Stanley G. Paine and Paul Preston, a pro-conservative and more liberal author respectively, were the foremost scholars on the life of Francisco Franco. Paine believed Franco’s life was full of contradictions. His direct evidence was the poor, short, meek individual from El Ferrol rising into becoming Europe’s youngest general. Preston drew the conclusion that Franco felt himself to be inadequate and physically flawed. Thus, he compensated by pursuing military positions of authority, and once power was consolidated, embracing the glorious propaganda of Caudillo. On the whole, one finds that Franco’s ideas of ruling were very simplistic: order, unity, and
Stanley G. Paine and Paul Preston, a pro-conservative and more liberal author respectively, were the foremost scholars on the life of Francisco Franco. Paine believed Franco’s life was full of contradictions. His direct evidence was the poor, short, meek individual from El Ferrol rising into becoming Europe’s youngest general. Preston drew the conclusion that Franco felt himself to be inadequate and physically flawed. Thus, he compensated by pursuing military positions of authority, and once power was consolidated, embracing the glorious propaganda of Caudillo. On the whole, one finds that Franco’s ideas of ruling were very simplistic: order, unity, and