The book details the stages of the Civil War of 1936-1939. in Spain, which ended with the establishment of the fascist dictatorship of Franco. The author, based on the richest documentary material, gives a comprehensive objective assessment of the events of a complex historical era, cites interesting facts that are little known to the modern reader. How did General Franco manage his victory? Caudillo and the head of state, he continued to rule, having no idea of ​ ​ the direction of the government, except for his own idea of ​ ​ a compromise, which he made during the Civil War between the phalanx, the church and the monarchists. From time to time, one of these groups either received the status of his heirs, or was disgraced. As usual, Franco treated all of them with the same arrogance with which he treated the leaders of the Moroccan tribes in his youth.