El triunfo de la democracia en España

The triumph of democracy in Spain is Paul Preston's great book on the Transition and consolidation of Spanish democracy, where he portrays the numerous difficulties and painful moments of a fundamental stage in the recent history of our country, when fatigue was mixed of the Francoist cliques, the strengthening of the moderate opposition and the appearance of terrorism of different signs. The impossibility of Franco's continuity was soon evident, and with a great spirit of sacrifice and cooperation, all the political parties worked to create the constitutional framework of democratic restoration. The memory of the horrors of the war and of the subsequent violence was such that, even if personal hatred remained, the post-Franco political consensus would be established on the basis of a collective agreement to renounce revenge. True to his style, Paul Preston walks the path that passes through the disintegration of Francoism, the death of Carrero Blanco, the stage of government of Arias Navarro, the arrival of Adolfo Suárez and the political reform undertaken, the construction of a democracy with elements of the old regime, the attempted coup d'état and the crucial intervention of King Juan Carlos in the entire process that made possible the restoration and consolidation of democracy in Spain.