Chronology; Part I: Defending the Past: Resisting modernity: fascism and the military in twentieth- century Spain; The Politics of Revenge: Francoism, the Civil War and collective memory; Part II: Surviving the Present: Franco and the Axis temptation; Franco and his generals, 1939-45; Part III: Instruments of Dictatorship: Populism and parasitism: the Falange and the Spanish establishment, 1939-75; Destiny and dictatorship: the Spanish army and the Franco regime, 1939-75; Part IV: Resurrecting the Past: Into the bunker: the extreme right and the struggle against democracy, 1967-77; Francoism's last stand: the military campaign against democracy, 1973-82; Further reading; Index

Biography

Preston, Paul