The Battle for Spain
2006 book by Antony Beevor
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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939 is a 2006 history of the Spanish Civil War written by Antony Beevor and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. It is a revised edition of Beevor's 1982 The Spanish Civil War.
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| Author | Antony Beevor |
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| Subject | Spanish history |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Pages | 526 |
| ISBN | 978-0143037651 |
Reception
Discussing the main theses contained in the book, Spanish historian Julián Casanova noted that Beevor is in the minority of historians who deny that the international situation was decisive for the outcome of the war. He cited Beevor's view that the Italian Fascist and Nazi German interventions only sped up the Nationalist victory, without determining it. Casanova also observed the agreement between Beevor's portrayal of the result as a military failure of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces and their Soviet advisers on the one hand, and the late Francoist historiography (e.g. Ramón Salas Larrazábal) on the other.[1]
References
- Brendon, Piers (June 24, 2006). "Review: The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
- Crawley, William (July 27, 2006). "Will & Testament: Battle for Spain". BBC. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe (June 2, 2006). "In times of deceit". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- Hörber, Thomas (March 2007). "Review of The Battle for Spain". International Affairs. 83 (2): 395–396. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00624.x. ISSN 1468-2346. JSTOR 4541726.
- Rohr, Isabelle (January 2008). "Review of The Battle for Spain". History. 93 (309): 151–152. doi:10.1111/j.1468-229X.2008.416_57.x. ISSN 1468-229X. JSTOR 24428684.
1982 edition reviews
- Kiernan, V. G. (1983). "Review of The Spanish Civil War.; Comintern Army: The International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War". International Affairs. 59 (2): 284–285. doi:10.2307/2619981. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 2619981.
- Payne, Stanley G. (1984). "Review of The Spanish Civil War". The American Historical Review. 89 (4): 1090–1091. doi:10.2307/1866473. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1866473.
- Richardson, R. Dan (1986). "Review of The Spanish Civil War". The Historian. 48 (4): 593–594. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24447319.
