Conclusion Could the Breakdown have been Avoided?
Conclusion Could the Breakdown have been Avoided?
This chapter addresses the question of whether the Spanish Civil War could have been prevented, and argues that there has never been a revolutionary process that has not been met with counterrevolutionary resistance. In the case of Spain, while the left destroyed much of democracy before July 1936, the counterrevolution created an opposing radicalism that was violent in the extreme and which sustained authoritarian rule for nearly four decades.
Keywords: Spain, civil war, Spanish Republic, revolution, counterrevolution, radicalism, authoritarian rule
Yale Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
