Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL TERMS ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
6. 1. The Background of the Spanish Republic 1
7. 2. The First Days of the Republic 25
8. 3. The Creation of a Constitution 43
9. 4. The Politics of the Azaña Government 56
10. 5. Economic Problems During the Azaña Era 78
11. 6. The Defeat of the Left 98
12. 7. Government by the Center-Right 121
13. 8. The Revolution of October 1934 148
14. 9. Politics and Ideologies in 1935 169
15. 10. The Popular Front Election 184
16. 11. From February to June 1936 196
17. 12. The Approach of the Civil War 218
18. 13. The Pronunciamiento of July 17-20 231
19. 14. The Beginnings of International Intervention 247
20. 15. Military Developments, August-October 1936 262
21. 16. Revolution and Terror in the Popular Front Zone 276
22. 17. Authority and Terror in the Insurgent Zone 293
23. 18. The Assault on Madrid 310
24. 19. Politics and War in Early 1937 333
25. 20. Guadalajara and the Unification of Nationalist 349
26. 21. The Fall of Largo Caballero 360
27. 22. The War in the North 375
28. 23. The Initiatives of the Negrin Government 392
29. 24. The Development of Nationalist Spain 413
30. 25. Efforts to Limit Suffering and Destruction 430
31. 26. The Ebro and the Fall of Catalonia 451
32. 27. The End of the War 465
33. 28. The Spanish Tragedy 478
34. APPENDICES
35. A. Chronology 501
36. B. The Black Legend of the Spanish Republic 510
37. C. The Elections of the Second Spanish Republic 518
38. D. Deaths Attributable to the Civil War 526
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 541
40. INDEX 559