The Spanish Civil War

A Very Short Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-898882-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 174 mm

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The Spanish civil war was one of the twentieth century's most complex and bitter conflicts. What were its causes? And why do the stakes in that long-ago war seem just as relevant today in Britain, continental Europe and across the world?

This Very Short Introduction explains the origins of the conflict and shows how it rapidly became a complex international war. By using personal stories, the book provides a powerfully human account of the war and its long continuation under Franco's dictatorship. It offers an ethical reflection on the war's resonances today and its legacy for the twenty-first century.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: The origins of the conflict in Spain

- 2: Military coup, repression, and resistance

- 3: Escalation to international war: the Republic mobilizes to survive

- 4: The war forges Francoist Spain

- 5: The Republic besieged

- 6: Victory and defeat: the wars after the war

- 7: The uses of history

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Graham is Professor (Emeritus) of Modern European History at Royal Holloway University of London and the author of The War and its Shadow: Spain's Civil War in Europe's Long Twentieth Century (2012) and After the Spanish Civil War: The Twentieth Century through Five Antifascist Lives (2026).