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The Second Spanish Republic: A History of Reform, Conflict, and Tragedy
The Second Spanish Republic was Spain's democratic government from 1931 to 1939, proclaimed after the exile of King Alfonso XIII. It was a period of ambitious social and political reform that ultimately fractured into the devastating Spanish Civil War, ending with the rise of Francisco Franco's dictatorship.