
On Francisco Franco
The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
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The Unspecified Alternative to Franco
Hitchinz tells us that Christians cannot look to Franco, because he committed crimes. He goes on a great length about the evils of the Republicans and how their victory would have been disastrous for Spain. Hitchinz squirms a bit when he quotes Alexander Storzenitzenz ringing endorsement of Franco. I saw that Franco had made a heroic and colossal attempt to save his country from disintegration. With this understanding there also came amazement. There had been destruction all around, but with firm tactics Franco had managed to have Spain's stidestep, the Second World War, without involving itself. And for twenty, thirty, thirty-five years, he kept Spain-Christian against
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