Republic of Egos: Social History of the Spanish Civil WarMost histories of the Spanish Civil War (1936 1939) have examined major leaders or well established political and social groups to explore class, gender, and ideological struggles. The war in Spain was marked by momentous conflicts between democracy and dictatorship, Communism and fascism, anarchism and authoritarianism, and Catholicism and anticlericalism that still provoke our fascination. In Republic of Egos, Michael Seidman focuses instead on the