Preston, Paul


Professor Paul Preston  

Department

Position held

European Institute

Prin. de Ast. Prof Cont Spanish Studies

Department of International History

Experience keywords:

procurement; Anglo-Spanish relations; contemporary Spanish politics; Gibraltar; Spanish history; European left; Spain; Spanish army; Anglo-Spanish economic relations; European fascism; defence policy; Anglo-Spanish political relations

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Professor Preston has been engaged for several years on a huge project on violence in Spain from 1931 to 1943. It involves investigation into both zones during the Spanish Civil War and the repressive policies of the first years of the Franco dictatorship. It will be published in the UK by HarperCollins and in the USA by Norton. The subject ties into the heated polemics in Spain over the Law of Historical Memory.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Europe; Britain; Gibraltar

Languages:

Catalan [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Italian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]; Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]; Portuguese [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7107

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2008

Preston, Paul (2008) We saw Spain die: foreign correspondents in the Spanish Civil War. Constable and Robinson, London, UK. ISBN 978184529851

Preston, Paul (2008) El gran manipulador: la mentira cotidiana de Franco. Ediciones B, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788466638296

Preston, Paul (2008) Franco: el gran manipulador. Editorial Base, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788485031931

2007

Preston, Paul (2007) Censorship and commitment: foreign correspondents in the Spanish Civil War. International journal of Iberian studies, 20 (3). pp. 5-24. ISSN 1364971X

Preston, Paul (2007) Idealistas bajo las balas: corresponsales extranjeros en la Guerra de España. Debate, Madrid, Spain. ISBN 9788483067222

Preston, Paul (2007) No simple purveyor of news: George Steer and Guernica. History today, 57 (5). pp. 12-17. ISSN 0018-2753

Preston, Paul (2007) Pombas de guerra: quatro mulheres na Guerra Civil de Espanha. Campo das letras, Porto, Portugal. ISBN 9789896251130

Preston, Paul (2007) Idealistes sota les bales: històries de la Guerra Civil. Proa, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788484379577

2006

Preston, Paul (2006) Two doctors and one cause: Len Crome and Reginald Saxton in the International Brigades. International journal of Iberian studies, 19 (1). pp. 5-24. ISSN 1364-971X

Preston, Paul (2006) La Guerra Civil Española. Debate, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788483066614

Preston, Paul (2006) The Spanish Civil War: reaction, revolution and revenge. Harper Perennial, London, UK. ISBN 9780007232079

2004

Preston, Paul (2004) The monarchy of Juan Carlos: from dictator's dreams to democratic realities. In: Balfour, Sebastian, (ed.) The politics of contemporary Spain. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 27-38. ISBN 9780415356770

Preston, Paul (2004) Obituary of Reginald Saxton. The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077

Preston, Paul (2004) La venjança de Franco, el justicier. Papers del Museu d'Història de Catalunya, 10 (May). pp. 6-13.

Preston, Paul and Alvarez, Asuncion and Cervera, Alfons and Chacon, Dulce and de la Cruz, Sabina and Espina, Manuel and Etxeberria, Francisco and Forjas, Teresa and Francos, Teo and Gavilan, Enrique and Gonzalez, Isabel and Jimenez, Ignacio Martin and Minguez Villar, Jose Carlos and Carlos M, Juan (2004) La memoria de los olvidados. Un debate sobre el silencio de la represión Franquista. Ámbito Ediciones, Valladolid, Spain. ISBN 9788481831320

Preston, Paul (2004) Juan Carlos: steering Spain from dictatorship to democracy. W. W. Norton & Co, London. ISBN 0393058042

Preston, Paul (2004) Juan Carlos: a people's king. HarperCollins, London. ISBN 9780002556323

Preston, Paul (2004) 'The answer lies in the sewers': Captain Aguilera and the mentality of the Francoist officer corps. Science and society, 68 (3). pp. 277-312. ISSN 0036-8237

2003

Preston, Paul (2003) Juan Carlos. Plaza y Janés, Madrid, Spain. ISBN 9788401378249

2002

Preston, Paul (2002) Doves of war: four women of Spain. Harper Collins, London, UK. ISBN 9780002556330

Preston, Paul (2002) Franco. Grijalbo, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 8425336791

2001

Preston, Paul (2001) Spanish civil war. History today, 51 (11). pp. 3-4. ISSN 0018-2753

