Álvarez del VayoFreedom’s Battle (1940) y el llamamiento a la acción

  1. Francisco David García Martín 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Journal:
Cuadernos republicanos

ISSN: 1131-7744

Year of publication: 2021

Issue Title: Número especial Noventa Aniversario de la Proclamación de la II Repúbica española

Issue: 106

Pages: 167-184

Type: Article

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Abstract

The history of the Second Spanish Republic did not end in March 1939. Thousands of refugees were trying to flee from the new Francoist authorities, seeking refuge in a convulsed Europe where the threat of World War II was already looming. The Negrin government, from exile, maintained the hope that the political situation in Spain could change. The past Spanish conflict was seen as a prelude to the new continental struggle. Within this context, it was still possible to gain the support of Paris and London to prevent the Francoist regime from perpetuating itself. Along these lines, the work of politicians such as Minister Álvarez del Vayo was not interrupted from abroad. He continued to defend President Negrin’s political line. He turned his work into a plea in defence of the young Spanish democracy. The result is the writing of Freedom’s Battle (1940). Throughout this article we will try to show how this text became a new dialectic weapon, to clarify the most propitious reading of the civil war for the interests of its author. The word was the last weapon of this diplomat. He knew its strength, and was willing to use it.

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