1st Edition

Democracy and Civil War in Spain 1931-1939

By Martin Blinkhorn Copyright 1988
80 Pages
by Routledge

80 Pages
by Routledge

80 Pages
by Routledge

In the 1930s Spain underwent a period of intense and bloody upheaval that culminated in three years of civil war and the triumph of the Nationalist rebels under General Franco. Hundreds of thousands of Spanish - and non-Spanish - people died in their struggle against what was seen as the greatest evil of the time: fascism and its commitment to the defeat of democracy. Fifty years on, with the... Read more
Foreword Chronological table of events Maps Introduction 1 From monarchy to republic 2 The Second Republic and the coming of civil war 1931–6 3 The Civil War 1936–9 4 Interpretations, debates and conclusions

Biography

Martin Blinkhorn

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