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The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution

Burnett Bolloten

Abstract

This book offers a history and analysis of Republican political life during the Spanish Civil War. Completed in 1987 and first published in English in 1991, this text is the culmination of fifty years of research. This book is regarded as an authoritative political history of the war and a valuable encyclopedic guide to Republican affairs during the Spanish conflict. This new edition includes a new introduction by a Spanish Civil War scholar, an updated bibliography featuring books on the Spanish Civil War published since 1987, and seventy-three photos of the war's participants.

Keywords: Republican political life, Spanish Civil War, political history, Republican affairs, Spanish conflict

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2015 Print ISBN-13: 9781469624464
Published to North Carolina Scholarship Online: May 2016 DOI:10.5149/northcarolina/9781469624464.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Burnett Bolloten, author

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Dedication

Maps

Foreword

Preface

Author’s Note

Epigraph

Introduction to the 2015 Edition

Selected Works Published since 1987

Illustration

Part I Civil War, Revolution, and the Collapse of the 1931–1936 Republic

1 The Brewing Upheaval

2 Divisions and Deadlock on the Left

3 Military Rebellion and Civil War

4 The Revolution and the Rise of the Third Republic

5 The Revolution Hits the Small Bourgeoisie

6 The Revolution in the Countryside. Libertarian Communism in Theory and Practice.

Part II The Rise Of the Communists

7 Hope for the Middle Classes

8 The Popular Front

9 Foreign Intervention

10 Camouflaging the Revolution

11 Largo Caballero Forms a New Government

12 The Communists Strive for Hegemony

13 Dr. Juan Negrín and Julio Alvarez del Vayo

14 Spanish Gold Shipped to Moscow

15 Soviet Influence, Political Dissimulation, and the Plight of President Azaña

16 Spain in the Web of the East-West Diplomatic Conflict

17 Wooing Britain and France

Part III Curbing the Revolution

18 Anarchist Philosophy and Government

19 The Anarchosyndicalists Enter the Government

20 Against the Revolutionary Committees

21 The Security Forces

22 Nationalization versus Socialization

23 A Democratic and Parliamentary Republic of a New Type

24 Balancing the Class Forces

Part IV From the Revolutionary Militia to a Regular Army

25 The Revolutionary Militia

26 Discipline and the Anarchosyndicalist Militia

27 The Fifth Regiment

28 The Popular Army

29 General José Asensio. Largo Caballero Defies the Communists. The Government Leaves Madrid.

30 The Defense of Madrid, the Junta de Defensa, and the International Brigades. Miaja, Rojo, and Kléber.

31 Soviet Officers, Journalists, and Diplomats

32 The Libertarian Movement and the Regular Army

33 The Iron Column

34 Largo Caballero Breaks with Moscow

35 Pressure on Largo Caballero Mounts

36 Largo Caballero Hits Back

Part V The Communist Triumph

37 The PCE Cultivates the Moderate Socialists

38 Catalonia: The Military Insurrection and Social Revolution

39 The Rise of the PSUC. Dissolution of the Militia Committee.

40 The POUM and the Trotskyists

41 Moving toward Open Warfare in Catalonia

42 The May Events, Part I

43 The May Events, Part 2

44 The Overthrow of Largo Caballero

45 The Rise of Juan Negrín

Part VI The Reflux of the Revolution

46 The Negrín Government and the Reaction of the Libertarian Movement

47 The PSUC Supersedes the CNT and FAI as the Dominant Force in Catalonia

48 Communist Repression of the Anarchists and the POUM

49 Highlights of the POUM Trial

50 The Destruction of the Agricultural Collectives and the Council of Aragon

Part VII The Eclipse of Largo Caballero and Indalecio Prieto

51 Indalecio Prieto Challenges the PCE

52 The PCE Courts the CNT

53 The Political Demise of Largo Caballero. The UGT and CNT Sign a Pact of Unity.

54 The Removal of Indalecio Prieto from the Defense Ministry

Part VIII Communist Influence Crests

55 The Second Negrín Government. Communist Predominance in the Army.

56 Communist Ascendancy in the Security Services

57 Catalonia and the August Crisis

Part IX Doubts, Divisions, and Disasters Proliferate. Communist Influence Wanes.

58 Internecine Conflicts Grow

59 Why Are the People Fighting?

60 Negrín’s Thirteen War Aims

61 Hopes of Anglo-French Intervention Fade

62 The Fall of Catalonia

Part X The End of the Resistance Policy

63 Negrín Returns to the Central-Southern Zone

64 Segismundo Casado, Cipriano Mera, and the Libertarians

65 In Search of Scapegoats

66 The Flight of Negrín and the End of the Third Republic

End Matter

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index