Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde—Gen. Franco to you and me; Caudillo de España, or chieftain of Spain, to his countrymen—died on Nov. 20, 1975. His death—of natural ...

HE WAS short, uncharismatic and an uninspiring public speaker. And yet General Francisco Franco (pictured, right) would prove to be a remarkably successful dictator. A key figure in the military coup ...