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020    9781848856585 (pbk.) 
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100 1  Casanova, Julián. 
245 12 A short history of the Spanish Civil War /|cJulia?n 
       Casanova. 
246 30 Spanish Civil War 
264 31 London :|bI.B. Tauris,|c2012. 
300    230 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm. 
490 1  I.B.Tauris short histories 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Spain Split in Half
       -- ch. 2 Holy War and Anticlerical Hatred -- ch. 3 An 
       International War on Spanish Soil -- ch. 4 The Republic at
       War -- ch. 5 The New Order -- ch. 6 A Long War. 
520    The years of the Spanish Civil War filled twentieth-
       century Spain with hope, frustration and drama. Not only 
       did it pit countryman against countryman, and neighbour 
       against neighbour, but from 1936-39 this bitterly 
       contended struggle sucked in competing and seemingly 
       atavistic forces that were soon to rage across the face of
       Europe, and then the rest of the world: nationalism and 
       republicanism; communism and fascism; anarchism and 
       monarchism; anti-clerical reformism and aristocratic 
       Catholic conservatism. The Guerra Civil is of enduring 
       interest precisely because it represents much more than 
       just a regional contest for power and governmental 
       legitimacy. It has come to be seen as a seedbed for the 
       titanic political struggles and larger social upheavals 
       that scarred the entire twentieth century. In elegant and 
       accessible prose, Julian Casanova tells the gripping story
       of these years of anguish and trauma, which hit the 
       country with a force hitherto unknown at any time in 
       Spain's history. Charting the most significant events and 
       battles alongside the main players in the tragedy, he 
       provides answers to some of the pressing questions (such 
       as the roots and extent of anti-clerical violence) that 
       have been asked in the seventy years that have passed 
       since the painful defeat of the Second Republic. 
651  0 Spain|xHistory|yCivil War, 1936-1939. 
830  0 I.B.Tauris short histories. 
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