1. Modernization and conflict in Spain; 2. From revolutionary insurrection to popular front; 3. The breakdown of democracy; 4. The military insurrection of the eighteenth of July; 5. The Battle of Madrid - the first turning point; 6. Revolution; 7. Terror; 8. A war of religion; 9. Franco's counter-revolution; 10. Foreign intervention and non-intervention; 11. Soviet policy in Spain, 1936–9; 12. The propaganda and culture war; 13. A second counter-revolution?: the power struggle in the republican zone; 14. The decisive northern campaigns of 1937–8; 15. The war at sea and in the air; 16. Civil wars within a civil war; 17. The war in perspective; 18. Costs and consequences: the long dictatorship.
This book is a general history of the Spanish Civil War, providing a clear and objective account of its origins in Spanish domestic affairs.
Stanley Payne has taught history at several universities, including Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a corresponding member of Real Academia Española de la Historia, Madrid. He has received various awards and prizes, most recently the Marshal Shulman Book Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (2005) and the Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica from the Spanish government (2009). He has been co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary History since 1999. Professor Payne is the author of more than 20 books and 150 articles, as well as co-author or co-editor of 9 books. Most recently, he is the author of The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933–1936: Origins of the Civil War, Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II, Spain: A Unique History and Civil War in Europe, 1905–1949.
'Payne, drawing on his knowledge and research on Spanish history,
has written a legible (rather than just academic) history of the
origins, political and military development, and consequences of
the Spanish Civil War. His familiarity with twentieth-century
European history enables him to place it in a comparative
perspective. An important and objective work that … will generate
interesting debates.' Juan J. Linz, Sterling Professor Emeritus of
Political and Social Science, Yale University
'Stanley Payne has written a fine introductory history of the
Spanish Civil War. Based on an unrivalled mastery of the huge
historiography of the topic, Payne's volume convincingly dispels
many of the myths that still surround the fratricidal conflict. It
will be indispensable not just to students but to anyone interested
in understanding one of the bitterest wars of the twentieth
century.' Julius Ruiz, University of Edinburgh
'This is an extremely insightful book that has remarkably condensed
analytical power. Payne's vast knowledge has generated an
up-to-date and inclusive history of the Spanish conflict. He
situates the Spanish Civil War in the context of revolutionary and
counterrevolutionary confrontations in Europe, from the French
Revolution to World War II. Furthermore, he succinctly and
skillfully places the conflict within the long history of Spain.
There is no better synthesis.' Michael Seidman, University of North
Carolina Wilmington
'It seems providential that one S. Payne should produce the most
accomplished non-native writing on Spain's recent past. In his
sixth decade of research, Stanley Payne has acquired wisdom beyond
maturity. No living historian thinks so broadly or writes so
cogently. Few authorities survey the scarred landscape of the
tortured twentieth century with such a cool, forensic gaze. His
standards of consideration and interpretation are elevated – and
for readers, elevating. Perhaps surprisingly, this latest book is
Payne's first comprehensive study of the Spanish Civil War. It
prioritizes recent work without neglecting the packed storehouse of
earlier scholarship. It should become an indispensable guide to its
endlessly complex and supremely significant subject.' Rob
Stradling, Professor Emeritus of History, Cardiff University
'Essential for interwar and/or modern Spain graduate collections.
Highly recommended.' Choice
'Stanley Payne's study of the Spanish Civil War and the events
leading up to that cataclysm is the latest work by one of America's
premier historians of Europe.' Paul Gottfried, The American
Conservative
'The Spanish Civil War still excites strong passions … is a
must-read for anyone wishing to understand that controversial event
… Payne's book restores scholarly standards to a field that remains
more than ever beset by ideological controversy.' Paul Gottfried,
Chronicles Magazine
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