{"product_id":"9781350152557","title":"A Short History of the Spanish Civil War : Revised Edition","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Short History of the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Julián Casanova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revised edition of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of the Spanish Civil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar, Julián Casanova tells the gripping story of the Spanish\u003cbr\u003eCivil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in elegant and accessible prose, the book charts\u003cbr\u003ethe most significant events and battles alongside the main\u003cbr\u003eplayers in the tragedy. Casanova provides answers to some\u003cbr\u003eof the pressing questions (such as the roots and extent of\u003cbr\u003eanticlerical violence) that have been asked in the 70 years\u003cbr\u003ethat have passed since the painful defeat of the Second\u003cbr\u003eRepublic. Now with a revised introduction, Casanova offers\u003cbr\u003ean overview of recent historiographical shifts; not least the\u003cbr\u003ewielding of the conflict to political ends in certain strands\u003cbr\u003eof contemporary historiography towards an alarming neo-\u003cbr\u003eFrancoist revisionism. It is the ideal introduction to the\u003cbr\u003eSpanish Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003e'Julián Casanova is one of the most original and exciting historians currently working on the Spanish Civil War. His books on anarchism, the Catholic Church and the Francoist repression have earned him a glowing international reputation. This short history draws on his own research and combines his trademark reliability and readability in a book that students and general readers alike will find invaluable.'\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003ePaul Preston, Príncipe de Asturias Professor of Contemporary Spanish History, London School of Economics, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003e'Julián Casanova is one of the most productive of the current generation of Spanish intellectuals who are determined that democracy and human rights, now better established than in any previous period of Spanish history, will become the habitual and accepted framework of Spanish public life. He shows clearly how the political shortcomings of the Republic, the enthusiasm of Mussolini and Hitler to aid General Franco, the Stalinist mixture of military aid with secretive political interference in the life of the Republic, and the failure of the Western democracies to aid the Republic, all combined to assure the military victory and postwar dictatorship of Franco. This is an excellently written and very carefully documented history of the Civil War of 1936-39.\u003c\/b\u003e'” —\u003ci\u003eGabriel Jackson, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003e'Julián Casanova is one of Spain s leading historians. His innovative and ground-breaking research on the Spanish Civil War and its long aftermath has also garnered him an international reputation, and in this Short History he distils his rich knowledge and insight into a readable synthesis. Casanova explains the deep domestic origins of the Spanish war, while also placing it in its proper European context of convulsive continental change from First to Second World Wars. Students and general readers alike will find his book informative, enlightening and thought-provoking in equal measure.'\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eHelen Graham, Professor of Modern Spanish History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003e'Exemplary... a considerable achievement.'\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a crowded field, there is a place for the insights of the distinguished Spanish historian Julian Casanova as delivered in this concise and elegant volume.” —\u003ci\u003eProfessor Sir Paul Preston, author of The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, Revolution \u0026amp; Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At the time, the popular view on both sides of the Spanish civil war was that the issues at stake were simple in the eyes of both the left and the right, at home and abroad. Even today the issue of General Franco's legacy is still fought over in such terms. But it was never that straightforward, and Professor Casanova has managed brilliantly to summarise the core issues in readable form without in any way minimising their extreme complexity.” —\u003ci\u003eJonathan Haslam FBA, Professor Emeritus in the History of International Relations, Cambridge University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350152557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40769575420110,"sku":"9781350152557","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_8cca5f71-0f19-4817-b833-ab3d2d73b3e9.jpg?v=1643189904","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350152557","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}