The Spanish Military and Warfare from 1899 to the Civil War

The Uncertain Path to Victory
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-85469-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 355 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

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 theSpanish Civil War.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herrero Pérez, José Vicente

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Moderne Kriegsführung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Spanish Army under the Restoration until 1916.- 2. Military Corporatism under the Restoration.- 3. Firepower and Infantry Tactics, 1899-1913.- 4. The Machine Gun, 1899-1913.- 5. The Officer Corps and Military Reform, 1916-36.- 6.Military Education, 1918-39.- 7. Firepower and Battlefield Doctrine, 1914-39.- 8. From the Organic Division to the Mixed Brigade.- 9. The Tank, 1909-36.- 10. The Tank in the Civil War.- 11. Conclusion.- Appendix I Army Units.- Appendix II Army Officer Ranks.- Appendix III Basic Specifications of Tanks, 1921-39.- Glossary.- Sources.- Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.