xii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note
Originally published: London : Constable, 2008.
Contents
pt. 1. Say that we saw Spain die -- The wound that will not heal : terror and truth -- The capital of the world : the correspondents and the Siege of Madrid -- The lost generation divided : Hemingway, Dos Passos and the disappearance of José Robles -- Love and politics : the correspondents in Valencia and Barcelona -- The rebel zone : intimidation in Salamanca and Burgos -- pt. 2. Beyond journalism -- Stalin's eyes and ears in Madrid? : the rise and fall of Mikhail Koltsov -- A man of influence : the case of Louis Fischer -- The sentimental adventurer : George Steer and the quest for lost causes -- Talking with Franco, trouble with Hitler : Jay Allen -- pt. 3. After the war -- The humane observer : Henry Buckley -- A lifetime's struggle : Herbert Rutledge Southworth and the undermining of the Franco regime -- Epilogue: Buried treasure.
