{"product_id":"the-last-days-of-the-paul-preston-9780008163419","title":"The Last Days of the Spanish Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTold for the first time in English, Paul Preston's new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an avoidable humanitarian tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 5 March 1939, the eternally malcontent Colonel Segismundo Casado launched a military coup against the government of Juan Negr匤. To fulfil his ambition to go down in history as the man who ended the Spanish Civil War, he claimed that Negr匤 was the puppet of Moscow and that a coup was imminent to establish a Communist dictatorship. Instead his action ensured the Republic ended in catastrophe and shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Preston, the leading historian of twentieth-century Spain, tells this shocking story for the first time in English. It is a harrowing tale of how the flawed decisions of politicans can lead to tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Preston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0008163413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008163419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Paul Preston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128406405375,"sku":"9780008163419","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5393e34-c62c-43c3-9e83-3b64e721071d.jpg?v=1687458539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-days-of-the-paul-preston-9780008163419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}