Unearthing Franco's Legacy Summary

Any student of history has come to recognize the fact that history is written by the victor and in lieu of this, research becomes essential to uncover where the truth lies. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, so ironically named, is a personal account for historical events leading up to the conquest of New Spain, formerly known as the City of Mexico. The author, Bernal Diaz, was a soldier of the conquering army who composed the document well after the events took place sometime between 1552 and 1557. Though the document did provide insight in regards to the victor’s perspective, it also served as a tool to rewrite the account of the conquered people.

During the 15th century, many considered Spain insignificant. However, within a century it became a world-dominant power in Europe. Although Spain only took a brief time to rise, it was also short-lived. The rise of Spain was due to its flourishing culture, stable political system and successful voyages to the New World. On the other hand, its decline was due to religious control, resistance from other countries and inflation.

One's memories will paint a reality of society so divorced from our own as 'truth is the first casualty of war'. It will be of three and a half years of imprisonment and the chance to reflect fifty years after the event will be at large. In John Misto's historical fiction, The Shoe Horn Sonata the hard truth is brought to light in 1995, fifty years on providing a rich sense of reflection and consideration of the notion of World War Two through the memory of two characters, Shelia and Bridie.

War is always the worst tragedy of mankind in the world. We, as human beings, were experienced two most dolorous wars that were ever happened in our history: World War I and World War II. A young generation actually does not know how much hardship the predecessors, who joined and passed through the wars, undergo. We were taught about just how many people died in the wars, how much damage two participations in the wars suffered or just the general information about the wars. We absolutely do not know about the details, and that’s why we also do not know what the grief-stricken feeling of people joining in the wars really is. But we can somewhat understand that feeling through war novels, which describe the truthfulness of the soldiers’ lives, thoughts, feelings and experiences. All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque, which takes World War I as background, is the great war novel which talks about the German soldiers ' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the hopeless of these soldiers about the “future” – the time the war would have ended.

Sometimes great leaders must make sacrifices to be successful and rule their nation as intended to. Porfirio Diaz is one such. After Mexico became a new country Diaz took power in 1876 as a dictator. Many literalists saw this dictatorship as if the country would fail, but they failed to recognize the benefits of his rule. “The benefits of his rule with respect to peace, stability, prosperity, and modernization are often overlooked.” (The Porfiriato: The stability and Growth Mexico Needed) His leadership was exactly what Mexico needed at the time. “Lifting it out of over a century of constant civil war, anarchy, and chaos and into the modern, industrial world.” (The Porfiriato: The stability and Growth Mexico Needed) Porfirio Diaz changed the

The rise of a powerful government and the enforcement of religious orthodoxy were factors that help established the Spanish Empire.

The book Silencing The Past is about how people “silence” the past through selective memories to benefit us in the present. We pick out certain events and either dramatize them or play them down to the point of no importance. This paper is about both our played up dramas and our forgotten realities.

reveals the truth of the war as the author remembers the war after twenty one years and

Lest we forget” Baker’s attitude leads his mother to question, “Does history remember more than memory?” Here, rhetorical questioning indicates the way in which private memories are often abandoned in favour of public representations of historical events. The public representation of the Indigenous history is the one written from the European perspective, whilst the private memories, from the Indigenous perspective, similarly to Genia’s, are often forgotten or not validated. However, Baker soon comes to realise that these memories of his mother are just as valuable, if not more, than those of his father. He acknowledges that; “Unlike my father, she could never show her children the scars on her arm; hers were invisible, numbered in the days and years of her stolen childhood”. Through metaphysical imagery, Baker, and ultimately the audience, recognise the eloquence and value of Genia’s memories in shaping a voice and persona that, although equally valid to those of other survivors, has not been publicly recognised.

How would we compose the historical backdrop of such apparently distraught state savagery? We will most likely never know for certain what made Trujillo arrange the 1937 slaughter. Be that as it may, we can light up the powers that made the slaughter conceivable, break down its recorded effect, and deconstruct the myths it has occasioned and the histories it has destroyed. Such an examination, in any case, will never—nor should it—clarify away the overflow of pitilessness and unconventionality in the

Stanley Payne’s argument strongly rejects the notion that Franco’s Spain can be characterised as an embodiment of the traditional values that comprise fascism. Payne asserts that while Franco’s ‘political orientation was definitely pro-fascist’1, the nature of Francoist Spain never resembled anything that was analogous to Mussolini’s Italy, with Payne confidently stating that ‘scarcely any of the serious historians and analysts of Franco consider the Generalissimo to have been a core fascist’.2 The central premise of Payne’s argument is that Francoist ideology diverges from fascism at a fundamental level, which is made evident by Franco’s largely conservative philosophy and his refusal to pursue revolutionary policies that would radically change

Francisco Franco was a ruthless dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975. He started as a talented military general, who rose up to power and lead the Nationalist rebels to victory in the Spanish Civil War. During his time as dictator, he ruled with confidence and control,and sided with the Axis Powers during World War Two, but then quickly gained a good reputation with the United Nations after the war was over. As one of the many dictators of the World War Two era, Franco is an important figure in history.

The Spanish civil war of 1936-1939 was an important conflict in Spain’s history. This war was initiated by a military revolt led by General Francisco Franco on the 17 July 1936 and ended with Franco’s victory on the 1 April, 1939. This victory resulted in the replacement of the Second Spanish Republic with the conservative dictatorship of Franco. This conflict triggered the clash of the various cultures and ideologies within Spain. One important example of an ideological clash was that of Communism versus Fascism. This clash was so important that, based on an analysis of the level of involvement of Fascist and Communist factions in said clash, one must concede that the conflict between Communism and Fascism was represented to a great

The Spanish Civil War is the name given to the struggle between loyalist and nationalist Spain for dominance in which the nationalists won and suppressed the country for the following thirty nine years. However, because of the larger political climate that the Spanish Civil War occurred in, it is impossible to view the war as a phenomenon contained within one nation. Despite its obvious domestic orientation as a civil war it was a major international conflict. The reason for this, I would maintain, is the political dogma which surrounded the war. This essay takes the form of a political survey of the

To discover if the ETA under Franco was a terrorist group or a armed opposition is necessary to know if the people supported ETA. Demonstrations against the violence used by the government against members of ETA are expressions of sympathy and support. If the people showed sympathy and support for ETA, is an indication of that ETA was not a terrorist but an armed opposition group. As I said earlier there were large protests when Sarasketa had condemned him to death. There were no protests only by people but also by the municipal administration of San Sebastian. As a show of support many Basques attended the Extebarrieta funeral, he never before held a funeral in which many people were present.