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Pastimes : A CENTURY OF LIONS/THE 20TH CENTURY TOP 100
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To: Neocon who wrote (542)10/19/1999 3:57:00 PM
From: RTev  Read Replies (4) of 3246
 
It's interesting that reasons for including Franco seem to be wholly negative: This or that theoretical outcome did not happen because of his rise to power. He's said to be significant because of what did not happen rather than because of what did happen.

What did he contribute? What did his country contribute? It strikes me as likely that someone writing a chapter on 20th Century European politics 60 years from now could do so without even mentioning Spain. Culturally, politically, and economically, the country became a non-participant in the history of the region.

The Spanish Civil War might be an interesting footnote to a history, but one can understand the broad outlines of changes in Europe between 1900 and 1999 without mentioning it. The region's history would surely have been different if the war had had a different outcome. But those possible outcomes did not happen and won't be mentioned in a brief history.
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