Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths
This article charts the personal history of Emilio Griffiths Navarro, a key individual in the Francoist administration in the Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz province) during the early months of the Spanish Civil War. Griffiths is used as a case study to analyse the dynamics of Francoist repression in Sou...
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| description | This article charts the personal history of Emilio Griffiths Navarro, a key individual in the Francoist administration in the Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz province) during the early months of the Spanish Civil War. Griffiths is used as a case study to analyse the dynamics of Francoist repression in Southern Spain, and in particular the construction of what Rúben Serém has referred to as the ‘kleptocratic state’ that Franco’s fellow conspirator, General Queipo de Llano, constructed in the South. The article reaffirms the degree to which personal networks, personal rivalries and personal gain played a role in the Francoist repression. As a local case study, it also notes the unique conditions provided by rebel Spain’s border with British Gibraltar, and how this shaped the nature and extent of that repression. The article charts Griffiths’ own demise, from senior rebel official to arrest and unexplained death at the hands of Francoist security forces just ten months later, and uses the mystery to further speculate as to rivalries and repression in early-Francoist Spain |
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| spelling | nottingham-402492020-05-04T19:24:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40249/ Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths Stockey, Gareth This article charts the personal history of Emilio Griffiths Navarro, a key individual in the Francoist administration in the Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz province) during the early months of the Spanish Civil War. Griffiths is used as a case study to analyse the dynamics of Francoist repression in Southern Spain, and in particular the construction of what Rúben Serém has referred to as the ‘kleptocratic state’ that Franco’s fellow conspirator, General Queipo de Llano, constructed in the South. The article reaffirms the degree to which personal networks, personal rivalries and personal gain played a role in the Francoist repression. As a local case study, it also notes the unique conditions provided by rebel Spain’s border with British Gibraltar, and how this shaped the nature and extent of that repression. The article charts Griffiths’ own demise, from senior rebel official to arrest and unexplained death at the hands of Francoist security forces just ten months later, and uses the mystery to further speculate as to rivalries and repression in early-Francoist Spain Sage 2018-01-01 Article PeerReviewed Stockey, Gareth (2018) Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths. European History Quarterly, 48 (1). pp. 34-60. ISSN 1461-7110 Spanish Civil War; Francoist repression; Gibraltar; Campo de Gibraltar http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0265691417742012 doi:10.1177/0265691417742012 doi:10.1177/0265691417742012 |
| spellingShingle | Spanish Civil War; Francoist repression; Gibraltar; Campo de Gibraltar Stockey, Gareth Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths |
| title | Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths |
| title_full | Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths |
| title_fullStr | Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths |
| title_full_unstemmed | Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths |
| title_short | Repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of Franco’s Spain: the curious case of Emilio Griffiths |
| title_sort | repression, rivalry and racketeering in the creation of franco’s spain: the curious case of emilio griffiths |
| topic | Spanish Civil War; Francoist repression; Gibraltar; Campo de Gibraltar |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40249/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40249/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40249/ |