The Spanish Republic and Civil War / Julián Casanova ; translated by Martin Douch.

"Originally published in Spanish as Historia de España, vol. VIII: República y guerra civil by Crítica, 2007"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Spanish Civil War has gone down in history for the horrific violence that it generated. The climate of euphoria and hope that greeted the overthrow of the Spanish monarchy was utterly transformed just five years later by a cruel and destructive civil war. Here Julián Casanova, one of Spain's leading historians, offers a magisterial new account of this critical period in Spanish history. He exposes the ways in which the Republic brought into the open simmering tensions between Catholics and hardline anticlericalists, bosses and workers, Church and State, order and revolution. In 1936 these conflicts tipped over into the sacas, paseos and mass killings which are still passionately debated today. The book also explores the decisive role of the international instability of the 1930s in the duration and outcome of the conflict. Franco's victory was in the end a victory for Hitler and Mussolini and for dictatorship over democracy"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Maps -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Part I: Republic -- 1 The winds of change -- The death throes of the Monarchy -- Republican dawn -- Elections and the Constitution -- 2 The constraints of democracy -- Reforms -- Protests -- Revolts:160;Death in Casas Viejas -- 3 Order and religion -- Religion, 8216;the seed of discord -- The anti-republican offensive -- 8216;The Republic between two pincers -- 4 Reshaping the Republic -- A government of the centre -- Insurrection -- The road to authoritarianism -- 5 The seeds of confrontation -- The Frente Popular and the return of Aza241;a -- Crisis -- Why did the Republic not survive? -- Part II: Civil war -- 6 From coup d233;tat to civil war -- Rebellion -- The language of arms -- The breakdown of order -- Spain split in two -- 7 Order, revolution and political violence -- In the service of Spain and Christian civilisation -- 8216;Popular justice and organised terror -- 8216;Religious zeal, 8216;satanic rage -- 8 An international war -- Non-intervention -- Foreigners -- The gold of Moscow and the financing of the war -- 9 The Republic at war -- Revolution -- Coalition government -- May 1937 -- Juan Negr237;n -- 10 8216;Nationalist Spain -- Franco -- Unification -- Victory with divine protection -- 11 Battlefields and rearguard politics -- From Madrid to the Ebro -- Opposing worlds -- The end -- Epilogue: Why did the Republic lose the war? -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Leading figures -- Appendix 2: Political parties and organisations -- Index.

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