New Books in Military History · Marshall Poe
Foster Chamberlin, "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War" (Louisiana State UP, 2025)
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Spain's Second Republic saw more political violence deaths than Italy or Germany before their fascist takeovers.
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A careful look at how the Civil Guard, local violence, and rising political mobilization shaped the Second Republic.
The episode keeps its focus tight, using case studies to build its argument instead of leaning on broad summary. The Civil Guard sits at the center of the account of the Second Republic, while Barcelona, Castelblanco, and Arnedo show how local violence could quickly become…
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