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Uncivil Guard

By Foster Chamberlin

Uncivil Guard

By Foster Chamberlin

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In Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War, Foster Chamberlin evaluates the role of militarized police forces in the political violence of interwar Europe by tracing the evolution of one such group, Spain's Civil Guard, culminating in the country's turbulent Second Republic period of 1931-1936. As Chamberlin's analysis shows, political violence provided the main justification for the military coup attempt that began the Spanish Civil War, and the Civil Guard was the most violent institution in the country at that time. Discovering how this police force, which was supposed to maintain order, became a principal contributor to the violence of the republic proves key to understanding the origins of the Civil War. By tracing the institution's founding in the mid-nineteenth century, and moving through case studies of episodes of political violence involving the group, Chamberlin concludes that the Civil Guard had an organizational culture that made it prone to violent actions because of its cult of honor, its distance from the people it policed, and its almost entirely military training.
Product details
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2025-11-04
Publication Date:
2025-11-04
Publisher:
Louisiana State University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0807184683
ISBN13:
9780807184684
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
609 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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