ABSTRACT

The Spanish Civil War became the setting for the struggle between revolution and counter-revolution as well as being, for many outsiders, the place of armed conflict between the forces of democracy and fascism. This book is a path-breaking synthesis of political, social and cultural history concerning the anarchist revolution during the Spanish Civil War by Spain's leading historian of the Civil War.

part |2 pages

Part I Power in the street

chapter 1|14 pages

History accelerates

chapter 2|19 pages

The seeds of confrontation

chapter 3|28 pages

The symbols of identity

chapter 4|20 pages

On the road to insurrection

chapter 5|15 pages

Correcting the route taken

part |2 pages

Part II The people in arms

chapter 6|15 pages

The summer of 1936

chapter 7|30 pages

War and revolution 116

chapter 8|12 pages

Decline and fall