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Franco : a biography / Paul Preston.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : BasicBooks, a division of HarperCollins, c1994.Description: xxi, 1002 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0465025153 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 946.082/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • DP264.F7 P74 1994
Contents:
Prologue: The enigma of General Franco -- The making of a hero : 1892-1922 -- The making of a general : 1922-1931 -- In the cold : Franco and the Second Republic 1931-1933 -- In command : Franco and the Second Republic 1934-1936 -- The making of a conspirator : Franco and the Popular Front 1936 -- The making of a Generalisimo : July-August 1936 -- The making of a Caudillo : August-November 1936 -- Franco and the Siege of Madrid : October 1936-February 1937 -- The Axis connection : Guadalajara & Guernica March-April 1937 -- The making of a dictator : Franco & the unification April 1937 -- Franco's war of annihilation : May 1937-January 1938 -- Total victory : February 1938-April 1939 -- Basking in glory : the Axis partnership April-September 1939 -- The man who would be emperor : the defeat of France 1940 -- The price of empire : Franco and Hitler September-October 1940 -- In the wings : Franco & the Axis November 1940-February 1941 -- Towards a new crusade : February 1941-January 1942 -- Watching the tide turn : January-December 1942 -- The hero as chameleon : January 1943-January 1944 -- 'Franco's victory' : January 1944-May 1945 -- The hero besieged : 1945-1946 -- A winning hand : 1947-1950 -- The sentinel of the west : 1950-1953 -- Years of triumph and crisis : 1953-1956 -- Learning to delegate : Homo Ludens 1956-1960 -- Intimations of mortality : 1960-1963 -- Preparing for immortality : 1964-1969 -- The long goodbye : 1969-1975 -- Epilogue: 'No enemies other than the enemies of Spain'.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks DP264.F7P74 1994 1 Available 33710000666409

Includes bibliographical references (p. [921]-953) and index.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Prologue: The enigma of General Franco -- The making of a hero : 1892-1922 -- The making of a general : 1922-1931 -- In the cold : Franco and the Second Republic 1931-1933 -- In command : Franco and the Second Republic 1934-1936 -- The making of a conspirator : Franco and the Popular Front 1936 -- The making of a Generalisimo : July-August 1936 -- The making of a Caudillo : August-November 1936 -- Franco and the Siege of Madrid : October 1936-February 1937 -- The Axis connection : Guadalajara & Guernica March-April 1937 -- The making of a dictator : Franco & the unification April 1937 -- Franco's war of annihilation : May 1937-January 1938 -- Total victory : February 1938-April 1939 -- Basking in glory : the Axis partnership April-September 1939 -- The man who would be emperor : the defeat of France 1940 -- The price of empire : Franco and Hitler September-October 1940 -- In the wings : Franco & the Axis November 1940-February 1941 -- Towards a new crusade : February 1941-January 1942 -- Watching the tide turn : January-December 1942 -- The hero as chameleon : January 1943-January 1944 -- 'Franco's victory' : January 1944-May 1945 -- The hero besieged : 1945-1946 -- A winning hand : 1947-1950 -- The sentinel of the west : 1950-1953 -- Years of triumph and crisis : 1953-1956 -- Learning to delegate : Homo Ludens 1956-1960 -- Intimations of mortality : 1960-1963 -- Preparing for immortality : 1964-1969 -- The long goodbye : 1969-1975 -- Epilogue: 'No enemies other than the enemies of Spain'.