Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
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.
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Paul Preston is School Professor for the Department of International History, London School of Economics, UK. He is recognised as the world’s foremost historian of the Spanish Civil War. 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).
'Britain's foremost historian of contemporary Spain' - The Guardian
'An eminent and prolific British historian of modern Spain' - The New York Times
