Civil War and World War in Europe Spain, Yugoslavia, and Greece, 1936-1949

by Minehan, Philip B.

• ISBN13: 9780230117877
• ISBN10: 0230117872
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This is a comparative history of the Spanish, Yugoslav, and Greek Civil Wars of 1936-1949 from the standpoints of politics, socioeconomic structures, national questions, international conjunctures, and foreign interventions. Minehan builds a historical typology of the overriding problem in each country: class conflict in Spain, a national problem in Yugoslavia, and a problem of political incorporation in Greece. Internationally, the book explores the significance of how each war occurred in one of three successive phases of the power struggle between fascism, liberal capitalism, and Soviet communism. From that shifting nexus of relations between domestic and international conditions, Minehan derives a description and explanation of the conflicts' similarities and differences.

Author Biography

Philip B. Minehan is an assistant professor in the department of History at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Historical Background * Part One: Pre-War Societies and States * Social and Economic Contours of the Pre-War Years * Politics, Parties, National Questions and Militaries * Part Two, States and Societies at War:
Spain, Yugoslavia, Greece and the International Power Struggles of
1936-1949 * Becoming Domestic and International Battlegrounds * The Rise of the Communist Parties * Soviet and British Positions and Policies, 1936-1944 * The Decisive Phases * Roads to Victory and Defeat * Conclusion * Epilogue