Originally published: Great Britain : Harper Perennial, 2006. Revised and expanded edition of "A Concise history of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39," pub. 1996.

Map of Spain -- Introduction: The Civil War seventy years on -- A divided society: Spain before 1931 -- The Leftist challenge, 1931-1933 -- Confrontation and conspiracy, 1934-1936 -- 'The map of Spain bleeds': from coup d'état to Civil War -- 'Behind the gentleman's agreement': the great powers betray Spain -- 'Madrid is the heart': the central epic -- Politics behind the lines: reaction and terror in the City of God -- Politics behind the lines: revolution and terror in the City of the Devil -- Defeat by instalments -- Franco's peace -- Epilogue -- Principal characters -- Glossary.