 Francoism in general was acknowledged with mixed feelings as a system which ensured peace and socio-economic transformation, but was plagued by corruption and vengeance.Greatly in favor of Spanish integration within the West European structures, it also proposed "la gran Europa de raza blanca y herencia cristiana" as political entity for the 21s century.A thread repeatedly coming back was anxiety about a would-be Communist penetration of Spain, though the book acknowledged Socialism in its "non-maximalist" incarnations as an option to be discussed.