75 years after the start of the Spanish Civil War, this Marxist history book highlights the reasons for the failure of the Spanish Revolution. Sample reading: Fascist soldiers and workers' militiamen are not far from each other, entrenched. During a lull in fighting, they shout arguments at each other: You are sons of farmers and workers, calls out a militiaman. You should be here with us, fighting for the Republic, where there is democracy and freedom. The harsh retort comes immediately: What has the Republic given you to eat? What has the Republic done for us that we should fight for it? This small incident reveals the central problem of the Civil War. No civil war as comprehensive as the current one in Spain has ever been won without presenting a revolutionary social program.