Stanley George Payne is a historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for being a conservative stalwart in the politics of the UW-Madison History department, although he retired from full time teaching in 2004. In the 1960s, his books were edited in Spanish by "Ruedo Ibérico", an illegal editing company at the time, as his work was censured by Franco. His position regarding the Spanish Civil War has been that of shedding light on the conflict's origin and addressing its related myths. One of his more famous books is Spanish Civil War, The Soviet Union and Communism. This book demonstrates Stalin and the Soviet government's intervention in Spain. He also wrote The Franco Regime, The Spanish Civil War and A History of Fascism 1914-1945. He also wrote "A History of Fascism: 1914-1945.
