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The Coming of the Spanish Civil War is a book about the Spanish Civil War. It was written by Paul Preston and was published in 1998. The book covers the history of the Spanish Civil War from the 1930s until the end of the war in 1939. It also covers the background of the war, including the social and economic conditions of Spain at the time.
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.
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