| ID | 146806 |
| Title Proper | Battling Bolshevik Bogeymen |
| Other Title Information | Spain’s Cordon Sanitaire against revolution from a European perspective, 1917–1923 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Matthews, James |
| Contents | By placing the anti-Bolshevik reaction in Spain in 1917-1923 in a transnational context, this article adds nuance to a Europe-wide analysis of the era’s counter-revolutionary movements by including a prominent First World War neutral. It also questions the prominent “brutalization” thesis that links postwar violence to trench warfare and military defeat. This cannot explain the widespread and violent social unrest that gripped Spain after 1917. But, rather than reject the war and brutalization thesis entirely, this article contends that the Russian Revolution should be seen as part of a “Greater War” that affected all countries, whether they were formally belligerents or not. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Military History Vol. 80, No.3; Jul 2016: p.725-755 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Military History 2016-09 80, 3 |
| Key Words | Spain ; French Warfare ; World War I ; Battling Bolshevik Bogeymen ; Brutalization Thesis |