xxxii, 526 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
"When the first version of this book was published in 1982 under the title, The Spanish Civil War, Gerald Brenan described it as 'by a long way the best, and fairest and the most accurate book upon it'. Over the intervening years, a huge amount of new material has appeared in Spain and from documents finally emerging from Russian, German and other archives. Antony Beevor's Spanish publisher persuaded him that the time was right, with the approach of the war's seventieth anniversary, to rewrite the book taking advantage of the new information and reinforcing it with new research." "Antony Beevor charts not only the course of the war in a fresh light, but illuminates the vicious infighting on both sides. The hopes and fears of a whole generation foundered in disillusionment and despair at the cruel war which destroyed the Spanish Republic."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-449) and index
pt. 1. Old Spain and the second republic -- 1. Their most Catholic majesties -- 2. Royal exit -- 3. The second republic -- 4. The popular front -- 5. The fatal paradox -- pt. 2. The war of two Spains -- 6. The rising of the generals -- 7. The struggle for control -- 8. The red terror -- 9. The white terror -- 10. The nationalist zone -- 11. The republican zone -- 12. The army of Africa and the people's militias -- pt. 3. The civil war becomes international -- 13. Arms and the diplomats -- 14. Sovereign states -- 15. The Soviet Union and the Spanish Republic -- 16. The international brigades and the soviet advisers -- 17. The battle for Madrid -- pt. 4. World war by proxy -- 18. The metamorphosis of the war -- 19. The battles of the Jarama and Guadalajara -- 20. The war in the north -- 21. The Propaganda War and the intellectuals -- pt. 5. Internal tensions -- 22. The struggle for power -- 23. The civil war within the civil war -- 24. The battle of Brunete -- 25. The beleaguered republic -- 26. The war in Aragon -- 27. The destruction of the northern front and of republican idealism -- pt. 6. The route to disaster -- 28. The battle of Teruel and Franco's 'victorious sword' -- 29. Hopes of peace destroyed -- 30. Arriba Espana! -- 31. The battle of the Ebro -- 32. The republic in the European crisis -- 33. The fall of Catalonia -- 34. The collapse of the republic -- pt. 7. Vae victis! -- 35. The new Spain and the Franquist gulag -- 36. The exiles and the Second World War -- 37. The unfinished war -- 38. Lost causes
"When the first version of this book was published in 1982 under the title, The Spanish Civil War, Gerald Brenan described it as 'by a long way the best, and fairest and the most accurate book upon it'. Over the intervening years, a huge amount of new material has appeared in Spain and from documents finally emerging from Russian, German and other archives. Antony Beevor's Spanish publisher persuaded him that the time was right, with the approach of the war's seventieth anniversary, to rewrite the book taking advantage of the new information and reinforcing it with new research." "Antony Beevor charts not only the course of the war in a fresh light, but illuminates the vicious infighting on both sides. The hopes and fears of a whole generation foundered in disillusionment and despair at the cruel war which destroyed the Spanish Republic."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-449) and index
pt. 1. Old Spain and the second republic -- 1. Their most Catholic majesties -- 2. Royal exit -- 3. The second republic -- 4. The popular front -- 5. The fatal paradox -- pt. 2. The war of two Spains -- 6. The rising of the generals -- 7. The struggle for control -- 8. The red terror -- 9. The white terror -- 10. The nationalist zone -- 11. The republican zone -- 12. The army of Africa and the people's militias -- pt. 3. The civil war becomes international -- 13. Arms and the diplomats -- 14. Sovereign states -- 15. The Soviet Union and the Spanish Republic -- 16. The international brigades and the soviet advisers -- 17. The battle for Madrid -- pt. 4. World war by proxy -- 18. The metamorphosis of the war -- 19. The battles of the Jarama and Guadalajara -- 20. The war in the north -- 21. The Propaganda War and the intellectuals -- pt. 5. Internal tensions -- 22. The struggle for power -- 23. The civil war within the civil war -- 24. The battle of Brunete -- 25. The beleaguered republic -- 26. The war in Aragon -- 27. The destruction of the northern front and of republican idealism -- pt. 6. The route to disaster -- 28. The battle of Teruel and Franco's 'victorious sword' -- 29. Hopes of peace destroyed -- 30. Arriba Espana! -- 31. The battle of the Ebro -- 32. The republic in the European crisis -- 33. The fall of Catalonia -- 34. The collapse of the republic -- pt. 7. Vae victis! -- 35. The new Spain and the Franquist gulag -- 36. The exiles and the Second World War -- 37. The unfinished war -- 38. Lost causes
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