Spain 1936 : year zero / edited by Raanan Rein and Joan Maria Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rein, Raanan, 1960- editor.

Thomàs, Joan Maria, editor.

Series:

Sussex studies in Spanish history.

Sussex Studies in Spanish History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Spain.

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

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Public opinion, Foreign.

Spain--Foreign relations--1931-1939.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Place of Publication:

Brighton, [England] ; Portland, Oregon ; Toronto, Ontario : Sussex Academic Press, 2018.

Summary:

Marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, this volume takes a close look at the initial political moves, military actions and consequences of the fratricidal conflict and their impact on both Spaniards and contemporary European powers. The contributors re-examine the crystallization of the political alliances formed in the Republican and the Nationalist zones; the support mobilized by the two warring camps; and the different attitudes and policies adopted by neighbouring and far away countries. Spain 1936: Year Zero goes beyond and against commonly held assumptions as to the supposed unity of the Nationalist camp vis-a-vis the fragmentation of the Republican one; and likewise brings to the fore the complexities of initial support of the military rebellion by Nazi Germany and Soviet support of the beleaguered Republic. Situating the Iberian conflict in the larger international context, senior and junior scholars from various countries challenge the multitude of hitherto accepted ideas about the beginnings of the Spanish Civil War. A primary aim of the editors is to enable discussion on the Spanish Civil War from lesser known or realized perspectives by investigating the civil wars impact on countries such as Argentina, Japan, and Jewish Palestine; and from lesser heard voices at the time of women, intellectuals, and athletes. Original contributions are devoted to the Popular Olympiad organized in Barcelona in July 1936, Japanese perceptions of the Spanish conflict in light of the 1931 invasion to Manchuria, and international volunteers in the International Brigades.

Contents:

1936: The Eruption of Revolutionary Antifascism in Spain / Michael Seidman

The Pioneers of International Defense of the Republic: The Athletes of Barcelona's Popular Olympiad / Raanan Rein

The Political Evolution of the Nationalist Zone in 1936: The Construction of the Francoist State / Joan Maria Thomàs

Spanish Fascists and Nazi Germany, 1931-40: From Fascination to Intervention / Xosé M. Núñez Seixas / Women and the Spanish Civil War: The Radical Months / Inbal Ofer

Taking sides: Salazar's Estado Novo, the Nationalist uprising and the Spanish Civil War / Pedro Aires Oliveira

Italy 1936: From Consensus to First Doubts about the Regime / Luciano Casali

From Marginalization to Mobilization: The Soviet Union and the Spanish Republic / Daniel Kowalsky

An Engagé in 1936 Spain: Commitment and its discontents in Rafael Alberti's Philo-Sovietism / Silvina Schammah Gesser and Alexandra Cheveleva Dergacheva

Solidarity and Non-intervention: France and the Spanish Civil War / David A. Messenger

Chimerical Thoughts? Winston Churchill and Spain / Emilio Sáenz-Francés San Baldomero

The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Imperial Japan, 1936-1940 / Haruo Tohmatsu

Argentina's Diplomatic and Naval Asylum Policy in the Spanish Civil War / Leonardo Senkman

Spanish Destiny: Renzo Giua and Giustizia e Libertà / Manuela Consonni

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78284-504-6