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Violencia - A New History of Spain: Past, Present and the Future of the West (Hardcover)
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Violencia - A New History of Spain: Past, Present and the Future of the West (Hardcover)
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'As opinionated as it is fascinating . . . illuminating and always
provocative . . . beautifully written and extremely witty' Paul
Preston 'Jason Webster has written a fine new history of Spain at a
crucial crossroads in its existence' John Lee Anderson A
controversial, urgent and new history of Spain from the
best-selling interpreter of the country, Jason Webster. Spain's
crises are deepening: Catalans struggle for independence, political
parties push to the extremes, and the dead call restlessly to the
living. Will the country follow the example of its history by
resolving its problems once again through violence? Spain is often
overlooked as a mere tourist destination. Yet we ignore events
there at our peril, for a long view of the country's history
reveals how it has shaped the Western world by presaging everything
from the Crusades to the European Renaissance, Western colonialism,
the Second World War and the Cold War. This truth has never before
been grasped, however, because Spain is a Cassandra country. As
with Troy's prophetess, so Spain's prescience is doomed to be
ignored - not only by her neighbours, but also by her own people.
Today, Spain has returned to the headlines because she is once
again caught in an ancient pattern of deciding through civil
conflict whether to remain united or splinter into many parts. We
speak of the Spanish Civil War as if there had only ever been one,
yet every century in Spanish history has seen bloody engagement,
each time over intractable questions about national identity. Can
the twenty-first century prove any different? And how will
developments in Spain echo in the rest of the Western world? Jason
Webster has a deep knowledge of Spain from the inside. Violencia
tells the colourful and highly engaging story of the country from
its very beginnings to the present day by combining decades of
research with personal anecdote. The book uncovers for the first
time not only underlying shapes of Spanish history which are in
danger of being repeated, but also the previously unacknowledged
fact that events in the country have long predicted developments in
the West. It is a must read for anyone wishing to understand Spain,
and a complex and changing world. 'Violencia is a thrilling,
page-turning adventure that spans the glittering expanse of Spanish
history. Webster travels the horizon of Spain with the head-on
confidence of the insider who has lived his subject, deftly
bringing to life the grandeur, tragedy and mystery of the country
which continues to the shape the identity of Europe and the world
beyond' Jason Elliot
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