Preston, Paul (2001) Flying for Franco. BBC history magazine, 2 (7). pp. 34-37. ISSN 1469-8552

Preston, Paul (2001) An awareness of guilt. Times literary supplement, ISSN 0307-661X

Preston, Paul (2001) How Spain fought the bad fight. Irish times, pp. 71-71. ISSN 0791-5144

Preston, Paul (2001) Obituary: Len Crome. Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077

Preston, Paul (2001) Palomas de guerra: cinco mujeres marcadas por el enfrentamiento bélico. Plaza y Janes, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 8497591593

Preston, Paul (2001) El triunfo de la democracia en España. Random House Mondadori, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 8425336007

Preston, Paul (2001) La destrucción de la democracia en España: reforma, reacción y revolución en la segunda República. Grijalbo Mondadori, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 842533599X

2000

Preston, Paul (2000) Gigolo who tried to turn the tide of war. Times higher education supplement, ISSN 0049-3929

Preston, Paul (2000) Preface. In: Threlfall, Monica, (ed.) Consensus politics in Spain. Insider perspectives. Intellect, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781841500348

Preston, Paul (2000) La guerra civile spagnola 1936-1939. Mondadori, Milan, Italy. ISBN 8804473320

1999

Preston, Paul (1999) Comrades!: portraits from the Spanish Civil War. HarperCollins, London, UK. ISBN 0002153920

Preston, Paul (1999) Franco's foreign policy 1939-1953. In: Leitz, Christian and Dunthorn, David J., (eds.) Spain in an International Context, 1936-1959. Berghahn Books, Oxford, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9781571819567

Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul (1999) Spain and the great powers in the aftermath of the disaster of 1898. In: Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul, (eds.) Spain and the great powers in the twentieth century. Routledge, London, pp. 13-31. ISBN 9780415180788

Preston, Paul (1999) ¡Comrades! portraits from the Spanish civil war. HarperCollins, London, UK. ISBN 0002556359

Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul, (eds.) (1999) Spain and the great powers in the twentieth century. Routledge, New York, USA. ISBN 0415180775

1998

Preston, Paul and Saz, Ismael, (eds.) (1998) Dynamism and conflict: Valencia 1808-1975. University of Glasgow/Carfax Publishing, Glasgow, UK. ISBN 0902879073

1996

Preston, Paul (1996) A pacifist in war: the tragedy of Julian Besteiro. Journal of Iberian and Latin-American studies, 2 (2). pp. 179-208. ISSN 1470-1847

Preston, Paul and Mackenzie, Ann, (eds.) (1996) The Republic besieged: civil war in Spain 1936-1939. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748608614

Preston, Paul (1996) The victor and the vanquished: Franco and Azana. International journal of Iberian studies, 9 (2). ISSN 1364-971X

Preston, Paul (1996) A concise history of the Spanish Civil War. Fontana Press, London, UK. ISBN 9780006863731

1995

Preston, Paul (1995) Franco: a biography. Fontana Press, London, UK. ISBN 9780006862109

1994

Preston, Paul (1994) The coming of the Spanish Civil War: reform reaction and revolution in the Second Spanish Republic 1931-1936. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415063555

Preston, Paul (1994) General Franco as a military leader. The transactions of the Royal Historical Society: sixth series, 4 pp. 21-41. ISSN 0080-4401

1992

Preston, Paul (1992) Franco and Hitler: the myths of Hendaye 1940. Contemporary European history, 1 (1). ISSN 0960-7773

1991

Preston, Paul (1991) Recent Spanish labour history. Bulletin of Hispanic studies, 68 (4). pp. 507-511. ISSN 1475-3820

1990

Preston, Paul and Lannon, Frances, (eds.) (1990) Elites and power in twentieth-century Spain: essays in honour of Sir Raymond Carr. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198228806

Preston, Paul (1990) The politics of revenge: fascism and the military in 20th century Spain. Unwin Hyman, London, UK. ISBN 9780044454632

Preston, Paul (1990) Persecuted and persecutors: modern Spanish Catholicism. European history quarterly, 20 (2). pp. 285-292. ISSN 0265-6914

Preston, Paul (1990) Francisco Largo Caballero. In: Kern, Robert W. and Dodge, Meredith D., (eds.) Historical dictionary of modern Spain. Greenwood Press, Westport, USA. ISBN 9780313259715

