Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera: The Foundations of the Spanish Phalanx

Book excerpt: Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera was a Spanish lawyer, nobleman, politician and founder of the Spanish fascist movement, the Falange Espanola. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he was accused of conspiracy and military rebellion against the government of the second Spanish Republic and sentenced to death and executed in the first months of the war.The image of Jose Antonio was revered during the war by the nationalist faction and after the founding of the Franco regime, he was considered a martyr for Spain.The book tells the story of the founding father of Spanish fascism and the phalanx movement. It also contains a compact anthology of the speeches and writings of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, as well as the complete twenty-six points program of the phalanx, to provide a complete reflection on Spanish fascism and its ideology.