Spanish Revolution

Revolutions in the Modern World

by Stanley G. Payne

1970, W. W. Norton and Company; Paperback Edition in New condition, with slight shelf-rubbing on cover.

Genres: History, Spain

416 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1969

About the author

Stanley G. Payne is a historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He retired from full time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department of History.

Reviews

[Mike Blyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only read the first half. Interesting, but I got lost in the story of all the different political factions from the 19th century to 1933 or so, and never got to the civil war itself.

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a worthwhile history of the Spanish Revolution. Isn't it normally referred to as the Spanish Civil War? Yep. But there was a revolutionary element that, ultimately, failed, embedded within the Civil War.

There was an anarchist revolution within that civil war, even as the anarchists fought with the Republic against Franco's forces. This book tells the story of that segment of events in Spain.

It begins with an historical treatment of the development of anarchism in Spain, from the early years on. Then, it explores the dynamics in Spain after Franco's forces challenged the Republic. We read of some of thre triumphs and of the ultimate defeat of the nascent revolutionary movement. An accessible history of e3vents in Spain.