Peace In Their Time

Episode 246 - Battle of Madrid

The big showdown in the Spanish capital got underway in early November 1936 and lasted until just after the new year. While the Nationalists would hurl their forces in the fray time and time again, the resolution of the defenders in forcing them back would shock the world. And maybe even themselves a little bit. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

 

1. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
2. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
3. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
4. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 
5. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020

 

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Episode 245 - March on Madrid

The Nationalist assault Madrid begins. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

 

1. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
2. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
3. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
4. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 
5. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020

 

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Episode 244 - Foreign Entanglements

The SCW was from word go an international affair, although the help rendered was not even on the two sides. Today I take a look at how material aid for both factions materialized. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 

 

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Episode 243 - A Proper Civil War

Today I finally get to some of the real-deal fighting as the first two months of the war sees the balance of strength already turn against the Republic. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 

 

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Episode 242 - Two Spains

With Spain split between warring zones that by the late summer of 1936 would each function as coherent entities, the battlelines were set. Which means today I am taking a look at the internal conditions of each zone to establish where each side stood as the big battles approached. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 

 

Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com

Episode 241 - Uprising, Part II

After the initial shock of the uprising had passed, Republican forces mobilized to contain the military uprising. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 

 

Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com

Episode 240 - Uprising, Part I

The Spanish Civil War was kicked off by a massive army uprising across the country, which turned all of Spain into a battlefield for the first weeks of the conflict. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006 

 

Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com

Episode 239 - How to Kill a Republic in 180 Days

The final six months leading up to the Spanish Civil War kicked off with the electoral triumph of that nation's Popular Front coalition. But this time around the Reactionary element of Spain was not about to give the new government even the opportunity of governing. The nation sank into chaos as the political right-wing withdrew its support for the Republic and the army began plotting a massive uprising. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001

 

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Episode 238 - Honeymoon's Over

The first two years of the Second Spanish Republic were marked by a great burst of reformist energy after years of stagnation. The changes made though sparked a conservative reaction that would in turn dominate the next two, and set the stage for the proponents of the New and Old Spains to be hopelessly polarized against each other. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Evans, Danny Revolution and the State: Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 AK Press 2020
6. Payne, Stanley G. Fascism in Spain 1923-1977 University of Wisconsin Press 1999

 

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Episode 237 - Don't Mess Up

The establishment of the Second Republic represented an acknowledgement that Spain had changed greatly, and that reforms had been long overdue. The new state though was not without controversy, and even from those early days its opponents would be working to undermine its work. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
2. Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
3. Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
4. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
5. Evans, Danny Revolution and the State: Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 AK Press 2020

 

Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com