Civil War in Europe, 1905-1949

Stanley Payne has taught history in several universities, including Columbia University, UCLA and the University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a corresponding member of Real Academia Española de la Historia, Madrid. He has received various awards and prizes, most recently the Marshal Shulman Book Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (2005) and the Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica from the Spanish government (2009). He has been co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary History since 1999. Professor Payne is the author of some twenty books and many articles, as well as other edited, co-edited and co-authored books. Most recently, he is the author of The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933–1936: Origins of the Civil War; Franco and Hitler and Spain: A Unique History.

“Stanley Payne’s excellent book treats, for the first time in one volume, the rise and spread of civil war in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. Through a careful and brilliant comparison of internal conflict from Turkey to Russia to Spain and beyond, Payne is able to shed light on the causes and consequences of this form of warfare in general. Since civil wars have come to dominate modern armed conflict, this book is ideal for students, scholars, and intelligent readers interested in military history or current wars around the world.” —Mary Habeck, Johns Hopkins University

• 1. Introduction: revolution and civil war as forms of conflict; Part I. World War I and an Era of Internal Conflict: 2. World war, revolution, civil war, 1905–18; 3. The Russian Civil War, 1917–22; 4. The political and social crisis in Europe, 1918–23; 5. Civil strife and dictatorship, 1930–5; Part II. The Conflict in Spain, 1931–9: 6. The revolutionary process in Spain; 7. Revolution and civil war, 1936–9; 8. Significance and consequences; Part III. Civil War and Internal Violence in the Era of World War II: 9. The multiple wars of Europe, 1939–45; 10. The civil wars in Yugoslavia and Greece; 11. Conclusion.