| Description |
xii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ([637]-667) and index. |
| Summary |
Shows just how far ordinary people will go to save democracy against overwhelming odds in a tale of European solidarity that resonates just as strongly today. |
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"The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation. Over 35,000 volunteers from fifty-two countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler, and Mussolini. Ill-equipped and disorderly, yet fueled by a shared sense of purpose and potential glory, disparate groups of idealistic young men and women banded together to form a volunteer army of a size and kind unseen since the Crusades, known as the International Brigades. These passionate liberal fighters-from across Europe, China, Africa and the Americas-would join the Republican cause, fighting for over two years on the bloody battlegrounds of Madrid, Jarama and Ebro. Were they heroes or fools? Saints or bloodthirsty adventurers? And what exactly did they achieve?"--Inside front jacket flap |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Welcome to the games: Barcelona, 19 July 1936 -- The workers and the army: Madrid, 20 July 1936 -- Amateur warriors: Tardienta, August-September 1936 -- The fascists are here: Seville, August 1936 -- A professional view: Huesca, mid-September 1936 -- Creating the brigades: Madrid, Moscow, Albacete, October 1936 -- The tower of Babel: Albacete, October 1936 -- the first brigade: Gran Vía, Madrid, 8 November 1936 -- No Pasarán: Parque del Oeste, Madrid, 9 November 1936 -- Death in the park: Casa de Campo, November 1936 -- Bulletproof books: University City, Madrid, November 1936 -- A new brigade: Albacete, Chinchón, Cerro de los Angels, 9 November 1936 -- Save Madrid: University City, November 1936 -- Hail, the Saviour of Madrid!: Cinema Monumental, Madrid, November-December 1936 -- The battle of the mist: Boadilla, 14-23 December 1936 -- Stalin was still a saint: Albacete, November-December 1936 -- Sans Nom and the Poles: Southern front, Andalusia, Christmas Eve, 1936 -- Men in rubber coats: Lopera, 25 December 1936 -- Justice and a different kind of army: Lopera, January 1937 -- Mothers and Jews: Algora, 1 January 1937 -- The final battle for Madrid: Las Rozas, Aravaca, Villanueva, January 1937 -- Bethune, blood and bombing: The coast between Málaga and Almería, February 1937 -- A valley called Jarama: Pindoque railway bridge, 11 February 1937 -- The British: San Martín road, Jarama valley, 12 February 1937 -- Disobeying orders: Jarama valley, 13 February 1937 -- The Yanks are coming!: Jarama valley, 16 February 1937 -- Mussolini at Guadalajara: Brihuega, Torija, Trijueque, 9 March 1937 -- The Italian Civil War: Brihuega, 10 March 1937 -- The battle of the loudspeakers: Palace of Ibarra, Brihuega, 13 March 1937 -- Blue nose and the deserters: Valencia, 20 April 1937 -- Hemingway: Men and women in war: Brihuega, Madrid, March-April 1937 -- Damage in Catalonia: Barcelona, late April 1937 -- Attack!: Guernica and Valsaín, April-June 1937 -- The death of Lukács: Huesca, early June 1937 -- Brunete: Denmark, early summer 1937 -- The Romanillos and Mosquito Ridges: Guadarrama river, 8 July 1937 -- Resist: Brunete plain, 12 July 1937 -- The coup that lasted a year: Brunete plain, 18-26 July 1937 -- The price of war: Brunete plain, 25 July 1937 -- Vengeance: Quinto, Aragon, 24 August 1937 -- Conquest: Belchite, 31 August 1937 -- The North Pole: Teruel, December 1937 -- Blitzkrieg: Belchite, 9 March 1938 -- Boy soldiers: Guadalope river, 19 March 1938 -- Defeat, despair, hope: Móra la Nova, 4 April 1938 -- Prisoners: The monastery at San Pedro de Cardeña, autumn 1938 -- The last charge: Ebro river, 24 July 1938 -- Resist, fortify and be vigilant: La Cova Hospital, La Bisbal de Falset, July-September 1938 -- Dreams of home: Sierra de Pàndols, early August 1938 -- The last fight: Barcelona, 16 September 1938 -- Farewell to arms: Northern Catalonia, 24 September 1938-8 February 1939 -- 'Premature anti-fascists': Paris, 21 August 1941. |
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Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Brigada Internacional.
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, Foreign.
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Fascism -- Spain -- History.
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Anti-fascist movements -- Spain -- History.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Brigada Internacional. (OCoLC)fst01603247
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Fascism. (OCoLC)fst00921551
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Anti-fascist movements. (OCoLC)fst00810329
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Military participation -- Foreign.
(OCoLC)fst01353721
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Spain. (OCoLC)fst01204303
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Spanish Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) (OCoLC)fst01352321
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| Chronological Term |
1936-1939
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Ebook version : 9781408854006 |
| ISBN |
9781408853986 (hardback) |
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1408853981 (hardback) |
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9781408853993 (paperback) |
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140885399X (paperback) |
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9781408868775 (ebook) |
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9781408854006 (ePub ebook) |
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