Peace In Their Time

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 

 

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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 

 

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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's 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

 

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Episode 236 - A New Republic

Today I take a look at some of the basic conditions found across the regions of Spain and the big political player around in 1931. Also covered are the immediate events that led to the Second Republic's foundation and some of the happenings during its first months. 

 

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

 

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Episode 235 - When the Magic Runs Out

The overview of Spain leading up to the Second Republic continues as I cover the turbulent period from 1833-1931. Monarchs and governments would rise and fall, civil and foreign wars would be fought, but rarely would a political order manage to last more than a decade or so. 

 

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 234 - Desolation of Empire

Today marks the start of the Spanish Civil War miniseries, and true to form I'm going to do some table setting. Today I introduce the conflict, why it was important, and focus in on Spain's imperial experience to explain the long-term conditions that made Spain so unstable. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Kamen, Henry Empire: How Spain Became a World Power 1492-1763 Perennial 2004
2. Elliott, J.H. Imperial Spain 1469-1716 Penguin 2002
3. Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001

 

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Update - I'm going on hiatus - Back on November 2nd!

Hey all, it's been a while since I took a break on making this show, and I've hit a nice little stopping point, so I'm taking some time off! Additional details in the recorded announcement. 

Episode 233 - Stalling for Time

The British response to Axis aggression concludes with a brief overview of its foreign policy, which yeah can be summed up with the word "appeasement." Feeling themselves behind in rearmament compared to the Axis, especially Germany, the UK took the course of offering concessions to buy time to build a military that could counter the emerging threats. Too bad for them a reckoning is exactly what the Nazis wanted, which turned their approach on its head. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Taylor, AJP The Oxford History of England, Vol 15 Oxford University Press, 1978
2. Moway, Charles Loch Britain Between the Wars Methuen & Co, 1972
3. Shen, Peijian The Age of Appeasement: The Evolution of British Foreign Policy in the 1930s Sutton Publishing Limited 1999
4. Roi, Michael L. Alternative to Appeasement: Sir Robert Vansittart and Alliance Diplomacy, 1934-1937 Praeger Publishers 1997
5. Davis, Richard Anglo-French Relations Before the Second World War: Appeasement and Crisis Palgrave Macmillan 2001

 

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