On July 17, 1936, Spain suddenly breaks onto the world scene when a group of generals rebels against the legitimate Republican government. The youngest, Francisco Franco, stands out among them. It might have been just another of the many military uprisings characterizing Spanish history, but this time the rebels receive the immediate support of Hitler and Mussolini. The world takes sides: Stalin and the Communist International line up alongside the Popular Front government, which is only lukewarmly supported by France and England. What was just a failed coup thus leads to a long war, in which thousands of volunteers fight and die. The world interprets the war as a struggle between fascism, communism and democracy. But the war is first of all a civil war, in which the two faces of Spain confront each other: on one hand the rural, nationalist, Catholic country, and on the other, the metropolitan, secular, Republican one. The terrible fighting as in every civil war lowers the level of civilization on both sides. For three long years, Spain offers a scene that prefigures the future horrors of World War II, before the country finally sinks into dictatorship. Gabriele Ranzato teaches contemporary history at the University of Pisa in Italy. He is the author of numerous studies dedicated to the themes of modernization and civil war.
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This book does a good job of explaining the actions of both the Republican and Nationalists forces during the war. It succeeds in uncovering the atrocities comitted by both sides on the civilian population. It's only drawback is the lack of detail on the underlying reasons for this war and the struggle for power by the factions making up the Republican Government. It does not give much insight into the Nationalist's reason for the coup. It was a fair and accurate report on the events and not slanted in favor of either side. I wish thier would be a more in depth version.
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