The Spanish Civil War

Revolution and Counterrevolution

With new illustrations and a new introduction by George Esenwein

By Burnett Bolloten

1148 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 73 halftones, notes, bibl., index

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-2446-4
    Published: September 2015
  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-2447-1
    Published: December 2015
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-5115-4
    Published: December 2015

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Awards & distinctions

Herbert Feis Award, American Historical Association

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title

This monumental book offers a comprehensive history and analysis of Republican political life during the Spanish Civil War. Completed by Burnett Bolloten just before his death in 1987 and first published in English in 1991, The Spanish Civil War is the culmination of fifty years of dedicated and painstaking research and is the most exhaustive study on the subject in any language. It has been regarded as the authoritative political history of the war and an indispensable encyclopedic guide to Republican affairs during the Spanish conflict.

This new edition includes a new introduction by Spanish Civil War scholar George Esenwein, an updated bibliography featuring books on the Spanish Civil War published since 1987, and seventy-three photos of the war's participants.

About the Authors

Burnett Bolloten (1909-1987) was a United Press correspondent in Spain during the war, during which he began his lifelong practice of collecting original documents relating to the conflict. By invitation, he was a lecturer and director of research on the Spanish Civil War and revolution, for three years, at the Institute for Hispanic and Lusa-Brazilian Studies at Stanford University.
For more information about Burnett Bolloten, visit the Author Page.

George Esenwein has published numerous articles and two books on the Spanish Civil War. He teaches at the University of Florida.
For more information about George Esenwein, visit the Author Page.

Reviews

"[A] monumental book. . . . [Bolloten's] style is chaste and his objectivity laudable."--Anthony Burgess, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Burnett Bolloten's The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution is a monument of dedicated scholarship that is not likely to be replaced. The best study of the subject in any language, it merits a place beside Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth and Raymond Carr's Spain, 1808-1939, as a classic in the historiography of modern Spain."--Paul Avrich, Queens College, City University of New York