Francisco Franco

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Heard On University Of The Air

From 1939 to 1975 Francisco Franco was the dictator of Spain, a role that he acquired through military victories and retained through repression that included tens of thousands of executions. Stanley Payne, co-author of new biography of Franco, gives us a detailed picture of the still-controversial dictator and general who gained control of Spain during a civil war and kept control of the country during World War II and the Cold War.

Episode Credits

  • Norman Gilliland Host
  • Norman Gilliland Producer
  • Stanley Payne Guest