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Francisco Franco Bahamonde

posted 14 years ago by HijodelCid
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The very fact that he is still so controversial makes him ideal for a miniseries that would explore his life and personality in detail.
35 years after his death, Spain is still in one piece; 9 years after Tito's death, Yugoslavia began to unravel and explode and eventually cease to exist. What did the Caudillo do right that Field Marshal Tito did not?: that is a question that deserves long and careful consideration.

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

[–] HijodelCid 14 years ago

An answer--not for the entire question, but at least for part of it:
Franco chose a successor--and not just any successor, but instead a descendant of the kings that have reigned in Spain since its unification--, and groomed him for six years.
Tito neither chose nor prepared a successor; instead he left the country in the care of a collegiate rotating presidency in which the presidents of the constituent republics=provinces would take turns serving as Presidents of Yugoslavia for one year. Such an inherently weak and clumsy arrangement was bound to fall apart eventually.

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)