A Short History of the Spanish Civil War: Revised Edition - Julián Casanova

Descriere A Short History of the Spanish Civil War: Revised Edition - Julián Casanova

\nIn this revised edition of A Short History of the Spanish Civil \nWar, Julián Casanova tells the gripping story of the Spanish \nCivil War. \n \nWritten in elegant and accessible prose, the book charts \nthe most significant events and battles alongside the main \nplayers in the tragedy. Casanova provides answers to some \nof the pressing questions (such as the roots and extent of \nanticlerical violence) that have been asked in the 70 years \nthat have passed since the painful defeat of the Second \nRepublic. Now with a revised introduction, Casanova offers \nan overview of recent historiographical shifts; not least the \nwielding of the conflict to political ends in certain strands \nof contemporary historiography towards an alarming neo- \nFrancoist revisionism. It is the ideal introduction to the \nSpanish Civil War.\n \nIn this revised edition of A Short History of the Spanish Civil \nWar, Julián Casanova tells the gripping story of the Spanish \nCivil War. \n \nWritten in elegant and accessible prose, the book charts \nthe most significant events and battles alongside the main \nplayers in the tragedy. Casanova provides answers to some \nof the pressing questions (such as the roots and extent of \nanticlerical violence) that have been asked in the 70 years \nthat have passed since the painful defeat of the Second \nRepublic. Now with a revised introduction, Casanova offers \nan overview of recent historiographical shifts; not least the \nwielding of the conflict to political ends in certain strands \nof contemporary historiography towards an alarming neo- \nFrancoist revisionism. It is the ideal introduction to the \nSpanish Civil War.

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Bloomsbury Academic

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9781350152557

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1

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