The best camouflage begins with words. Thus, while the German and Italian dictatorial regimes were initially characterized by their top leader (Hitlerism, Mussolinism), the more generic Nazism and Fascism gradually took over. In Spain, however, the opposite happened, and the figure of General Francisco Franco ended up covering everything up, including—and opportunely—the connivances of some, the changes of many, and the appeasement of many. This over-emphasis on the Leader It has also had historiographical consequences because many key figures of Franco's regime do not have good biographies or, worse still, they have not had time to whitewash their careers.