A People Betrayed: History Of Corruption Political Incompetence And Social Division In Modern Spain 1874-2018 Paul Preston William Collins Αγγλικά

From The Foremost Historian Of 20Th Century Spain A People Betrayed Is Story Devastating Betrayal By Its Political Class Military And Church This Comprehensive History Modern Chronicles Fomenting Violent Social Division Throughout Country Institutionalised Corruption Startling Incompetence Most Spectacularly During Primo De Rivera Franco Dictatorships Grotesque Shameless Went Hand-In-Hand With Inept Policies That Prolonged Spain’s Economic Backwardness Well Into 1950S Looks Back To Years Prior 1923 When Electoral Excluded Masses Organized Politics Gave Them Choice Between Apathetic Acceptance Revolution Bitter Conflict Tensions Centralist Nationalism Regional Independence Movements Then Exploded Civil War 1936-1939 It Took Horrors Dictatorship Followed Break Pattern Moderation Shared Progressive Right Chastened Left Underlay Bloodless Transition Democracy After 1975 Yet As Before Continued Have Corrosive Effect On Coexistence Cohesion Sparkling Vivid Portraits Politicians Army Officers Some Corrupt Others Clean Recounting Triumphs Disasters Kings Alfonso Xiii Juan Carlos Unravels Mystery Why Both Been Unable Or Unwilling Deal Pernicious Clash Spanish Desires For Σελίδες: 768 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm