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Amid the catastrophes of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination. This text provides a powerfully written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and an international scale.Tags
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Graham's writing is just atrocious. I can forgive stale prose in non-fiction if I'm sufficiently interested in the content, but this was just unreadable.
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Helen Graham is Professor of Modern European History at Royal Holloway University of London and was Visiting Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilisation at the King Juan Carlos Centre, New York University. She has published widely on the Spanish civil war, and co-edited (with Jo Labanyi) the Oxford University Press volume Spanish Cultural Studies.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Francisco Franco
- Important places
- Spain
- Important events
- Spanish Civil War (1936 | 1939)
- First words
- Long live those who bring us the rule of law.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The parable remains — even though the forms of our inhumanity to one another are each time differently configured.
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 946.081 — History & geography History of Europe Spain & Portugal Spain Second Republic; Dictatorship; Juan Carlos I; Felipe VI 1931- Second Republic; Spanish Civil War
- LCC
- DP269 .G6462 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Spain – Portugal History of Spain History By period Modern Spain, 1479/1516- 20th century. 1886- Second Republic, 1931-1939 Civil War, 1936-1939
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- 459
- Popularity
- 66,224
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.83)
- Languages
- English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 11
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 3
