简介：Attheendofabloodycivilwar,FranciscoFrancoseizedpowerandruledSpainwithanironhandfornearlyfourdecades.Underhisleadershiptheconservative,monarchistarmedforcesstagedacoupagainstSpain'sdemocraticallyelectedrepublicangovernment.TheinsurrectionwassupportedbyItalyandGermany.ThreeyearsofbitterfightingfollowedandbyApril1939,Spainhadbecomeadifferentcountry.Thehostilitiesandpoliticalpurgescosthalfamillionlives. Ch1.TheRisetoPower AnexaminationofdictatorFranciscoFranco'sreign,beginningwithalookathisrisetopowerafterlaunchingacoupin1936thatledtotheSpanishCivilWar. Ch2.TheNewRegime AlookatthefirstperiodofFranco'sregime,whenhegavehimselfthetitleofSupremeLeaderofSpainandhisfamilymovedintotheformersummerresidenceoftheking. Ch3.ZeroHour AlookathowFrancomanagedtoprevailasdictatoraftertheendoftheSecondWorldWar,withtheAlliesmakingacleardistinctionbetweenthefriendsandfoesofdemocracy. Ch4.TheLeadenAge AlookathowFranco'srulewaslegitimisedbySpain'seconomicupturn,butnewinfluencesenteringthecountryconfrontedtheregimewithnewchallenges.…