The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
- ISBN-10
- 0007232071
- ISBN-13
- 9780007232079
- Series
- The Spanish Civil War
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Author
- Paul Preston
Description
Presenting a full-blooded account of the pivotal period in 20th-century European history, this book recounts the struggles of the war, analyses the wider implications of the revolution in the Republican zone, and assesses the ways in which the Spanish Civil War was a portent of the Second World War that ensued so rapidly after it.
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