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This all-in-one reference guide to the Spanish Civil War includes nine essays on various aspects of the conflict.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Chronology of Events Overview Prelude to Civil War: A Century of Conflict The Second Republic, 1931-1936 Civil War, 1936 Politics and Social Revolution Foreign Reaction The Diminishing Republic and the International Brigades Triumph and Despair, 1939-1945 Women, Artists, Writers, and Educators Aftermath Biographies of Major Participants Primary Documents of the War Glossary of Selected Terms Political Organizations and Leaders Maps Annotated Bibliography Index

About the Author

JAMES M. ANDERSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has spent many years in Spain and Portugal both as a Fulbright Scholar and as the recipient of Canada Council and SSHRC grants, contributing numerous articles and books to the field of Iberian studies. He is author of 11 books, including The History of Portugal (Greenwood, 2000).

Reviews

?[w]ell written, quite readable and a good beginning for general readers....The Spanish Civil War is a good general survey that, unlike some other studies, provides sufficient historical background to understand the conflict....[s]hould have a place in major research libraries?-H-Net Review

?[O]ffers a useful summary of known material for the general reader.?-Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

"Ýw¨ell written, quite readable and a good beginning for general readers....The Spanish Civil War is a good general survey that, unlike some other studies, provides sufficient historical background to understand the conflict....Ýs¨hould have a place in major research libraries"-H-Net Review

"ÝO¨ffers a useful summary of known material for the general reader."-Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

"[O]ffers a useful summary of known material for the general reader."-Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

"[w]ell written, quite readable and a good beginning for general readers....The Spanish Civil War is a good general survey that, unlike some other studies, provides sufficient historical background to understand the conflict....[s]hould have a place in major research libraries"-H-Net Review