Short History of the Spanish Civil War

<p>In this revised edition of <i>A Short History of the Spanish Civil</i><br>War Julián Casanova tells the gripping story of the Spanish<br>Civil War. <p/>Written in elegant and accessible prose the book charts<br>the most significant events and battles alongside the main<br>players in the tragedy. Casanova provides answers to some<br>of the pressing questions (such as the roots and extent of<br>anticlerical violence) that have been asked in the 70 years<br>that have passed since the painful defeat of the Second<br>Republic. Now with a revised introduction Casanova offers<br>an overview of recent historiographical shifts; not least the<br>wielding of the conflict to political ends in certain strands<br>of contemporary historiography towards an alarming neo-<br>Francoist revisionism. It is the ideal introduction to the<br>Spanish Civil War.</p>