The Military Transition through the Magazine Reconquista (1978-1981)

Authors

  • Juan Manuel González Sáez Universidad de Navarra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v1i2.21

Keywords:

Transition, Armed forces, Military press, Reconquista

Abstract

Reconquista, magazine founded in 1950, was one of the main voices of the armed forces along the spanish transition. This article describes the third age of the publication, between 1978 and 1981, when the magazine was refounded with the aim of transmitting the thoughts and voices of the army to the civil society. The study of Reconquista contributes to understand the impact of the social and political change in the military environment and to complete the knowledge about the development of the military anger which led to the failed coup d’état in February 1981.

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Author Biography

Juan Manuel González Sáez, Universidad de Navarra

Juan Manuel González Sáez es Doctor en Historia Contemporánea (Universidad de Navarra), Licenciado en Ciencias de la Información y Máster en Marketing (Universidad del País Vasco). Sus principales líneas de investigación (violencia política, Iglesia católica y medios de comunicación) se centran en el tardofranquismo y la Transición. Ha participado con comunicaciones en numerosos congresos y ha publicado sus investigaciones en revistas como Historia Actual On Line o El Argonauta Español.

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González Sáez, J. M. (2015). The Military Transition through the Magazine Reconquista (1978-1981). Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 1(2), 109–134. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v1i2.21

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2012): Arqueología y conflicto

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