Republic Besieged

This book is a compilation of several articles about the Spanish Civil War by different authors each one dealing with a matter.

A new, comprehensive analysis of the Spanish left during the civil war of 1936–9.

The Spanish Civil War was more than a fratricidal struggle. Nobody could have predicted in July 1936 that a failed military coup could give way to three years of vicious conflict, transcending national barriers and arousing passions and divisions throughout Europe. In one form or another, all the great powers

An account of the fierce repression and economic misery in wartime Spain 1936-45.

The Spanish civil war was fought out not only on streets and battlefields from 1936 to 1939 but also in terms of memory and trauma in the decades that followed. This fascinating book explores how the memory of Spain's bloody civil war has been contested from 1939 to the present.