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Book SynopsisAn account of the story of the Spanish socialist movement (Party and trade union) during the crucial years of the Civil War. These vital years determined the long-term future of Spain itself, and the Spanish socialist party (PSOE) was the axis of the Republican war effort.
Trade Review'I think very highly of Helen Graham's work and would go so far as to say … that she is producing the most interesting work on the Spanish Civil War being produced anywhere … This is not only an exciting and original piece of research but one which is lucidly presented.' Paul Preston, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
'The new information which Helen Graham has unearthed, and the reinterpretation to which this has led, are absolutely fascinating. This is a very good and very important book … a major contribution to the history of Spanish socialism and, indeed, to that of twentieth-century Spain as a whole.' Martin Blinkhorn, University of Lancaster
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Struggle for Control of the Psoe's National Organisation 1934–1936: 1. Internal divisions in the Spanish socialist movement 1934–1936; 2. The break-up of socialist unity and the coming of the civil war; Part II. The Socialist Left in Power 1936–1937: 3. The appointment of the Largo Caballero government; 4. Political realignments inside the socialist movement; 5. The socialist left: crisis and collapse; Part III. The Battle in the Party 1937–1938: 6. Ramón Lamoneda confronts the PSOE left; 7. The purge of the party left and the growing crisis in the reformist camp; 8. The atomisation of reformist socialism; Part IV. The Dispute in the UGT: 9. The battle for control of the union and the eclipse of the socialist left 1937–1938; 10. The caballerista old guard: entrenchment and resurgence; Part V. Socialist - Communist Rupture: 11. The Casado cuop and the end of the war; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
