THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. REACTION, REVOLUTION AND REVENGE

A rousing and full-blooded account of the Spanish Civil War and the rise to prominence of General Franco. No modern conflict has inf lamed the passions of both civilians and intellectuals as much as the Spanish Civil War of 193639. Burned into our collective histor ical consciousness, it not only prefigured the imminent Second World War but also ushered in a new and horrific form of warfare that would come to define the twentieth century. At the same time it echoed the revolutionary aspirations of millions of Europeans and A mericans...[Llegir més]