Nuevos enfoques y aportaciones al estudio militar de la Guerra Civil

Abstract

This article contains a short review of the most relevant books examining the military aspects of the Spanish Civil War. Among the five hundred titles published between 2006 and 2013, the following books have been selected: four synthesis of the war as a whole; two new and comprehensive studies about the preparation and development of the July 1936 coup d’état and that of March 1939 contrived by Colonel Casado; three monographs on the intelligence services an area which was previously hardly studied; memoirs of two of the main contending generals; an excellent biography of General Rojo, and three works on troop morale, life conditions and recruitment, aspects never discussed until now. All of this is preceded by a brief commentary on new trends and perspectives in war history.