{"product_id":"the-last-days-of-the-spanish-republic-9780008163419","title":"The Last Days of the Spanish Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTold for the first time in English, Paul Preston's new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an avoidable humanitarian tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 5 March 1939, the eternally malcontent Colonel Segismundo Casado launched a military coup against the government of Juan Negrín. To fulfil his ambition to go down in history as the man who ended the Spanish Civil War, he claimed that Negrín was the puppet of Moscow and that a coup was imminent to establish a Communist dictatorship. Instead his action ensured the Republic ended in catastrophe and shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Preston, the leading historian of twentieth-century Spain, tells this shocking story for the first time in English. It is a harrowing tale of how the flawed decisions of politicans can lead to tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Preston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008163419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIR PAUL PRESTON CBE is Professor of Contemporary Spanish History at the London School of Economics and was previously a lecturer at the University of Reading and Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary University London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and holds the Marcel Proust Chair of the European Academy of Yuste. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by universities in Spain and the UK. In 2006, he was awarded the International Ramon Llull Prize by the Catalan Government and, in 2018, the Guernica Peace Prize. Among his many works are \u003cem\u003eFranco: A Biograph\u003c\/em\u003ey, \u003cem\u003eComrades\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDoves of War: Four Women of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJuan Carlos\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spanish Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spanish Holocaust\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Stalinist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Days of the Spanish Republic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA People Betrayed\u003c\/em\u003e. In Spain, he was appointed a Comendador de la Orden del M?rito Civil in 1986 and awarded, in 2007, the Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Cat?lica. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43093355069555,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8eca171b-c30c-4a7d-afa7-92af194d063b.jpg?v=1748526826","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-last-days-of-the-spanish-republic-9780008163419","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}