Democracy and Civil War in Spain 1931-1939 (Lancaster Pamphlets) by Martin Blinkhorn

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In the 1930s Spain underwent a period of intense and bloody upheaval that culminated in three years of civil war and the triumph of the Nationalist rebels under General Franco. Hundreds of thousands of Spanish - and non-Spanish - people died in their struggle against what was seen as the greatest evil of the time: fascism and its commitment to the defeat of democracy. Fifty years on, with the coming of a new democracy to Spain, previously inaccessible research materials have become available show more to historians; old orthodoxies have been challenged and the continuing debate concerning the origins of the Spanish Civil War has been lively. In the light of this renewed interest Martin Blinkhorn has provided a lucid and readable introduction to events in Spain in the 1930s. show less

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My first Lancaster Pamphlet,a short, only fifty-page introduction to the Spain of the 1930s. This is a good overview for someone who knows a bit about the subject, and a good outline summary for someone who knows the period intimately. Especially helpful for a historian is the discussion of historiography and the short annotated bibliography at the back. In this book, Blinkhorn is good enough to give a fine overview without being boring, and complete enough to give both sides of the story, i.e. he doesn't lean too heavily on the Nationalist side or the Republican side. A nice, quick, read.

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Aug 19, 2011

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