The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union, and communism / Stanley G. Payne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payne, Stanley G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communist International--History.

Communist International.

Communism--Soviet Union.

Communism.

Communism--Spain.

Soviet Union--Relations--Spain.

Soviet Union.

Spain--History--1868-1931.

Spain.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939.

Spain--History--Republic, 1931-1939.

Spain--Relations--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this compelling book Stanley G. Payne offers the first comprehensive narrative of Soviet and Communist intervention in the revolution and civil war in Spain. He documents in unprecedented detail Soviet strategies, Comintern activities, and the role of the Communist party in Spain from the early 1930's to the end of the civil war in 1939.Drawing on a very broad range of Soviet and Spanish primary sources, including many only recently available, Payne changes our understanding of Soviet and Communist intentions in Spain, of Stalin's decision to intervene in the Spanish war, of the widely accepted characterization of the conflict as the struggle of fascism against democracy, and of the claim that Spain's war constituted the opening round of World War II. The author arrives at a new view of the Spanish Civil War and concludes not only that the Democratic Republic had many undemocratic components but also that the position of the Communist party was by no means counterrevolutionary.

Contents:

Soviet policy and the Comintern in the early years, 1917-1925

Communism and revolution in Spain, 1917-1931

Communism and the Second Republic, 1931-1934

From revolutionary insurrection to popular front, 1934-1936

Communism and the implosion of the republic, February-July 1936

Communism and the Spanish Revolution, July-August 1936

The Soviet decision to intervene militarily, July-October 1936

Soviet military participation, 1936-1939

The policy struggle under the Largo Caballero government, September 1936-May 1937

The Negr?in government, 1937-1938

Defeat, 1938-1939

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-377) and index.

ISBN:

9786611730901

9781281730909

1281730904

9780300130782

0300130783

OCLC:

1013954613