Fascism in Spain, 1923-1977

by Stanley G. Payne

Overview

Fascism in Spain, 1923-1977, by celebrated historian Stanley G. Payne, is the most comprehensive history of Spanish fascism to appear in any language. This authoritative study offers treatment of all the major doctrines, personalities, and defining features of the Spanish fascist movement, from its beginnings until the death of General Francisco Franco in 1977.

Payne describes and analyzes the development of the Falangist party both prior to and during the Spanish Civil War, presenting a detailed analysis of its transformation into the state party of the Franco regime—Falange Española Tradicionalista—as well as its ultimate conversion into the pseudofascist Movimiento Nacional. Payne devotes particular attention to the crucial years 1939-1942, when the Falangists endeavored to expand their influence and convert the Franco regime into a fully Fascist system. Fascism in Spain helps us to understand the personality of Franco, the way in which he handled conflict within the regime, and the reasons for the long survival of his rule. Payne concludes with the first full inquiry into the process of “defascistization,” which began with the fall of Mussolini in 1943 and extended through the Franco regime’s later efforts to transform the party into a more viable political entity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299165642
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	01/10/2000
Edition description:	1
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.60(d)

Table of Contents

	Illustrations	ix
	Preface	xi
I.	Nationalism in Spain: Liberal, Authoritarian, Fascist
1.	The Problem of Spanish Nationalism	3
2.	Origins of Authoritarian Nationalism in Spain	16
3.	The Fascism of the Intellectuals	51
II.	Jose Antonio Primo De Rivera and Falange Espanola, 1933-1936
4.	Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera and the Founding of the Falange, 1933-1934	69
5.	Jefe Nacional, 1934-1936	115
6.	From Clandestinity to Civil War	185
7.	The Death of Jose Antonio	209
III.	The Falange Espanola Tradicionalista in the Fascist Era, 1936-1945
8.	Francisco Franco and the Formation of the Falange Espanola Tradicionalista	239
9.	The FET during the Civil War, 1937-1939	273
10.	The FET during the Climax of European Fascism, 1939-1941	310
11.	The First Phase of a Long Defascistization, 1941-1945	363
IV.	The Movimiento Nacional During the Postfascist Era, 1945-1977
12.	Partial Eclipse and Frustrated Resurgence, 1945-1958	401
13.	The Last Phase of the Movimiento, 1959-1977	431
	Conclusion	469
	Notes	483
	Index	565