| Description |
126 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Interlink illustrated histories |
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Interlink illustrated histories.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1 SPAIN AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD 8 -- July 1936: A Nearly-aborted Coup d'Etat 11 -- Foreign Intervention 15 -- The Battle of Madrid 21 -- ʺA Breakdown of the Military Forces 13 The Spanish Front in 1936 -- (map) 14 Intellectuals Take Sides 19 ʺ The Interational Brigades 20 -- -- Chapter 2 INCUBATION 26 -- Militarism and Fascism 27 -- Other Misfortunes of Democracy 31 -- The Republic: An Opportunity Beset by Problems 33 -- 1934: The Year of the Great Fear 42 -- Toward Civil War 45 -- Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera 30 The Church and Society 38 ʺ The -- Elections of February 1936 47 Largo Caballero and the Threat of -- Revolution 48 -- -- Chabter 3 FROM COUP D'ETAT TO REVOLUTION 50 -- Revolution Spreads 51 -- A View of Barcelona and the Countryside 54 -- Civil War within a Civil War 59 -- Revolutionary Barcelona 56 Militarizing the Militias 59 -- Collectivization in the Countryside 60 The Days of Barcelona, -- through the Eyes of a Writer 64 -- -- Chapter 4 THE RISE OF FRANCO AND THE BIRTH OF HIS REGIME 66 -- From Generalisimo to Caudillo 68 -- The Cruzada 72 -- The New Reconquista 77 -- The Alcazar Epic 69 The Fuero del Trabajo 70 The Church in the -- Republican Zone 75 Franco's Schools 76 The Battle of Guadalajara: -- The Defeat of Fascism 78 The Italian Contribution, according to -- Queipo de Uano 80 -- -- -- -- -- Chapter 5 THE HORRORS OF CIVIL WAR 84 -- "Dirty work" and "Cleansing" 85 -- State Massacres 91 -- And Popular Massacres 95 -- Atrocities on Both Sides 88 Beranos and the Purges 91 The -- Bombing of Guernica 94 ʺ Bombed Cities 97 Maritain: The -- Contradictions of a Holy War 98 The Exhibition of Cadavers 101 -- -- Chapter 6 ROADS TO DEFEAT AND VICTORY 102 -- Questions About Defeat 103 -- The Battle of the Ebro 106 -- From Spanish War to World War 112 -- The Spanish Front in 1938 (map) 105 ʺ Gold from the Bank of Spain -- 109 ʺ The Fall of Barcelona 114 The Law on Political Responsibilities -- 117 ʺ Mice in a Trap 118 1939-1974: Franco's Regime in -- Perspective 120 -- -- -- -- -- Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: -- Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [122]) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126106
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
98039216 |
| ISBN |
156656297X paperback |
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