Spanish Civil War: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Spanish Civil War: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192803771

ISBN-10: 0192803778

ISBN-13: 9780192803771

Edition: 2005

Authors: Helen Graham

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This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century, highlighting why it has inspired some of the greatest writers of our time, and how it continues to resonate today in Britain, continental Europe, and beyond. Throughout the book, the focus is on the war as an arena of social change where ideas about culture were forged or resisted, and in which both Spaniards and non-Spaniards participated alike. These were conflicts that during the Second World War would stretch…

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List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.86" wide x 4.46" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Dr Helen Graham is Reader in Spanish History, Royal Holloway, University of London. She has published widely in the Spanish Civil War, and co-produced (with Jo Labanyi) the first volume ever published dedicated to Spanish cultural studies in 1995. Her book Socialism and War: The Spanish Socialist Party in Power and Crisis, 1936 1939 was published by Cambridge University Press in 1991.




The origins of Spain's civil war



Rebellion, revolution, and repression



Mobilize and survive : the Republic at war



The making of rebel Spain



The Republic besieged



Victory and defeat : the wars after the war



The uses of history