The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

by Antony Beevor

Overview

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks), provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the war-its causes, course, and consequences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143037651
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/2006
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	592
Sales rank:	284,373
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	18 - 17 Years

About the Author

Antony Beevor was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. A regular officer in the 11th Hussars, he served in Germany and England. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include The Spanish Civil War; Crete: The Battle and the Resistance, which won the 1993 Runciman Award; Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942—1943; and Berlin: The Downfall, 1945. With his wife, Artemis Cooper, he wrote Paris: After the Liberation: 1944—1949. His book Stalingrad was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize in 1999.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
I	Their Most Catholic Majesties	9
II	Royal Exit	17
III	The Second Republic	27
IV	The Popular Front	39
V	The Generals' Rising	51
VI	The Struggle for Control	62
VII	The Atrocities	69
VIII	The Nationalist Zone	79
IX	The Republican Zone	85
X	The Army of Africa and the Militia	97
XI	Arms and the Diplomats	109
XII	Sovereign States	117
XIII	Soviet Advisers and the International Brigades	122
XIV	The Battle for Madrid	129
XV	The Metamorphosis of the War	141
XVI	The Jarama and Guadalajara Offensives	151
XVII	The War in the North	160
XVIII	The Propaganda War	172
XIX	Dissidents and Heretics	180
XX	The Brunete Offensive and the Mediterranean	195
XXI	The War in Aragon and the Consolidation of Communist Power	205
XXII	The Winter Fighting of Teruel and the Nationalist Drive for the Sea	215
XXIII	Uncertainty Across Europe	224
XXIV	The Battle of the Ebro	233
XXV	Defeat in the East	240
XXVI	The Fall of Catalonia	246
XXVII	The Anti-Communist Coup and the End of the War	252
XXVIII	The 'New Spain'	259
XXIX	The Fate of the Defeated and the Guerrilla Resistance	266
XXX	The Legacy of the War	279
	Political Parties, Groupings and Organizations	285
	Chronology	288
	Bibliography and Sources	293
	Index	303
	Maps
	Stages of the War, July 1936-July 1938	68
	Operations of the Army of Africa, August-September 1936	100
	The Defence of Madrid, November 1936	135
	Battle of the Jarama, February 1937	152
	Guadalajara Offensive (with Battle of Brihuega), March 1937	157
	Conquest of Vizcaya, Spring 1937	163
	Battle of Brunete, July 1937	197
	Nationalist Reduction of Aragon, February-July 1938	221
	Battle of the Ebro, 25 July 1938	236

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This book is destined for the first rank of general histories of the [Spanish] Civil War. (Santos Juliß, El Pafs)

Editorial Reviews

This book is destined for the first rank of general histories of the [Spanish] Civil War. (Santos Juliß, El Pafs)

From the Publisher

It is a rare book which cannot be supplemented, and Antony Beevor writes with insight and skill. —The Sunday Times

John Keegan