ANDY DURGANáprovides a clear introductory overview and critical evaluation of the key debates and recent published research on the origins, outbreak, course and implications of the Spanish Civil War. Durgan covers the causes of the war, the course of the conflict itself, the impact of foreign powers and the internationalism of the conflict, the socio-political situation in the opposing zones, the reasons for Republican failure and Nationalist success and the nature of the emerging Franco regime.áANDY DURGAN lectures in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He was Historical Advisor for Ken Loach's film Land and Freedom.