Franco - Streeter Michael

Growing up in the wake of the Spanish military’s shattering defeat at the hands of the United States in 1898 over Cuba and having survived a bullet to the stomach while serving his country in Morocco, it is perhaps no wonder that Francisco Franco’s fame and notoriety was eventually guaranteed by his ruthless pursuit of victory for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Franco played a major role on the world stage until his death in 1975. At once intensely sentimental and affecting cool indifference... Zobrazit více