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About this book
May 1937 saw the defeat of one of the most advanced revolutions in modern history. In Insurrection, Agustín Guillamón explains how and why it happened. One of the foremost historians of the Spanish Civil War writing today, Guillamón is known for his skill at unearthing new information, which he gathers from both archives and interviews. In this, his most recent and newly translated book, he uses that information to shed light on some of the most vexing and previously unanswered questions about the conflict, especially on the way that Stalinist and Republican forces conspired through assassination, intrigue and violence, to suppress the uprising. This is a story that George Orwel recounted, but failed to fully understand, in Homage to Catalonia.
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Table of Abbreviations and Organizations
- Archives and Libraries Consulted
- 1: The Background to May
- 2: The Events of May 1937
- 3: The Epilogue to May
- 4: The Insurrection in Summary: Clarifying the Revolutionary Thread of the CNT
- 5: From the Defense Cadres to the Friends of Durruti’s Analysis of the Organs of Power. Plus Some Untimely Considerations
- 6: Conclusions
- Appendix B: Correspondence between Agustín Guillamón and José Quesada Suárez (1996): The Trotskyists in May 1937
- Appendix C: The Murder and Burial of Camillo Berneri and Francesco Barbieri in Barcelona, May 1937
- Appendix D: The POUM Local Committee’s Report on May 1937
- Appendix E: Companys Ordered Aerial Bombing of Barcelona
- Appendix F: Meeting of the POUM’s International Secretariat (14 May 1937)
- Appendix G: The May Events at La Batalla (Notes by Molins i Fábrega)
- Appendix H: Josep Rebull article on the May Events
- Appendix I: Testimony of Severino Campos and Matías Suñer Vidal462
- Appendix J: Biography of Julián Merino
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- What is the Kate Sharpley Library?
- Friends of AK Press
- About the author and translator
- Copyright