The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War
Title | The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Seidman, Michael |
Number of Pages | 352 |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
City | Madison, WI |
Abstract | This groundbreaking study of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) examines, how General Francisco Franco and his nationalist forces managed state finance and economic production, and mobilized support from elites and middle-class Spaniards, to achieve their eventual victory over Spanish Republicans and the revolutionary left. The Spanish nationalists were exceptional among counter-revolutionary movements of the twentieth century, because they avoided the inflation and shortages of food and military supplies that stymied their Republican adversaries. The book documents how Franco's highly repressive and tightly controlled regime produced food for troops and civilians; regular pay for soldiers, farmers, and factory workers; and protection of property rights for both large and small landowners. These factors, combined with the nationalists' pro-Catholic and anti-Jewish propaganda, reinforced solidarity in the nationalist coltrolled zone during the Civil War. |
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