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  | | Deadly Embrace(Updated) Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War by Dr. Sebastian Balfour, Sebastin Balfour Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925296-1, ISBN: 0-19-925296-3 "Combining military, political, cultural, social, and oral history, Sebastian Balfour narrates for the first time the development of a brutalised, interventionist army that played a crucial role in the victory of the Francoists in the Spanish Civil War. Spain's new colonial venture in Morocco in the early twentieth-century turned into a bloody war against the tribes resisting the Spanish invasion of their lands. After suffering a success ..." |
 | | Castro(3rd Edition) by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-4058-7318-5, ISBN: 1-4058-7318-3 "The story of Fidel Castro has few parallels in contemporary history. None of the outstanding Third World leaders of the twentieth-century played such a prominent and restless part on the international stage and none survived as head of state for as long. Over almost 50 years, he was one of the most controversial political figures in the world, and his legacy has yet to be fully evaluated. Some of his most cherished plans were realized a ..." |
 | | The End of the Spanish Empire, 1898-1923(1st Edition) by Sebastian Balfour Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 1997 by Clarendon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820507-4, ISBN: 0-19-820507-4 "In 1898 Spain went to war with the United States and lost the scattered remnants of her old empire. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Spain's 'disaster' and the ensuing political and social crisis, stretching from the end of the Empire to the military coup of 1923. Sebastian Balfour weaves together political, economic, and social history in his study of the reaction to war and crisis by a wide range of participants, from ..." |
 | | Dictatorship, Workers, and the City(1st Edition) Labour in Greater Barcelona since 1939 by Sebastian Balfour Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 1989 by Clarendon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-822740-3, ISBN: 0-19-822740-X "This is a study of the Spanish Labour Movement in Barcelona from 1939 to 1988, with particular emphasis on the period between 1962 and 1976. It explains how the movement, so long the scourge of the Franco regime, became the poor relation of the new democracy it had helped to create. From this emerges a wide-ranging investigation of working-class life and culture, labour relations, and politics in an authoritarian regime. Balfour subtly ..." |
 | | Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century(1st Edition) (Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain) by Professor Paul Preston, Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-18078-8, ISBN: 0-415-18078-3 "Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Centuryexamines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics from 1898 to the present day. Spanish history is necessarily international, with the significance of Spain's neutrality in the First World War and the global influences on the outcome of the Spanish Civil War.Taking the Defeat in the Spanish American war of 1898 as a starting point, the book includes ..." |
 | | Trinity Tales Trinity College Dublin in the Sixties by Sebastian Balfour, Laurie Howes, Michael De Larrabeiti, Anthony Weale Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2010 by Lilliput Pr Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84351-154-0, ISBN: 1-84351-154-1 "Trinity College Dublin of the 1960s was an unusual, even unique institution, where students from Ireland, England and farther afield came together at a fascinating time in post-war Europe. TCD then was a small, mainly Protestant university, founded in 1592, curiously cut off from but also a part of an old Catholic city with her `seedy elegance' and `gentle veils of rain'. It remains an eccentric, self-contained world, richly textured an ..." |
 | | Castro (Profiles in Power (Paperback)) by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, Published 1990 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-582-02972-9, ISBN: 0-582-02972-4 |
 | | Profiles in Power(3rd Edition) Castro by Sebastian Balfour Pasta Dura, 220 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-13134-7, ISBN: 1-138-13134-2 "The story of Fidel Castro has few parallels in contemporary history. None of the outstanding Third World leaders of the twentieth-century played such a prominent and restless part on the international stage and none survived as head of state for as long. Over almost 50 years, he was one of the most controversial political figures in the world, and his legacy has yet to be fully evaluated. Some of his most cherished plans were realized a ..." |
 | | Castro(2nd Edition) by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-582-43747-0, ISBN: 0-582-43747-4 "In this important introduction to the career of an enigmatic leader, Sebastian Balfour traces Fidel Castro's path to power, from student leader to head of state. Taking account of recent world developments, he analyses the historical conditions that enabled Castro to sieze and maintain power *Up-to-date study of Fidel Castro's rise to power and his continuing leadership. *Provides an assessment of changing Cuban perceptions of their ..." |
 | | Profiles in Power Ser. Castro by Sebastian Balfour Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1990 by Longman Group United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-582-02971-2, ISBN: 0-582-02971-6 |
