A Short History of the Spanish Civil War, Julián Casanova
I.B. Tauris Short History Series
I.B. Tauris Publishers, London, New York 2014
ISBN: 978 1 84885 658 5
Paperback, with maps, timeline, illustrations in black and white, notes, bibliographic commentary and index
230 pages
£10,99 / $15,95 / €13,99


There is perhaps no subject among historians writing on the Spanish Civil War today that divides them more than do the May Events of 1937. Did these mark the end of anarchy and chaos on the Republican side or the beginning of a Stalinist-inspired counterrevolution? To be fair, some point can be made for both of the opposing views.
