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

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

by Antony Beevor

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall Of Berlin 1945

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War?s outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian... (read more)

Top tags: 2006,  civil war-spain,  history,  history-1930 to 1940,  history-europe (all tags)

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  • Rated 3.583333 stars
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  • Rated 4.25 stars
  

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  • Bridgette813

    bridgette813 said:

    “A decent review of the Spanish civil war, though it's so badly edited that the syntax and punctuation are distracting at times.”

    posted Tuesday, June 24 2008
  • Thomas C

    thomas c said:

    “As with his other historical works he captures a "you are there" quality in his narrative. Unfortunately the maps provided do not allow for a similar experience.”

    posted Friday, May 23 2008
  • Andrew B

    andrew b said:

    “Fascinating account of what a messed-up place Spain (indeed, Europe) was in the 1930s. Beevor, as a military historian, tends to over-emphasize the battle sequences. His descriptions of the broader significance of the SCW - which were of course much more important - almost seem disdainful: "well, of course, there was all this world sympathy stuff, now back to the action." Still, a good and enlightening read.”

    posted Friday, January 25 2008
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