The establishment of the Second Republic's represented an acknowledgement that Spain had changed greatly, and that reforms had been long overdue. The new state though was not without controversy, and even from those early days its opponents would be working to undermine its work.
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- Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020
- Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965
- Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006
- Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001
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