History The author of 'stalingrad' has produced a gripping, revelatory account of the spanish civil war, says ANDREW ROBERTS

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: June 4, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

BY ANTONY BEEVOR

WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON pounds 25, 526 pp T pounds 23 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115

The 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 is causing much reflection in Spain at the moment, and perhaps it ought to prompt some here, too. The common perception of that devastating three-year struggle is of a crusade against Fascism in which idealistic young writers and workers from all over the world joined International Brigades in a brave but ultimately doomed struggle to save democracy. Their defeat ...

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