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The battle for Spain : the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

A comprehensive account of the Spanish Civil War that examines the tensions that led to the war, the global consequences of the conflict, the key figures on both sides, and other related topics
eBook, English, 2006
Penguin Books, New York, 2006
History
1 online resource (xxxii, 526 pages) : illustrations, maps, [24] pages of plates
9781322737782, 9781101201206, 1322737789, 1101201207
934787276
Print version:
Pt. 1. Old Spain and the Second Republic. The most Catholic majesties ; Royal exit ; The Second Republic ; The Popular Front ; The fatal paradox
pt. 2. The war of two Spains. The rising of the generals ; The struggle for control ; The red terror ; The white terror ; The Nationalist zone ; The Republican zone ; The Army of Africa and the People's Militias
pt. 3. The Civil War becomes international. Arms and the diplomats ; Sovereign states ; The Soviet Union and the Spanish Republic ; The international brigades and the Soviet advisers ; The battle for Madrid
pt. 4. World war by proxy. The metamorphosis of the war ; The battles of Jarama and Guadalajara ; The war in the north ; The propaganda war and the intellectuals
pt. 5. Internal tensions. The struggle for power ; The Civil War within the Civil War ; The Battle of Brunete ; The beleaguered Republic ; The war in Aragón ; The destruction of the Northern Front and of Republican idealism
pt. 6. The route to disaster. The Battle of Teruel and Franco's 'victorious sword' ; Hopes of peace destroyed ; Arriba España ; The Battle of the Ebro ; The Republic in the European crisis ; The fall of Catalonia ; The collapse of the Republic
pt. 7. Vae victis! The new Spain and Franquist gulag ; The exiles and the Second World War ; The unfinished war ; Lost causes
Revised edition of The Spanish Civil War, published in 1982, Orbis Pub