Franco y sus generales

Synopsis of Franco y sus generales

«Franco y sus generales. La manicura del tigre» is a historical essay by Gabriel Cardona, published by Temas de Hoy: Historia in hardcover (341 pages).

Starting from Miquel Roca Junyent's phrase about army reform, compared to manicuring a tiger, Gabriel Cardona explains how Franco tamed the military and turned them into an obedient force. The work analyzes this policy and its influence on later Spain, even after the dictator's death.

First edition published in 2001; includes bibliographic references (pages 325-329) and index.

For readers of military and political history of 20th-century Spain, especially Francoism and the transition.