The International Brigades : fascism, freedom and the Spanish Civil War
Tremlett, Giles2021
Book
The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. 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 52 countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler and Mussolini. Ill-equipped and disorderly, yet fuelled 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?
Main title:
The International Brigades : fascism, freedom and the Spanish Civil War / Giles Tremlett.
Author:
Tremlett, Giles, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Collation:
xii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408854075 (pbk)
Dewey class:
946.0814946.081
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3151423