Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The gallant cause The gallant cause Mark Zuehlke At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, forty-two thousand Internationals, comprised of Canadians, Americans, and Spaniards, fought together on the side of the Republicans who were… OL12926316W
„Jüdische Ethik“ und Anarchismus im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg „Jüdische Ethik“ und Anarchismus im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg Marianne Kröger Diese Publikation nimmt Bezug auf das Ende des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs vor 70 Jahren und untersucht Motive und Gründe des freiwilligen Engagements dreier europäischer Intellektueller – Carl Einstein,… OL15620101W
The Spanish Holocaust The Spanish Holocaust Paul Preston Selected as the Sunday Times History Book of the Year for 2012, this is a meticulous work of scholarship from the foremost historian of 20th-century Spain.The culmination of more than a decade of res… OL16490226W
The Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War Stanley G. Payne "This book presents a new history of the most important conflict in European affairs during the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War. It describes the complex origins of the conflict, the collapse of the Spa… OL16599622W
Spain in our hearts Spain in our hearts Adam Hochschild,Adam Hochschild For three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated headlines in America and around the world, as volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a fascist u… OL17863771W
The Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War Antony Beevor An account of one of the Spanish Civil War, with new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book, provides a balanced and penetrating perspec… OL1881609W
Mexico and the Spanish Civil War Mexico and the Spanish Civil War Mario Ojeda Revah "Based on first-hand diplomatic, political and journalistic sources, most unpublished, Mexico and the Spanish Civil War investigates the backing of the Second Republic by Mexico during the Spanish Ci… OL20472023W
No Barrier Can Contain It No Barrier Can Contain It Ariel Mae Lambe xvi, 310 pages : 24 cm OL21208798W
The Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War Hugh Thomas,Hugh Thomas,Hugh Thomas A masterpiece of the historian's art, Hugh Thomas's *The Spanish Civil War* remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth century. … OL2465905W
Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939 Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939 Paul Preston `This collection of essays constitutes a magnificent monument to recent scholarship on the Second Republic and the Civil War. It is indispensable for a full understanding of the period.' - Raymond Ca… OL258232W
Durruti Durruti Abel Paz *Durruti in the Spanish Revolution* is as much the chronicle of an entire nation and of a tumultuous historical era. Paz seamlessly weaves intimate biographical details of Durruti's life—his progress… OL2873221W
Defence of Madrid Defence of Madrid Geoffrey Cox "Geoffrey Cox's eyewitness account of 1936 Madrid under aerial and ground attack from Franco and his fascist allies is republished in this new edition with a foreword by Professor Paul Preston and an… OL3176610W
Anglo-American Hispanists and the Spanish Civil War Anglo-American Hispanists and the Spanish Civil War Sebastiaan Faber What do you do when a beloved foreign country plunges into civil war? And how do you square your political views on that war with the demands of scholarly objectivity? In this book, Sebastiaan Faber … OL5954666W
Ghosts of Spain Ghosts of Spain Giles Tremlett The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco?The … OL8387088W
Franco Franco Gabrielle Ashford Hodges "General Francisco Franco came to prominence during the days of David Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson and was able to cling to absolute political power until his death in 1975. Over his fifty-year ca… OL9241857W
Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie Hans Magnus Enzensberger Die zwölf Kapitel des Romans handeln vom Leben und Sterben des spanischen Metallbauers Buenaventura Durruti, der nach einer militanten und abenteuerlichen Jugend zur Schlüsselfigur der spanischen Rev… OL973155W