Spanish Second Republic Revisited - Manuel Álvarez Tardío - Bog

The Spanish Civil War is one of the most studied events in modern European history. Its origins - that is to say the politics of the Second Republic (1931-1936) - have been much debated. The Republican period has been much idealized and, in particular, the myth of Spanish democracy beset by fascism - of which Franco was its leading figure - has been much cultivated. But was this really the case? Recently, historians of the Republic have proposed a new and non-ideological perspective on the 1930s. Spain's path was at once different, yet in many ways similar to that of Europe during the interwar period. The Spanish Second Republic Revisited brings together leading and innovative specialists to analyze the main obstacles to the consolidation of democracy in Spain and to debate the principal stereotypes of the traditional historiography of both left and right. The issues addressed include: the breakdown of democracy * whether the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (Confederation