Spanish Republic and Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Julián Casanova is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. He is one of the leading experts on the Second Republic and Spanish Civil War and has published widely in Spanish and English translations. Klappentext A magisterial new account of this passionately debated period in Spanish history! by one of the nation's leading experts. Zusammenfassung One of Spain's leading historians offers a magisterial new account of the critical period in Spanish history when the climate of euphoria and hope that greeted the overthrow of the monarchy in 1931 was transformed into a cruel! destructive civil war and! ultimately! a victory for dictatorship over democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Republic: 1. The winds of change; 2. The constraints of democracy; 3. Order and religion; 4. Reshaping the republic; 5. The seeds of confrontation; Part II. Civil War: 6. From coup d'état to civil war; 7. Order, revolution and political violence; 8. An international war; 9. The republic at war; 10. 'Nationalist' Spain; 11. Battlefields and rearguard politics; Epilogue. Why did the republic lose the war?

Product details

• Authors: Julian Casanova, Julián Casanova
• Assisted by: Martin Douch (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521737807
• ISBN: 978-0-521-73780-7
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1930 to c 1939, Modern warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Specific wars and campaigns, Civil wars