Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francoism: The Juventud de Accion Popular in Spain, 1931-1939

by Sid Lowe

Book Overview

Spain's first democracy was announced to popular jubilation in April 1931, a new dawn ushered in without a single shot being fired. Yet just over five years later the country was plunged into a brutal civil war that bequeathed hundreds of thousands of deaths and an authoritarian dictatorship under General Francisco Franco that lasted almost forty years. This book analyses Spain's dramatic political shift, reassessing the role of the right as it mobilised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845199243
• ISBN13: 9781845199241
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"