Breve historia del franquismo

Has everything been said about Francisco Franco? Did Spain live with Franco the longest period of peace in its history? Did the Spanish feel prisoners of a dictatorship? Was Franco a fascist? Was Francoism a dictatorship or a one-person regime? Were there political prisoners? What happened to them? Much has been written about Franco and Francoism: biographies of the Caudillo, genesis and evolution of the regime, dark events during those forty years and others that were too transparent. Franco and Francoism continue to be recurrently invoked in the current Spanish political debate, in most cases without real knowledge of who he was and what his years of government meant for Spain. An illuminating analysis was lacking to explain Francoism without passion, suitable for those who wish to know the historical reality regardless of ideological principles or family influences. Fernando Paz's essay is, above all, a photograph of the Francoist period. A Brief History of Francoism reviews what Spain achieved during those four decades, the opportunities it did not take advantage of, how international political events influenced Spanish domestic politics, and why it became a relevant country among the nations of the world.