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THE FRANCO REGIME 1936--
1975, Stanley G. Payne, Phoenix Press, London. Distributed by Sterling Publishing, NY, 2000, 676 pages, $24.95.
Francisco Franco's Falange Party dictatorship in Spain, which arose almost contemporaneously with those of German Nazi Adolf Hitler and Italian Fascist Benito Mussolini, outlasted those leaders by 30 years. In The Franco Regime, Stanley G. Payne provides provocative reasons for Franco's longevity.
To place the regime in proper focus, Payne gives an overview of kaleidoscopic Spanish politics beginning with Spain's defeat by U.S. forces during the Spanish-American...