CONFLICT AND PUBLIC ORDER: THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Abstract

Coinciding with the beginning of the Civil War, thousands of Spaniards, incited by trade union organizations and left-wing parties, took to the streets of the main cities to oppose the military uprising. Simultaneously, the Republican government remained impassive in the face of the turn that events were taking, seeing itself overwhelmed by not having the necessary means to quell the uprising or calm the people. Public life demanded a change of direction, and this came about with the arrival of Largo Caballero at the Executive Headquarters, highlighting in matters of public order the creation on December 26, 1936 of the National Security Council