Coming of the Spanish Civil War

by Paul Preston

Overview

This classic text is made newly available in a substantially revised and updated second edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134923267
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	731 KB

About the Author

Paul Preston is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. His many books on Spain include Franco: A Biography (1993), The Politics of Revenge: Fascism and the Military in Twentieth-Century Spain (1990) and The Triumph of Democracy in Spain (1986).

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE SOCIALIST SCHISM: 1917–31 2 BUILDING BARRICADES AGAINST REFORM The legalist Right, 1931–3 3 SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL CONFLICT The PSOE in power, 1931–3 4 THE POLITICS OF REPRISAL The CEDA, the PSOE and the polarisation of 1934 5 A BLUFF CALLED The insurrection of 1934 6 THE LEGAL ROAD TO THE CORPORATE STATE The CEDA in power, 1934–5 7 SOCIALISM UNDER STRESS Repression, radicalisation and the Popular Front 8 THE ABANDONMENT OF LEGALISM The PSOE, the CEDA and the coming of war in 1936 EPILOGUE