European Spanish Civil War

Amid the many catastrophes of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the layperson alike. This Very Short Introduction integrates the political, social, and cultural history of the Spanish Civil War. It sets out the domestic and international context of the war for a general audience. In addition to tracing the course of war, the book locates the war's origins in the cumulative social and cultural anxieties provoked by a process of rapid, uneven, and accelerating modernism taking place all over Europe.

Do you know the bloody story of the Spanish Civil War and what we need to learn from it to understand today’s world? The Spanish Civil War is more relevant than ever, yet it is not that well known. However, the lessons that we can learn from the war can help us today in our divided world. The Spanish Civil War is seen as a dress rehearsal for WWII. However, few understand its origins, causes, and main battles.

The Spanish Civil War was much more than just an overture to World War II. It was a war born out of schisms in Spanish society between rich and poor, monarchists and Republicans, the right and the left, and between those who supported the church and those who saw it as an instrument of oppression. For all its brutality and horror, the Spanish Civil War was a conflict between ideals often fought by volunteers on each side who truly believed that they were helping to build a better world.

La guerra civil española se considera un ensayo general de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Sin embargo, pocos comprenden sus orígenes, causas y principales batallas. Pocos historiadores han presentado un relato apasionante y fácil de entender de las batallas y las principales campañas por tierra y mar. Demasiados historiadores se preocupan por ciertos aspectos de la guerra y la tratan solo como una precuela de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

The Spanish Civil War: The History and Legacy of the Controversial Conflict That Established Francisco Franco’s Dictatorship in Spain examines one of the 20th century’s most important wars and how it affected the world. You will learn about the Spanish Civil War like never before.

La guerra civil española es un acontecimiento que sin duda ha marcado decisivamente la época contemporánea en España. Ninguno otro ha tenido la repercusión externa y, lo que es mucho más importante, interna, en el devenir de la España de los últimos dos siglos, la España de la Contemporaneidad.

Este conflicto armado ocurrido entre 1936 y 1939 es uno de los enfrentamientos bélicos más importantes del siglo XX ya que significó la lucha entre facciones radicalmente opuestas: por un lado, el bando nacional fascista de derecha que representaba a la clase alta y por otro lado, el bando republicano rojo de izquierda apoyado por el movimiento obrero. Este dramático y destructivo hecho histórico marcaría el destino de España bajo el poder del dictador Francisco Franco.