USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Francoist Spain (Spanish: España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stanley Payne. Fascism in Spain, 1923–1977. University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, despite Spain’s transition away from dictatorship, which has been revered internationally, some now doubt its democratic credentials. A schism has developed at the heart of Spain’s left-wing coalition government on whether Spain is what some describe as a “full” democracy.