The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge, Revised and Expanded Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Preston
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0393329879
Dewey Decimal Number: 946.081
EAN: 9780393329872
ASIN: 0393329879
Publication Date: June 25, 2007
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The definitive work on the Spanish Civil War, a classic of modern historical scholarship and a masterful narrative.
Paul Preston is the world's foremost historian of Spain. This surging history recounts the struggles of the 1936 war in which more than 3,000 Americans took up arms. Tracking the emergence of Francisco Franco's brutal (and, ultimately, extraordinarily durable) fascist dictatorship, Preston assesses the ways in which the Spanish Civil War presaged the Second World War that ensued so rapidly after it.
The attempted social revolution in Spain awakened progressive hopes during the Depression, but the conflict quickly escalated into a new and horrific form of warfare. As Preston shows, the unprecedented levels of brutality were burned into the American consciousness as never before by the revolutionary war reporting of Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Herbert Matthews, Vincent Sheean, Louis Fischer, and many others. Completely revised, including previously unseen material on Franco's treatment of women in wartime prisons, The Spanish Civil War is a classic work on this pivotal epoch in the twentieth century.
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 Spanish Civil War December 21, 2008
Exactly what I was looking for as an American with limited knowledge into the Spanish Civil War. I feel I have gained a perspective that allows me to realize why this conflict still continues to divide Spaniards to this day.
 Leftist Bias November 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
No one interested in the true story of the Spanish Civil War should read or believe anything written by Preston. He is a far left historian who believes that the Nationalists were pure evil and the Republicans were lily whites. The truth is that there was plenty of evil to go around on both sides. Much better to read Raymond Carr and Antony Beevor. Although both clearly favor the Republicans, their writing is much more balanced and without the leftist fervor of Preston.
Love this book January 21, 2008
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have read several books on the Spanish Civil War. What I enjoy most about this book is that it is engaging and it is more than just a dry recounting of the facts. It gives the background and the causes and shows how the war evolved in a very open objective way, citing some of the problems on both sides that made the confrontation inevitable. I highly recommend this book if you want to understand what this conflict and how it evolved.
It's a classic work August 6, 2007
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Paul Preston is one of the world's foremost historians of Spanish history, so his focus THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR: REACTION, REVOLUTION, AND REVENGE is an essential acquisition for any military history library, appearing in a revised, expanded paperback to recount the major milestones and struggles of the era. It's a classic work and deserves a place not only in specialty military history collections, but in any general lending library strong in Spanish history and culture.
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