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The Spanish Republic at war : 1936-1939

This 2002 book is a comprehensive analysis of the forces of the Spanish left - interpreted broadly - during the civil war of 1936–9. It assesses the impact of the war on Republican society and the domestic and international causes of the Republic's defeat.
Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2002
History
XIV, 472 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten
9780521459327, 9780521453141, 052145932X, 0521453143
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Preface; Introduction: A fractured left: the impact of uneven development 1898–1930; 1. The challenge of mass political mobilisation 1931–6; 2. Against the state: military rebellion, political fragmentation, popular resistance and repression, 18 July–4 September 1936; 3. Building the war effort, building the state for total war, September 1936–February 1937; 4. Challenges to the centralising republic: revolutionary and liberal particularisms in Catalonia, Aragon and the Basque country; 5. The Barcelona May Days and their consequences, February–August 1937; 6. Negrín's war on three fronts; 7. The collapse of the Republican home front; Glossary; Bibliography.