BATTLE FOR SPAIN
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Renowned historian Antony Beevor tells the cruel and complex story of the Spanish Civil War that not only split Spain, but also divided the world in a fierce ideological struggle that was a dress rehearsal for the Second World War.

Historian Antony Beevor - best known for his brilliant studies of Stalingrad, Berlin in 1945 and now D-Day, here turns his attention to the dress rehearsal for the Second World War: the civil war in Spain. A fierce ideological conflict that pitted Left against Right, the war also drew in foreign intervention, with Stalin’s Russia and left-wingers across the world flocking to defend the Spanish Republic; while Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy weighed in on the side of Franco’s rebel Nationnalists. Beevor is commendably even-handed in describing a struggle that still sparks fierce emotions. He tells both the military side of the story, and its complex political dimension in a clear and fast-moving style, that makes sense of such heroic and tragic episodes as the bombing of Guernica, the siege of Madrid, and the atrocities that took thousands of innocent lives behind the lines..

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Product Code:	12253
Author:	Antony Beevor
Format:	HB. B &W photographs Published Price £25
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