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Franco : A Biography | Envi

Maarten (TX)
21 de abril de 2003
Must read to understand Spain and the Spaniards
This is a classic and describes a period of Spain's history that has formed post-Franco culture to an important level. Paul Preston has written a very detailed book about this period, well researched and documented; it also reads well and even though most of the readers will know how the story ends (this is what defines 'history')it maintains the tension even when re-reading after some time. The most recent book (I believe only written in Spanish so far) about Don Juan Carlos (king of Spain) is equally impressive. To both books, however, there is one thing I missed: the deeper psychological background to the key players. Why did they do what they did? Why was Franco able to 'hang on' for so long, how was Juan Carlos able to live under one regime and then change to a democracy (doing what I would call a 'Gorbachov': growing up in the system, getting powerful in the system and then defeating the same system). I am looking forward to have those aspects covered by Mr Preston one day.Ver másVer menos
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M. Berrios
27 de septiembre de 2021
Good book but way too long
This biography is extremely detailed. Thankfully it is easy to read and very interesting, but I am skipping entire pages, it's just too much.
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Ronnie Gonzalez
18 de mayo de 2014
The Defininitive Book on Franco
If you really want to understand a crucial and telling piece of world history that has been kept largely a secret due to a largely secretive maniac, Paul Preston's FRANCO: A BIOGRAPHY is the book to read.On one level, it can definitely be argued that "karma's a bitch" and that, because of that, Spain perhaps was due to get back a little of what they'd put so much of Latin America through for so long, and so God created Francisco Franco as a fair and just punishment for the people of Spain.On another level, however, it could also be argued -- and I think much more convincingly argued -- that any culture is dominated and thus actually ruled by its most powerful militarized elements against which most of the people have no say if they disagree. In essence, societies and empires are captives of "their" militaries and those who strategize for them, and most likely Spain has never been any different, even through its most sado-masochistic peak as THE global empire.The problem is that many Spanish most likely wanted no part of the Inquisition, the takeover of the New World, or any of the brutalities perpetrated by the Spanish Empire down through the ages. Yet the sadistic element in Spain, as in every other country, typically remains in control down through time. And so, when it came time for Spain to meet its final defeat in the Spanish-American War at the hands of Teddy Roosevelt, those same sadistic elements in control of Spain, having no more outside whipping boys against which to continue the tradition of indulging their penchant for wanton domination and cruelty, they turned first against Morocco to their south in the Rif Wars, and then against their own internal human infrastructure, in terms of what is so sanitizingly called "The Spanish Civil War", but which, upon the revelations of recent years, should be most accurately called The Spanish Holocaust. And at the center of all that, with the help of pro-fascist, pro-Nazi American-Germanist elements like the Bush family, the Rockefeller family and so on, was the general Francisco Franco.Ver másVer menos
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Robert Welikson
6 de febrero de 2015
... uncle and reported to me that it was the best biography of Franco he had every read
I purchased this book for my uncle and he reported to me that it was the best biography of Franco he had ever read. My uncle is an avid Hispanophile and student of Franco's life so this was high praise indeed.
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Mariposa
4 de junio de 2013
Franco. Biography
Interesting book from the respected author. Easy to read for non-speaking English. Gives you more insight into Franco's life. Recommend for the people who are interested in history
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Austin T. Foley
25 de junio de 2025
Quite biased but decent
Pretty good, but highly biased. Author is obviously a left-wing person who wishes the Republicans won the war. I will give the author credit, however, for being personally sympathetic to Franco, i.e. he sympathizes with Franco over family misfortune, death etc.Ver másVer menos
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Franco : A Biography

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Must read to understand Spain and the Spaniards

Good book but way too long

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... uncle and reported to me that it was the best biography of Franco he had every read

Franco. Biography

Quite biased but decent

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