1988

Preston, Paul (1988) The decline and resurgence of the Spanish Socialist Party during the Franco regime. European history quarterly, 11 (2). pp. 207-224. ISSN 0265-6914

Preston, Paul (1988) General Franco reassessed: inertia and risk. World War and Cold War, 1939-1953. International journal of iberian studies, 1 (1). ISSN 1364-971X

1987

Preston, Paul and Graham, Helen, (eds.) (1987) The popular front in Europe. Macmillan, London, UK. ISBN 9780333406601

1986

Preston, Paul (1986) Julian Besteiro. In: Gorman, Robert A., (ed.) Biographical dictionary of Marxism. Greenwood Press, Westport, USA. ISBN 9780313248511

Preston, Paul (1986) Luis Araquistain. In: Gorman, Robert A., (ed.) Biographical Dictionary of Marxism. Greenwood Press, Westport, USA. ISBN 9780313248511

Preston, Paul (1986) The triumph of democracy in Spain. Methuen, London, UK and New York, USA. ISBN 9780416363500

Preston, Paul (1986) The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Weidenfeld & Nicoloson, London, UK. ISBN 9780297788911

1984

Preston, Paul and Smyth, Denis (1984) Spain, the EEC and NATO. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, UK. ISBN 9780710095596

Preston, Paul, (ed.) (1984) Revolution and war in Spain. Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, UK. ISBN 9780416349603

1982

Preston, Paul (1982) Accion Espanola. In: Cortada, James W., (ed.) Historical dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Greenwood Press, Westport, USA. ISBN 9780313220548

Preston, Paul (1982) Santiago Carrillo. In: Cortada, James W., (ed.) Historical dictionary of the Spanish Civil war, 1936-1939. Greenwood Press, Westport, USA.

1979

Preston, Paul (1979) The Spanish Constitutional Referendum of 6 December 1978. West European politics, 2 (2). pp. 246-249. ISSN 1743-9655

Preston, Paul (1979) The stability of democratic Spain. Contemporary review, 234 (1). pp. 89-114. ISSN 0010-7565

Preston, Paul (1979) The struggle against fascism in Spain: Leviatan and the contradictions of the Socialist left, 1934-6. European studies review, 9 (1). pp. 81-103. ISSN 0014-3111

1978

Preston, Paul (1978) The coming of the Spanish Civil War: reform reaction and revolution in the Second Spanish Republic 1931-1936. Macmillan, London, UK. ISBN 9780064957120

1977

Preston, Paul (1977) The origins of the socialist schism in Spain 1917-1931. Journal of contemporary history, 12 (1). pp. 101-132. ISSN 0022-0094

1976

Preston, Paul, (ed.) (1976) Spain in crisis: the evolution and decline of the Franco regime. Harvester Press, Hassocks, UK. ISBN 9780855272593

Preston, Paul (1976) The dilemma of credibility: the Spanish Communist Party, the Franco regime and after. Government and opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, 11 (1). pp. 65-84. ISSN 1477-7053

1975

Preston, Paul (1975) Spain's October Revolution and the rightist grasp for power. Journal of contemporary history, 10 (4). pp. 555-578. ISSN 0022-0094

1973

Preston, Paul (1973) The "moderate" right and the undermining of the Second Republic in Spain 1931-1933. European Studies Review, 3 (4). pp. 369-394. ISSN 0014-3111

1972

Preston, Paul (1972) Alfonsist monarchism and the coming of the Spanish Civil War. Journal of contemporary history, 7 (3). pp. 89-114. ISSN 0022-0094

Preston, Paul (1972) Spain in crisis: the assassination of Carrero Blanco and its aftermath. Iberian Studies, 3 (1). ISSN 0307-3262

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Awards

1986, Awarded 'Encomienda de la Orden de Mérito Civil' by King Juan Carlos for services to Spain;
1994, 'Franco: A Biography' was named 'Yorkshire Post Book of the Year';
1994, Elected to a Fellowship of the British Academy;
2000, Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List;
2005, Awarded the Premi Internacional Ramon Llull of the Catalan government in recognition of his work on Spanish and Catalan history;
2006, Professor Preston was inaugurated into the Academia Europea de Yuste, where he was given the Marcel Proust Chair;
2007, Professor Preston was made 'Caballero Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica', Spain’s highest civilian honour;
2008, Appointed corresponding member of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (the Catalan Social Science and Humanities Academy).

 

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