'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.' Paul Preston, Príncipe de Asturias Professor of Contemporary Spanish History, London School of Economics, UK
List of IllustrationsPreface to the Revised EditionAcknowledgements Introduction: The Roots of the Conflict Timeline Chapter 1: Spain Split in Half Chapter 2: Holy War and Anticlerical Hatred Chapter 3: An International War on Spanish Soil Chapter 4: The Republic at War Chapter 5: The New Order Chapter 6: A Long War Epilogue: An Uncivil Peace Bibliographic commentary Index
Julián Casanova is Professor of History at the University of Zaragoza. His books include Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931-1939 (2005); The Spanish Republic and Civil War (2010); and, with Carlos Gil Andrés, Twentieth Century Spain: A History (2012)