Propaganda in Spain

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Propaganda in Spain has a long history, [1] [2] [3] and in the modern times has been studied in the context of the propaganda of the Spanish Civil War [4] [5] [6] [7] and propaganda of the Francoist Spain (1939-1975). [8] [9]

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