Description
Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading British and Spanish historians in an examination of key aspects and themes of the Spanish Civil War. Contributors discuss the politics of memory; recent revisionist historiography; biographies of international volunteers; the experience of nursing in Catalonia; the baptism of fire of Jarama; Britain's blocking of aid to the Republic; Soviet intervention in the conflict; and the crimes of Franco, both during and after the war.
Table of ContentsContents 1 Helen Graham The Return of Republican Memory 2 Paul Preston 'No Soldier': The Courage and Comradeship of Dr Len Crome 3 Francisco J Romero Salvado Killing the Dream: The Spanish Labyrinth Revisited, 1898-1939 4 Enrique Moradiellos Albion's Perfidy: The British Government and the Spanish Civil War 5 Richard Baxell Three Months in Spain: The British Battalion at Madrigueras and Jarama from January to March 1937 6 Angela Jackson Beyond the Battlefield: A Cave Hospital in the Spanish Civil War 7 ngel Vinas September 1936: Stalin's Decision to Support the Spanish Republic 8 Richard Baxell Laurie Lee in the International Brigades: Writer or Fighter? 9 Paul Preston The Crimes of Franco 10 Julian Casanova The Spanish Civil War: History and Memory
