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

doi:10.4324/9780203400371

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ABSTRACT

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.

The Politics of Revenge

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

Part I DEFENDING THE PAST

chapter 1|26 pages

Resisting modernity: fascism and the military in twentieth- century Spain

chapter 2|18 pages

The politics of revenge: Francoism, the Civil War and collective memory

part |2 pages

Part II SURVIVING THE PRESENT

chapter 3|32 pages

Franco and the Axis temptation

chapter 4|24 pages

Franco and his generals, 1939–45

part |2 pages

Part III INSTRUMENTS OF DICTATORSHIP

chapter 5|20 pages

Populism and parasitism: the Falange and the Spanish establishment, 1939–75

chapter 6|32 pages

Destiny and dictatorship: the Spanish army and the Franco regime, 1939–75

part |2 pages

Part IV RESURRECTING THE PAST

chapter 7|10 pages

Into the bunker: the extreme right and the struggle against democracy, 1967–77

chapter 8|26 pages

Francoism’s last stand: the military campaign against democracy, 1973–82