Previous reviewers have said it all, so I'll just sum it up: Mrs. Hodges' only motive to write this book was obviously her deep hatred toward Franco. In line with other apologists of the deeply flawed, undemocratic Republican rule, she glosses over the outrages and injustices committed by the Spanish Republican government but spends an inordinate amount of time analyzing - in a rather silly psychobabbly fashion - every single episode in Franco's life which may reveal "sinister" connotations. This strange book tries very hard to uphold the myth of the Spanish Civil War as a good fight against "fascist" totalitarianism. In fact, it was Franco who fought for independent Spain against Stalinist totalitarian dictature.