To Be Conservative After Franco

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In just a few years, Spain was going to become an advanced democracy, a member of NATO and the European Communities, but on November 20, 1975, it was not a day to be deterministic. “When we talk about Salamina,” writes Huizinga, “we have to do it as if the Persians could still win.” And today 50 years ago, no one could know who would win the future in Spain. Remembering that time, Hispanist Trevor Dadson had an impact on a paradox: if the world …