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Source ISBN: 9780007558377
eBook Edition © February 2020 ISBN: 9780007558384
Version: 2020-01-26
For María Jesús González
and
Linda Palfreeman
Contents
1 Cover
2 Title Page
3 Copyright
4 Dedication
5 Contents
6 Preface
7 1 Spanish Stereotypes? Passion, Violence and Corruption
8 2 Violence, Corruption and the Slide to Disaster
9 3 Revolution and War: From the Disaster of 1898 to the Tragic Week of 1909
10 4 Revolution and War: From the Tragic Week of 1909 to the Crisis of 1917–1918
11 5 A System in Disarray: Disorder and Repression, 1918–1921
12 6 From Colonial Disaster to Dictatorship, 1921–1923
13 7 The Primo de Rivera Dictatorship: The Years of Success, 1923–1926
14 8 The Primo de Rivera Dictatorship: The Years of Failure, 1926–1931
15 9 The Second Republic: Reform and Frustration, 1931–1933
16 10 The Black Years and the Coming of War, 1933–1936
17 11 Civil War: Hatred, Incompetence and Profit, 1936–1939
18 12 World War: Survival, Hypocrisy and Profit, 1939–1945
19 13 The Franco Regime: Corruption and Terror, 1945–1953
20 14 The Franco Regime: Corruption and Complacency, 1953–1969
21 15 The Twilight Years of a Corrupt Regime, 1969–1982
22 16 The Painful Creation of a Democracy, 1975–1982
23 17 The Grandeur and Misery of a Newborn Democracy, 1982–2004
24 18 The Triumph of Corruption and Incompetence, 2004–2018
25 Acknowledgements
26 Notes
27 Index
28 By the Same Author
29 About the Author
30 About the Publisher
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