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# The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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## Customer Reviews

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    How and why
  

*by I***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2015*

For those who wish to learn the often difficult vocabulary of the Civil War, this is an excellent introduction. Who were the Republicans, the Loyalists, Falangists, the International Brigade? What were the names and goals of the various contentious union and anarchist organizations who often fought amongst themseleves? How did Franco, an obscure officer from North Africa with a limited army, manage to ally himself with Hitler and Mussolini, the Church and the landed aristocracy and eventually defeat a genuine populist movement, one that started with the best of intentions but soon imploded on itself? A crucial moment in world history, difficult to understand in its complexity. If you wish to gather a better understanding of how and why, this is a book to read before or after Koestler and Orwell.

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    A terrific introduction
  

*by N***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2015*

This is an absolutely terrific little book. It does what an introduction should do: stimulate the reader to go further. The complaints in some of the other reviews are perplexing. The author writes with both clarity and fluidity. The reader is never lost in the discussion. The interpretive framework has its slant, but why not? Some of the reviews call for a 'more balanced account.' But how can one be 'balanced' in a world of such evident tension and conflict except through resort to universalities, often of the most banal sort, that, in more concrete socio-historical contexts, fall short? Given that realization, how can one escape taking a position? And once taken, the author has clearly thought it through and its implications, weaving a very effective and convincing narrative. Not least, and crucially, through her critical approach she is able to show how the war in Spain was part of a Europe-wide civil war, the culmination of which would be World War Two. The book makes new connections and perhaps that is what has irritated some of the reviewers who would have preferred to see the standard stories dished out. Bravo for a tale well told.

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    Comprehensive and short review of the Spanish Civil War.
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 15, 2021*

Excellent writing that enabled the author to condense the background and happenings in the Spanish Civil War.  More than just the basics, it manages to get somewhat in depth in spite of the limited number of pages and small size.  Just good writing.

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