The Spanish Civil War
A sweeping narrative of the Spanish Civil War that has been revised and read for over sixty years.
Hugh Thomas’s narrative history of the Spanish Civil War, first published in 1961 and revised several times since. Written for the general reader, it covers the politics of the Second Republic, the military rising of 1936, the foreign intervention and the long campaign that ended in Franco’s victory. Its breadth and its cast of characters have kept it a standard account.
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Paul Preston
It really is a remarkable achievement that when I go back and look at this book, which is now 50 years old, I find his take on things is still fresh. I always find I can get some inspiration from picking it up. And for anyone who has never read anything on the Spanish Civil War it is an immediately gripping book that shows just how much the subject has to offer.
Interview · January 2012
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