The Collapse of the Spanish Republic

Resumen del libro

This book focuses on the short but crucial period that led to the collapse of the Spanish Republic and set the stage for the ensuing civil war. Stanley G. Payne, an internationally known scholar of modern Spanish history, details the political shifts that occurred from 1933 to 1936 and examines the actions and inactions of key actors during these years. Using their own memoirs, speeches, and declarations, he challenges previous perceptions of various major players, including President Alcalá Zamora.



The breakdown of political coalitions and the internal rifts between Spain's bourgeois and labor classes sparked many instances of violent dissent in the mid-1930s. The book addresses the election of 1933 and the destabilizing insurrection that followed, Alcalá Zamora's failed attempts to control the major parties, and the backlash that resulted. The alliances of the socialist left with communism and the right with fascism are also explored, as is the role of forces outside Spain in spurring the violence that eventually exploded into war.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Stanley G. Payne (1934) es catedrático emérito de Historia en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison. También es miembro de la American Academy of Arts and Sciences (equivalente a la Real Academia de la Historia española). Ha recibido la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica y es doctor x{0026}lt;i honoris causax{0026}lt;/i por la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Es autor de numerosos libros, muchos de ellos dedicados a la historia contemporánea española. En La Esfera ha publicado con gran éxito: x{0026}lt;i El colapso de la República: los orígenes de la Guerra Civil. 1933-1936x{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Franco y Hitler. España, Alemania, la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el Holocaustox{0026}lt;/i y, con Jesús Palacios, x{0026}lt;i Franco, mi padre. Testimonio de Carmen Franco, la hija del Caudillox{0026}lt;/i .x{0026}lt;/p