'...this is a work which is to be highly recommended, and we can only hope that it soon sees the light of day in Spanish.' - Journal of Contemporary History

SEBASTIAN BALFOUR Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Spanish Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK FRANCISCO COBO ROMERO Professor in Contemporary Spanish History, the University of Granada, Spain CHRIS EALHAM History Lecturer, Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain and Honorary Research Fellow, Lancaster University, UK PABLO LA PORTE Lecturer in Spanish History, Heriot Watt University, UK JAVIER MORENO LUZÓN Professor in Contemporary Spanish History, the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain ALEJANDRO QUIROGA Reader in Spanish History, the University of Newcastle, UK