José Antonio Primo de Rivera : the reality and myth of a Spanish fascist leader /
"There are few individuals in modern Spanish history that have been as thoroughly mythologized as José Antonio Primo de Rivera, a leading figure in the Spanish Civil War who was executed by the Republicans in 1936 and celebrated as a martyr following the victory of the Falangists. In this long...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2019.
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| Series: | Studies in Latin American and Spanish history ;
Volume 3. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv287sjss |
| Summary: | "There are few individuals in modern Spanish history that have been as thoroughly mythologized as José Antonio Primo de Rivera, a leading figure in the Spanish Civil War who was executed by the Republicans in 1936 and celebrated as a martyr following the victory of the Falangists. In this long-awaited translation, Joan Maria Thomàs provides a measured, exhaustively researched study of Primo de Rivera's personality, beliefs, and political activity. His biography shows us a man dedicated to the creation of a fascist political regime that he aspired to one day lead, while at the same carefully distinguishing his aims from those of the Falangists and the Franco Regime"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789202090 1789202094 9781789202083 |