 | | Profiles in Power Ser. Castro by Sebastian Balfour 220 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-86413-4, ISBN: 1-317-86413-1 "The German journalist, Volker Skierka«s Fidel Castro: A Biography (Polity Press, Cambridge, 2004) is awell-translated editionof a book published inGerman in 2000. Worthy of mention alsois Peter Bourne«s Castro (Macmillan, London, 1987 ), a somewhat maverick portrait by a ... (2nd edn,Stroud, Sutton, 2006) is a brief and succinct introduction for thoseunfamiliar with the subject. Of bookspublished earlierthat dealwith Cubaand Castro« ..." |
 | | The Reinvention of Spain(1st Edition) Nation and Identity since Democracy by Sebastian Balfour, Alejandro Quiroga Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920667-4, ISBN: 0-19-920667-8 "Unravelling the debate about the Spanish nation and its identity in the new democracy, this book looks at the issue as both a historical debate and a contemporary political problem, particularly complex due to the legacy of the Francoist Dictatorship which deeply eroded the legitimacy of Spanish nationalism. During and since the transition Spanish nationalist discourse has evolved to meet the challenge of new concepts of nation and iden ..." |
 | | Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century(1st Edition) (Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain) by Professor Paul Preston, Sebastian Balfour, Philip Preston Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-18077-1, ISBN: 0-415-18077-5 "Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century examines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics from 1898 to the present day. Spanish history is necessarily international, with the significance of Spain's neutrality in the First World War and the global influences on the outcome of the Spanish Civil War. Taking the defeat in the Spanish American War of 1898 as a starting point, the book include ..." |
 | | Profiles in Power Ser. Castro by Sebastian Balfour 220 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-86414-1, ISBN: 1-317-86414-X "Three collections are published by Harvester Press: M. Taber, Fidel Castro Speeches (1981, 1983) and In Defence of Socialism (1989). Selected speeches appear in M. Kenner andJ. Petras (eds), Fidel Castro Speaks (Allen Lane, London, 1970). ... Cape, London, 1968) while selected speeches made during his tour of Chile in 1971 appear in Fidel in Chile (International Publishers, New York, 1972)." |
 | | Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain Ser. The Politics of Contemporary Spain by Sebastian Balfour 256 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-24979-4, ISBN: 1-134-24979-9 "Fernandez Miranda and the king agreed that he would be more use as president of the Cortes (which would have to ratify any reform scheme) and of the Consejo del Reino (which chose prime ministers), from which positions he could facilitate a 'legal' reform.25 His first crucial move was to use his position to persuade Arias Navarro to include the young Adolfo Suarez in his cabinet as Minister-Secretary of the Movimiento. When Juan Ca ..." |
 | | Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain Ser. The Politics of Contemporary Spain by Sebastian Balfour 256 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-24980-0, ISBN: 1-134-24980-2 "In December 2003 Pasqual Maragall, former mayor of Barcelona, and leader of the Partit Socialista de Catalunya (Catalan Socialist Party), the PSC, became president of the Generalitat and thus of the autonomous government of Catalonia . His investiture as president brought to an end 23 years of continued government by the nationalist coalition Convergència i Unió, CiU. Significantly, the victory of Maragall in 2003 was on the back of ..." |
 | | The Politics of Contemporary Spain by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2005 by Taylor & Francis ISBN-13: 978-0-203-00275-9, ISBN: 0-203-00275-X "40 José Luis de la Granja and Santiago de Pablo, 'La encrucijada vasca: entre Ermua y Estella', in Tusell, El gobierno, pp. 155–6. 41 Aguilar in Tusell, El gobierno, pp ... 43 Álvaro Soto Carmona, 'Política social. Relaciones con los sindicatos', ..." |
 | | Spanish by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 124 Pages, Published 1982 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-582-35164-6, ISBN: 0-582-35164-2 |
 | | The Politics of Contemporary Spain(1st Edition) (Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain) by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-35678-7, ISBN: 0-415-35678-4 "While Spain is now a well-established democracy closely integrated into the European Union, it has suffered from a number of severe internal problems such as corruption, discord between state and regional nationalism, and separatist terrorism. The Politics of Contemporary Spain charts the trajectory of Spanish politics from the transition to democracy through to the present day, including the aftermath of the Madrid bombings of March 20 ..." |
 | | Castro(2nd Edition) (Profiles in Power Series)(Paper) by Sebastian Balfour Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1995 by Longman Pub Group ISBN-13: 978-0-582-24558-7, ISBN: 0-582-24558-3 "First published in 1990 and now updated and expanded, this study is more than a personal biography: rather, it assesses Castro's career from his rise to power in the drama of the Cuban Revolution through the difficult years of independence to (in this revised text) its apparent twilight now. Cool but not unsympathetic, it avoids the simplifications of right-wing denunciation and left-wing hagiography, and the second edition reinforces i ..." |
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