Vidas truncadas

Spanish politics in the first half of 1936 is one of the most attractive and controversial issues in the debate among historians about the context of the coup and the start of the civil war. Until now the dispute between parties and ideologies has been insisted upon. There has also been much speculation about the extent of political violence. But it has not been taken into account that it is, above all, a story of individuals and personal experiences rich in nuances and in which many contradictions appear. That's what this book is about, about specific people, places, and experiences. The names of the protagonists, their ideas and actions, their social and work relationships, their involvement in political activity or their hopes and fears. This book does not tell "the origins of war" in the classical way. What he does is narrate from below, identifying some of the protagonists and their circumstances, to explain how he went from a period as complex, exciting and convulsive as that of the spring of 1936 to another of open war in the summer of that same year. We are facing a crucial perspective to analyze and understand how the country embarked on a warlike confrontation.