The historiographical earthquake.(the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939)

From: New Criterion | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Falcoff, Mark | Copyright information

The Spanish Civil War: the continuing controversy: I

Only recently, with the virtual passing of an entire generation, has the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) ceased to be a subject of passionate historical and ideological debate. Even so, the martyrdom of the Second Republic (1931-39) has inspired the construction of a remarkably enduring historiographical edifice. Its main lines are well known--that in Spain, the democratic West failed to meet the earliest challenges of Eur...

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