From the Book - First American edition.
Spanish stereotypes? passion, violence and corruption
Violence, corruption and the slide to disaster
Revolution and war : from the disaster of 1898 to the tragic week of 1909
Revolution and war : from the tragic week of 1909 to the crisis of 1917-1918
A system in disarray : disorder and repression, 1918-1921
From colonial disaster to dictatorship, 1921-1923
The primo de rivera dictatorship : the years of success, 1923-1926
The primo de rivera dictatorship : the years of failure, 1926-1931
The second republic : reform and frustration, 1931-1933
The black years and the coming of war, 1933-1936
Civil war : hatred, incompetence and profit, 1936-1939
World war : survival, hypocrisy and profit, 1939-1945
The Franco regime : corruption and terror, 1945-1953
The Franco regime : corruption and complacency, 1953-1969
The twilight years of a corrupt regime, 1969-1982
The painful creation of a democracy, 1975-1982
The grandeur and misery of a newborn democracy, 1982-2004
The triumph of corruption and incompetence, 2004-2018.