The passionate war : the narrative history of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

The Narrative History of the Spanish Civil War 1936-39. Oral reports, records, diaries, histories, autobiographies & letters contribute to a narrative reconstruction of the chronology, politics, military strategies & legacies of the Spanish Civil War. Peter Wyden brilliantly brings to life the brutal proving ground where Hitler and Stalin secretly learn the techniques of total war. For the first time, defenceless cities are set ablaze by saturation air raids. Women fire rifles next to their men in the front lines nearly one-third of all casualties are killed by execution squads famous authors gamble with their lives (you will meet Orwell as a wounded foot soldier, Andre Malraux as aviator, Hemingway and John Dos Passos as propagandists, Arthur Koestler as a spy). "Everyone was there but Shakespeare!" a Canadian soldier/writer told Wyden. "The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed, and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from 1939 until his death in 1975."--Wikipedia. http://archive.org/details/passionatewar00wyde