Professor Payne describes Spain's development from the semi-fascist, potentially imperialist regime of 1936-1975 into a Catholic corporatist organic democracy and the final phase of technocracy before the full restoration of monarchy under Juan Carlos. Payne paints a picture of Franco as an imperialist and cultural traditionalist who was also a determined economic modernizer. Neither an intellectual nor an original thinker, Franco understood how to manipulate his people and use his power, and thus maintained a firm ...
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Professor Payne describes Spain's development from the semi-fascist, potentially imperialist regime of 1936-1975 into a Catholic corporatist organic democracy and the final phase of technocracy before the full restoration of monarchy under Juan Carlos. Payne paints a picture of Franco as an imperialist and cultural traditionalist who was also a determined economic modernizer. Neither an intellectual nor an original thinker, Franco understood how to manipulate his people and use his power, and thus maintained a firm authoritarian grasp for four decades. "Provides provocative reasons for Franco's longevity...excellent...plac[es] events in perspective."--"Military Review."
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