HISP 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Miguel De Unamuno, Liberal Democracy, Oligarchy
20 Apr 2017
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Precursors to war: military leaders abandoning liberalism, victories of american and japanese victories shunned. In the face of national consolidation, catalonia and basque country consistently pushing for autonomy of the historic region, and the second republic helps them to do so: many reforms. Initial leadership: alcala zamora (conservative) and manuel azana (liberal, carry a set of reform to turn a corrupt system into a pluralist democracy and modernize. Results of the challenges: victory of the right-wing spanish confederation of the autonomous right (ceda) party in. 1933: failed military (military uprises in morocco also) coup to get rid of the second republic which leads to the beginning of the spanish civil war. Main issues: nationalists: defence of traditional order, restoration of the catholic church, defence of. Bishop of salamanca, september, 1936: religion and nationalism intertwined, church discourse as a political tool and very powerful. Italy, germany, ussr (soviet union: providing technology, know-how and military weapons specifically hitler (transportation planes)
