The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and CounterrevolutionThis monumental book offers a comprehensive history and analysis of Republican political life during the Spanish Civil War. Completed by Burnett Bolloten just before his death in 1987, The Spanish Civil War is the culmination of fifty years of dedi |
Contents
The Brewing Upheaval | 3 |
Divisions and Deadlock on the Left | 21 |
Military Rebellion and Civil War | 34 |
The Revolution and the Rise of the Third Republic | 46 |
The Revolution Hits the Small Bourgeoisie | 57 |
The Revolution in the Countryside Libertarian Communism in Theory and Practice | 62 |
The Rise of the Communists | 79 |
Hope for the Middle Classes | 81 |
The PCE Cultivates the Moderate Socialists | 381 |
Catalonia The Military Insurrection and Social Revolution | 386 |
The Rise of the PSUC Dissolution of the Militia Committee | 396 |
The POUM and the Trotskyists | 405 |
Moving toward Open Warfare in Catalonia | 414 |
The May Events Part 1 | 429 |
The May Events Part 2 | 447 |
The Overthrow of Largo Caballero | 462 |
The Popular Front | 88 |
Foreign Intervention | 97 |
Camouflaging the Revolution | 110 |
Largo Caballero Forms a New Government | 114 |
The Communists Strive for Hegemony | 124 |
Dr Juan Negrín and Julio Alvarez del Vayo | 138 |
Spanish Gold Shipped to Moscow | 145 |
Soviet Influence Political Dissimulation and the Plight of President Azaña | 159 |
Spain in the Web of the EastWest Diplomatic Conflict | 168 |
Wooing Britain and France | 180 |
Curbing the Revolution | 189 |
Anarchist Philosophy and Government | 191 |
The Anarchosyndicalists Enter the Government | 196 |
Against the Revolutionary Committees | 212 |
The Security Forces | 216 |
Nationalization versus Socialization | 222 |
A Democratic and Parliamentary Republic of a New Type | 228 |
Balancing the Class Forces | 236 |
From the Revolutionary Militia to a Regular Army | 247 |
The Revolutionary Militia | 249 |
Discipline and the Anarchosyndicalist Militia | 261 |
The Fifth Regiment | 266 |
The Popular Army | 272 |
General José Asensio Largo Caballero Defies the Communists The Government Leaves Madrid | 280 |
The Defense of Madrid the Junta de Defensa and the International Brigades Miaja Rojo and Kléber | 286 |
Soviet Officers Journalists and Diplomats | 306 |
The Libertarian Movement and the Regular Army | 322 |
The Iron Column | 333 |
Largo Caballero Breaks with Moscow | 343 |
Pressure on Largo Caballero Mounts | 355 |
Largo Caballero Hits Back | 368 |
The Communist Triumph | 379 |
The Rise of Juan Negrín | 474 |
The Reflux of the Revolution | 481 |
The Negrin Government and the Reaction of the Libertarian Movement | 483 |
The PSUC Supersedes the CNT and FAI as the Dominant Force in Catalonia | 490 |
Communist Repression of the Anarchists and the POUM | 498 |
Highlights of the POUM Trial | 516 |
The Destruction of the Agricultural Collectives and the Council of Aragon | 522 |
The Eclipse of Largo Caballero and Indalecio Prieto | 533 |
Indalecio Prieto Challenges the PCE | 535 |
The PCE Courts the CNT | 550 |
The Political Demise of Largo Caballero The UGT and CNT Sign a Pact of Unity | 555 |
The Removal of Indalecio Prieto from the Defense Ministry | 570 |
Communist Influence Crests | 583 |
The Second Negrín Government Communist Predominance in the Army | 585 |
Communist Ascendancy in the Security Services | 600 |
Catalonia and the August Crisis | 611 |
Doubts Divisions and Disasters Proliferate Communist Influence Wanes | 621 |
Internecine Conflicts Grow | 623 |
Why Are the People Fighting? | 635 |
Negríns Thirteen War Aims | 642 |
Hopes of AngloFrench Intervention Fade | 650 |
The Fall of Catalonia | 663 |
The End of the Resistance Policy | 683 |
Negrín Returns to the CentralSouthern Zone | 685 |
Segismundo Casado Cipriano Mera and the Libertarians | 702 |
In Search of Scapegoats | 711 |
The Flight of Negrín and the End of the Third Republic | 726 |
Notes | 745 |
Bibliography | 937 |
Acknowledgments | 1019 |
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