The Spanish Military and Warfare from 1899 to the Civil War

1. Front Matter

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2. The Spanish Army Under the Restoration Until 1916

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   Pages 1-30

3. Military Corporatism Under the Restoration

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   Pages 31-68

4. Firepower and Infantry Tactics, 1899–1913

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   Pages 69-104

5. The Machine Gun, 1899–1913

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   Pages 105-139

6. The Officer Corps and Military Reform, 1916–1936

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   Pages 141-159

7. Military Education, 1918–1939

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   Pages 161-205

8. Firepower and Battlefield Doctrine, 1914–1939

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   Pages 207-237

9. From the Organic Division to the Mixed Brigade

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   Pages 239-264

10. The Tank, 1909–1936

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    Pages 265-301

11. The Tank in the Civil War

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    Pages 303-326

12. Conclusion

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    Pages 327-337

13. Back Matter

    Pages 339-355

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This book explores the attitudes of the Spanish army officer corps towards the evolution of warfare during the early decades of the twentieth century, and their influence on the armies of the Spanish Civil War. It examines how the Spanish military coped with technological innovations such as the machine gun and the tank, how it adapted the army´s battlefield doctrine to changes in warfare before the Civil War, and the influence of this doctrine on the outcome of the conflict. Of the different armed forces that fought in the Spanish Civil War, it is paradoxically the Spanish army that remains most forgotten - especially its military doctrine. Scholarship on the Spanish military in this period focuses on its politics, ideology and institutional reforms, touching upon 'hard' professional issues only superficially, if at all. Based on original research and using largely unstudied Spanish primary sources, this book fills a major scholarly gap in the history of the Spanish army and the Spanish Civil War.

• First World War
• Second World War
• Spanish army
• Spanish Civil War
• General Franco

• Zaragoza, Spain

  José Vicente Herrero Pérez

José Vicente Herrero Pérez is an independent scholar. After taking a first degree in history at the University of Saragossa, he specialised in military history at King's College London, UK. He has published several articles in Spanish and foreign journals.

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