"The Francisco Franco dictatorship in Spain lasted almost 40 years, from his military invasion of the Second Spanish Republic in 1936 and three years of civil war to his death in the fall of 1975," ...

When Spain became a republic in 1931, it granted Catalonia semi-autonomous status. But during the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia backed the losing side, and in its aftermath the fascist general ...

Spain: A History. Oxford University Press, USA, $45 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-19-820619-4. Potent yet palatable, this history of Spain is remarkably seamless--especially considering that it traces the ...