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xxxii, 526 pages : illustrations, maps, [24] pages of plates ; 22 cm
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Rev. ed. of The Spanish Civil War, published in 1982, Orbis Pub
Pt. 1. Old Spain and the Second Republic. The most Catholic majesties ; Royal exit ; The Second Republic ; The Popular Front ; The fatal paradox. -- Pt. 2. The war of two Spains. The rising of the generals ; The struggle for control ; The red terror ; The white terror ; The Nationalist zone ; The Republican zone ; The Army of Africa and the People's Militias. -- Pt. 3. The Civil War becomes international. Arms and the diplomats ; Sovereign states ; The Soviet Union and the Spanish Republic ; The international brigades and the Soviet advisers ; The battle for Madrid. -- Pt. 4. World war by proxy. The metamorphosis of the war ; The battles of Jarama and Guadalajara ; The war in the north ; The propaganda war and the intellectuals. -- Pt. 5. Internal tensions. The struggle for power ; The Civil War within the Civil War ; The Battle of Brunete ; The beleaguered Republic ; The war in Aragón ; The destruction of the Northern Front and of Republican idealism. -- Pt. 6. The route to disaster. The Battle of Teruel and Franco's 'victorious sword' ; Hopes of peace destroyed ; Arriba España ; The Battle of the Ebro ; The Republic in the European crisis ; The fall of Catalonia ; The collapse of the Republic. -- Pt. 7. Vae victis! The new Spain and Franquist gulag ; The exiles and the Second World War ; The unfinished war ; Lost causes