Amid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the lay reader alike. This Very Short Introduction integrates the political, social and cultural history of the Spanish Civil War. It sets out the domestic and international context of the war for a general readership. In addition to tracing the course of war, the book locates the war's origins in the cumulative social and cultural anxieties provoked by a process of rapid, uneven and accelerating modernism taking place all over Europe. This shared context is key to the continued sense of the war's importance. The book also examines the myriad of political polemics to which the war has given rise, as well as all of the latest historical debates. It assesses the impact of the war on Spain's transition to democracy and on the country's contemporary political culture. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

History

Graham, Helen

Europe

Oxford University Press

The author shows how ancient and modern uses of imagery, backed by contemporary research and experience, can be applied to psychotherapy and bio medicine, including the field of psychoneuroimmunology. This introductory text traces the development of imaginative approaches and provides a guide to: the applications of imagery; indications and contraindications of its use; and guided imagery exercises directed to specific health issues. This book should be of interest to health care professionals, psychotherapists, and counsellors.

Mental Imagery in Health Care: An Introduction to Therapeutic Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Nelson Thornes

This book recovers the lost history of Spanish socialism during the turbulent years of the Civil War (1936-39). Just as the energy of the socialist movement had sustained the pre-war Second Republic as an experiment in reform, so too it underwrote the Republican war effort in the crucial years of the conflict which would determine Spain's long-term future. Leading Socialist Party (PSOE) cadres formed the bedrock of the government, while thousands of Party and union militants helped bear the tremendous weight of the war effort. The role of the PSOE in the construction of Republican political unity during the Civil War was pivotal. Yet, paradoxically, previous accounts of wartime Republican politics have virtually written the PSOE out of the script by concentrating exclusively on the fierce ideological dispute between anarchists and communists. But the key issues of revolution and State power marked all the forces in Republican Spain, none more so than the Socialist movement. As the traditional party of the working class and the only mass party in Spain as late as 1931, PSOE militants were to be found on both sides of the revolutionary/reformist divide which split fatally the Republican forces during the Civil War. The PSOE's disintegration was a function of that of the Republic itself; but the reverse was no less true. The book investigates the responses of organised socialism to the complex issues raised by the conflict, as it charts the PSOE's devastating experience of political power and desperate crisis in a war it could not win.

Socialism and War: The Spanish Socialist Party in Power and Crisis, 1936–1939

Cambridge University Press

This new analysis of the forces of the Spanish Leftist movement during the Civil War of 1936-9 makes two crucial propositions. It claims that the wartime responses and limitations of the movement can be understood only in relationship to its pre-war experiences, world views, organizational structures and the wider cultural context. It also asserts that the most significant influence on the evolution of the Republic between 1936 and 1939 was the war itself.

The Spanish Republic at War 1936–1939

MAGIC SHOP

Psychology & Counseling

RANDOM HOUSE UK

The book is made up of imaginative exercises which address psychological factors - probably previously untapped in your life - which are relevant to health and illness.  These cover areas such as self-esteem, personal potential and inner dialogue.

A Picture of Health: How to Use Guided Imagery for Self-Healing and Personal Growth

London Bridge

These visualization techniques teach you how to discover your personal symbolism; highlight the attitudes and behaviors that predispose you to certain illnesses; gain insight into and access the healing energies of your body; tune into early warning signs of illness and prevent it at the outset.

Magic Shop: Healing with the Imagination

Self-Help

RedWheel / Weiser

Gathers selections from letters written by the author during his two-year imprisonment by the Marcos regime for work as a human rights activist

How Long?: Prison Reflections from the Philippines

Gaspar, Karl

Noonan, Breda

Biographies & Memoirs

Orbis Books

Use visualization to overcome your fears, improve your health, and develop your self-awareness and creativity. This step-by-step guide gives us the tools for creating positive changes in our lives through simple, yet powerful meditation exercises.

Pocket Guide to Visualization (The Crossing Press Pocket Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Crossing Press

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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

Mental Imagery in Health Care: An Introduction to Therapeutic Practice

Socialism and War: The Spanish Socialist Party in Power and Crisis, 1936–1939

The Spanish Republic at War 1936–1939

The Spanish Republic at War 1936–1939

MAGIC SHOP

A Picture of Health: How to Use Guided Imagery for Self-Healing and Personal Growth

Magic Shop: Healing with the Imagination

How Long?: Prison Reflections from the Philippines

Pocket Guide to Visualization (The Crossing Press Pocket Series)