Coming of the Spanish Civil War Reform, Reaction and Revolution in the Second Republic

The breakdown of democracy in Spain in the 1930s resulted in a torrent of political and military violence. In this thoroughly revised edition of his classic text, Paul Preston provides a deeply disturbing explanation of the democratic collapse, coherently and excitingly outlining the social and economic background. Since the first edition of this book was completed more than fifteen years ago, archives have been opened up, the diaries, letters and memoirs of major protagonists have been published and there have been innumerable studies of the politics of the Republic, of parties, unions, elections and social conflict, national and provincial. This edition updates the original text as exhaustively as possible to take account of the new material.Preston, Paul is the author of 'Coming of the Spanish Civil War Reform, Reaction and Revolution in the Second Republic', published 1994 under ISBN 9780415063555 and ISBN 0415063558.