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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454269303321

Autore

Anderson Peter <1964->

Titolo

The Francoist military trials [[electronic resource] ] : terror and complicity, 1939-1945 / / Peter Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : London ; Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-26910-6

1-282-28407-X

9786612284076

0-203-86744-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Routledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain ; ; 17

Disciplina

946.082/4

Soggetti

Trials (Political crimes and offenses) - Spain - History - 20th century

Francoism

Electronic books.

Spain Politics and government 1939-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The Roots of Conflict; 1 Planting the Seeds, 1898-1923; 2 The Arrival of the Masses, 1923-1933; 3 Sharpening the Knives, 1933-1936; Part II Rebellion and Occupation; 4 Rebel Terror; 5 Climbing Out of the Abyss: The Struggle to Bring Order in Loyalist Spain, 1936-1939; 6 Franco's Juridical Monstrosity; Part III Patria Chica, Infierno Grande; 7 The Pozoblanco Partido: A Case Study in Grassroots Judicial Terror; 8 Denouncing the Defeated; 9 Into the Dock; 10 Under the Judicial Hammer; Part IV Civil Death

11 Caught in the Web12 Dashing Families Against the Rocks; Epilogue: Making Francoism from Below; About the Author; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Spain between 1936-1945, the Franco regime carried out one Europe's more brutal but less remembered programs of mass repression. Many were murdered by the regime's death squads, and in some areas Francoists also subjected up to 15% of the population to summary military trials. Here many suffered the death sentence or jail



terms up to thirty years. Although historians have recognised the staggering scale of the trials, they have tended to overlook the mass participation that underpinned them. In contrast to the discussion in other European countries, little attention has been paid to the