Professor Miguel Ángel del Arco Presents His Work 'The Spanish Famine' in Marbella

The Fernando Alcalá Marín Library in Marbella will host the book launch of 'The Spanish Famine' by Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco, professor of Contemporary History at the University of Granada, this Friday, December 26th, at 7:00 PM. The author has focused his research on the study of the civil war, post-war period, and fascism, addressing issues such as political attitudes, repression, memory, and the Francoist famine.

His work has been featured in national and international scientific journals such as 'Journal of Contemporary History', 'European History Quarterly', 'Contemporary European History', 'International Journal of Iberian Studies', 'Ayer', 'Historia Agraria', and 'Historia Social'. During the event, he will be accompanied by the writer Alejandro Pedregosa, who will introduce him, and admission is free until full capacity is reached.

In his latest work, he dismantles the justifications of Francoism and also uncovers one of its biggest secrets: during some of those years, there was a devastating famine (1939-1942 and 1946) that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Spaniards. Similar to other European famines of the interwar period, Franco's famine was caused by political factors related to the adopted economy, proximity to the Axis in World War II, the existence of a dictatorial regime, and widespread corruption, according to the book's synopsis.