A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67209

English Summary/英文概要： The years of the Spanish Civil War filled twentieth-century Spain with hope, frustration and drama. Not only did it pit countryman against countryman, and neighbour against neighbour, but from 1936-39 this bitterly contended struggle sucked in competing and seemingly atavistic forces that were soon to rage across the face of Europe, and then the rest of the world: nationalism and republicanism; communism and fascism; anarchism and monarchism; anti-clerical reformism and aristocratic Catholic conservatism. The Guerra Civil is of enduring interest precisely because it represents much more than just a regional contest for power and governmental legitimacy. It has come to be seen as a seedbed for the titanic political struggles and larger social upheavals that scarred the entire twentieth century. In elegant and accessible prose, Julián Casanova tells the gripping story of these years of anguish and trauma, which hit the country with a force hitherto unknown at any time in Spain s history. Charting the most significant events and battles alongside the main players in the tragedy, he provides answers to some of the pressing questions (such as the roots and extent of anticlerical violence) that have been asked in the seventy years that have passed since the painful defeat of the Second Republic.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 西班牙内战充斥着二十世纪西班牙岁月中的希望、挫折和梦想。 这场内战的爆发不仅是同胞之间乡里之间的对战，而是从1936-39年的激烈战役，随后迅速地点燃了横跨欧洲二战，乃至遍及世界战争爆发的导火索：这是一场民族主义和共和主义; 共产主义和法西斯主义; 无政府主义和君主政体; 反改良主义和贵族天主教保守主义之间的所引发的内战。 所谓的这场‘国内战争’所引发的后世兴趣，是因为它代表的不仅仅是一场区域地方权利和政府合法的争夺。 这场战役被视作为对强权的奋力抗争和整个20世纪满目疮痍的更大社会动荡不安的象征。 用简洁而又通俗的散文，作者朱利安•卡萨诺瓦(Julian Casanova)述说了这些痛苦的伤殇岁月中的动人故事，揭开了西班牙历史不为世人所知的内战岁月。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Julián Casanova is one of the most original and exciting historians currently working on the Spanish Civil War. His books on anarchism, the Catholic Church and the Francoist repression have earned him a glowing international reputation. This short history draws on his own research and combines his trademark reliability and readability in a book that students and general readers alike will find invaluable. --Paul Preston, Príncipe de Asturias Professor of Contemporary Spanish History, London School of Economics

Julián Casanova is one of the most productive of the current generation of Spanish intellectuals who are determined that democracy and human rights, now better established than in any previous period of Spanish history, will become the habitual and accepted framework of Spanish public life. He shows clearly how the political shortcomings of the Republic, the enthusiasm of Mussolini and Hitler to aid General Franco, the Stalinist mixture of military aid with secretive political interference in the life of the Republic, and the failure of the Western democracies to aid the Republic, all combined to assure the military victory and postwar dictatorship of Franco. This is an excellently written and very carefully documented history of the Civil War of 1936-39. --Gabriel Jackson, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego

Julián Casanova is one of Spain s leading historians. His innovative and ground-breaking research on the Spanish Civil War and its long aftermath has also garnered him an international reputation, and in this Short History he distils his rich knowledge and insight into a readable synthesis. Casanova explains the deep domestic origins of the Spanish war, while also placing it in its proper European context of convulsive continental change from First to Second World Wars. Students and general readers alike will find his book informative, enlightening and thought-provoking in equal measure. --Helen Graham, Professor of Modern Spanish History, Royal Holloway, University of London

Julián Casanova is one of the most productive of the current generation of Spanish intellectuals who are determined that democracy and human rights, now better established than in any previous period of Spanish history, will become the habitual and accepted framework of Spanish public life. He shows clearly how the political shortcomings of the Republic, the enthusiasm of Mussolini and Hitler to aid General Franco, the Stalinist mixture of military aid with secretive political interference in the life of the Republic, and the failure of the Western democracies to aid the Republic, all combined to assure the military victory and postwar dictatorship of Franco. This is an excellently written and very carefully documented history of the Civil War of 1936-39. --Gabriel Jackson, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego

Julián Casanova is one of Spain s leading historians. His innovative and ground-breaking research on the Spanish Civil War and its long aftermath has also garnered him an international reputation, and in this Short History he distils his rich knowledge and insight into a readable synthesis. Casanova explains the deep domestic origins of the Spanish war, while also placing it in its proper European context of convulsive continental change from First to Second World Wars. Students and general readers alike will find his book inform

About the Author/作者介绍： 朱利安•卡萨诺瓦(Julian Casanova)是萨拉戈萨大学的历史系教授。他的作品包括《无政府主义，在西班牙的共和国内战》和《西班牙共和国内战》。

Julian Casanova is Professor of History at the University of Zaragoza. His books include Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931-1939 (2005) and The Spanish Republic and Civil War (2010).

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