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Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Map: the main towns, provinces and regions of Spain
Photo section
Prologue
1 From Revolution to Reform The origins and
evolution of the Radical Party, 1901–1931
II “A Republic for all Spaniards” The Radical
defence of change and continuity, April to June 1931
III The Struggle with the Socialists The
fight for supremacy within the Republican–Socialist Alliance,
July to December 1931
IV In Search of a Strategy The vicissitudes
of the Radical opposition, January to August 1932 V Plotting
for Power The attempted coup d’état of 10 August 1932
VI The Ambiguous Courtship The Radicals and
the left–republicans, August 1932 to September 1933
VII The Quest for the Centre The Radical
Party in power, September 1933 to April 1934
VIII The Price of Pragmatism The schism of
May 1934
IX Trapped between Left and Right The Samper
administration of May to October 1934
X Allies and Adversaries The Centre–Right
government of October 1934 to April 1935
XI Compromise and Confrontation Resisting
the Right, May to October 1935
XII The Fall from Power The unravelling of
the Radicals, November 1935 to July 1936
Conclusions
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