by Stanley G. Payne · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439538233
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«Franco, el perfil de la historia» is the biography of Francisco Franco by Stanley G. Payne (Planeta DeAgostini, paperback, 278 pages, in Spanish).
This biography traces the trajectory of Francisco Franco as a man, soldier and ruler, from his origins to the dictatorship he led for almost forty years. Payne analyzes Franco's rise to power, the evolution of the regime and Franco's place in the history of Spain and the contemporary world.
The work was published in 1995 in the Grandes Biografías collection. Stanley G. Payne, professor of European history, has devoted more than ten books to the study of Francoist Spain.
The work is aimed at readers interested in the contemporary history of Spain and in the figure of Franco.
Stanley G. Payne is an American academic and historian, specialized in the history of modern Spain and European fascist movements at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He retired from full-time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department of History. His works on the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist period received various estimates: while by the 1980s he had earned the reputation of "America's most prolific historian of Spain", in the 21st century his later works became known for their "revisionist" approach, and received criticism from other historians as overly benevolent towards Falangism and for allegedly spreading Francoist narratives. However, other historians have praised Payne's work in the 21st century. In 2018, Julius Ruiz praised Payne's 2017 work Alcala Zamora and the Failure of the Spanish Republic.
