[Cato the Censor]

Reminds one of the demonizing of the Franco in the Spanish Civil War by the same liberal press/media. No mention is ever made of the Communist support for the Insurgents provided by Stalin and their rape of nuns in convents.

[norton]

Won't comment on rape of nuns in convents - I've spent too much time analysing propaganda.
But the Stalinist support of the red wings (nationalists were Franco's faction) should not be denied.

[livius]

Cato, are you familiar with the Spanish historian Pio Moa? If you read Spanish, I recommend these honest, factual books and essays about the Spanish Civil War. They haven't been translated yet, although I would certainly be willing to do so. But they're definitely worth reading, and the shorter articles occasionally appear on libertaddigital.com, which is a conservative on-line publication in Spanish.

[MattinNJ]

Franco BTTT. The only man to fight the commies in bloody street to street fighting and throw them out. The most underrated heroe of the 20th century IMHO.