La guerra antipartisana en España (1936-1952)

Resumo

The topic of this PhD thesis is the anti-partisan war in Spain from the beginning of the Civil War in 1936 until Republican armed resistance was definitively quashed in 1952. Military strategies and the objectives, outcomes and consequences of the counterinsurgent fight will be analysed from the perspective of the sociocultural history of war. In this regard, this thesis contributes new information and analysis to the interpretation which holds that the Spanish Civil War did not end in April 1939, but rather continued during the subsequent post-war period, and until 1952, as an asymmetric and low-intensity conflict. Moreover, the war experience of civil guards, soldiers and other auxiliary forces who participated in the fight against Republican guerrillas will be discussed in depth. Furthermore, this research aims to situate the anti-partisan war in Spain within the cycle of irregular wars which occurred in the context of the Second World War. This thesis is the result of a thorough research process which involved locating, consulting and analysing documentary sources, many of them unpublished, as well as relevant bibliographical sources.