The Crucible of Francoism: Combat, Violence, and Ideology in the Spanish Civil War [Hardcover]

The July 1936 coup d'tat against the Spanish Second Republic brought together a diversity of anti-Republican political and social groups under the leadership of rebel Africanista military officers. In the ensuing Civil War this coalition gradually came under the rule of Generalissimo Franco. This volume explores the hypothesis that the violence and combat experiences of the war were the fundamental ideological crucible for the Francoist regime. The rebels were a group of reactionary and anti-liberal forces with little ideological or political coherence, but they emerged from the conflict not only victorious but ideologically united under the dictator's power. Key to understanding this transition are the different political cultures of the rebel army, how the combatants' war experiences contributed to the transformation of diverse rebel groups, and the role of foreign armed intervention.

Contents Acknowledgments Preface (James Matthews) Introduction (ngel Alcalde, Foster Chamberlin, and Francisco J. Leira-Castieira) Part I Roots: Spanish Political and Military Cultures 1. Of Fascist Heroes and Martyrs: Death and Violence in the Falange Espaola (Mercedes Pealba-Sotorro) 2. The Violence and the Military Heritage of Carlism during the Civil War (1936-1939) (Francisco Javier Capistegui) 3. The Roots of the Repression: The Rebel Civil Guards in the Spanish Civil War (Foster Chamberlin) Part II The Crucible: War Experience and the Origins of Francoism 4. Between Baraka and Fascism: Socio-Political and Military Culture Applied to the Recruit (Francisco J. Leira-Castieira) 5. The Way of the Moroccan: How Cultural Stereotypes Shaped the Use of the Moroccan Troops in the Spanish Civil War (Ali Al Tuma) 6. Of Vagabonds of War and Bridegrooms of Death?: The Spanish Foreign Legion and the Spanish Civil War (Jannis Girgsdies) 7. Alfreces Provisionales: Junior Officers, War Experience, and Francoist Ideology (ngel Alcalde) 8. Women, Warfare, and Welfare: The Gelӈ