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Civil War in Europe, 1905-1949

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This is the first account in any language of the civil wars in Europe during the era of the world wars, from 1905 to 1949. It treats the initial confrontations in the decade before World War I, the confusing concept of European civil war, the impact of the world wars, the relation between revolution and civil war, and all the individual cases of civil war, with special attention to Russia and Spain. The civil wars of this era are compared and contrasted with earlier internal conflicts, with particular attention to the factors that made this era a time of unusually violent domestic contests, as well as those that brought it to an end. The major political, ideological, and social influences are all treated, with a special focus on violence against civilians.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

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Stanley G. Payne

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Stanley G. Payne is a historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He retired from full time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department of History.

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Profile Image for José Del Olmo Vico.
8 reviews
August 3, 2021
Si quieres leer un libro donde el autor plantea sus propias tesis sobre las convulsas primeras décadas del siglo pasado y que esas tesis sean que Lenin, Stalin y el comunismo en general tienen la culpa de todo, este es, sin duda, tu libro.
Profile Image for Iván Braga.
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December 16, 2013
Un interesante libro sobre los conflictos internos de los países europeos desde fines de la primera guerra mundial y hasta fines de la segunda. Payne revisa las experiencias vividas por países con Rusia, Finlandia, España, Alemania, Yugoslavia y Grecia, entre otros para tratar de entender la dinámica común y las diferencias que tuvieron los procesos políticos y guerras civiles en estos casos.
Una época en que la combinación de las revoluciones, se mezcló con los vestigios de la estructuras de países surgida tras Versalles y con factores nacionales especiales, generando una inestabilidad permanente, que converge sobre la segunda guerra mundial en la modalidad de subguerras inserta en la conflagración global. Muy interesante análisis con buen detalle en la revisión de los casos, pero también con un esfuerzo del autor por darle una explicación integradora a la época.
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October 16, 2014
The flaw in this book is that it spends comparatively too much time on the Spanish Civil War and rather stints the other wars it considers. Still a rather interesting look at the 20th century European civil wars.
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