The Republic Besieged: Civil War in Spain 1936-1939

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This book is a compilation of several articles about the Spanish Civil War by different authors each one dealing with a matter. Contents Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction Part I. International Hostility to the Second Republic The Gentle General: The Official British Perception of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War Mussolini’s Spanish Adventure: From Limited Risk to War Nazi Germany’s Intervention in the Spanish Civil War and the Foundation of HISMA/ROWAK We Are with You': Solidarity and Self-interest in Soviet Policy towards Republican Spain, 1936-1939 Battleground of Reputations: Ireland and the Spanish Civil War Part II. The Forging of a War Effort ‘From the Summit to the Abyss’: The Contradictions of Individualism and Collectivism in Spanish Anarchism War, Modernity and Reform: The Premiership of Juan Negrin 1937-1939 Civil War, Violence and the Construction of Francoism ‘Obligación de opinar’: The Limits of Pluralism in Manuel Azaña’s La velada en Benicarló The Grand Camouflage’: Julián Gorkin, Burnett Bolloten and the Spanish Civil War Index