Britain and the Spanish Civil War
Title | Britain and the Spanish Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Buchanan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1997-08-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521455695 |
This book offers an interpretation of a foreign conflict that has had a greater impact on modern British politics than any other.
The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Britain
Title | The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Buchanan |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2006-11-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1837641366 |
Explores the relationship between Britain and the Spanish Civil War. This book explains the war's legacy and longer-term impact on Britain, and presents a chronological progression from the Civil War to the post-war Franco era. It also provides a discussion of the importance of loss and memory.
British Women and the Spanish Civil War
Title | British Women and the Spanish Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Angela Jackson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1134471076 |
Through oral and written narratives, this book examines the interaction between women and the war in Spain, their motivation, the distinctive form of their involvment and the effect of the war on their individual lives. These themes are related to wider issues, such as the nature of memory and the role of women within the public sphere. The extent to which women engaged with this cause surpasses by far other instances of female mobilization in peace-time Britain. Such a phenomenon therefore can offer lessons to those who would wish to encourage a greater degree of interest amongst women in political activities today.
British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
Title | British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Baxell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2004-07-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134345763 |
During the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 almost 2,500 men and women left Britain to fight for the Spanish Republic. This book examines the role, experiences and contribution of the volunteers who fought in the British Battalion of the 15 International Brigadesasking: * Who were these volunteers? * Where did they come from? * Why did they go to Spain? * How much did they actually help the Spanish Republic? In contrast to recent revisionist interpretations, this work stresses the crucial importance of the war experience itself, rather than political ideology, in the understanding of the volunteers' role and experiences within the Spanish war. This book will be of essential interest to historians and those interested in the Spanish Civil War.
The Spanish Civil War and the British Left
Title | The Spanish Civil War and the British Left PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis H. Mates |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780755620258 |
"Was the British left's support for the anti-Franco cause 'the most outstanding example of international solidarity in British history'? Here Lewis Mates considers this claim and argues that support for the anti-Franco cause was varied and multi-faceted. He analyses the 'Aid Spain movement': activities undertaken at grassroots level in support of the Spanish Republic. He explores the nature of grassroots support, its extent and depth, the motivations of activists, the institutions they operated through, and importantly, the role and impact of ideas on activism. Those within the British Left who did not embrace the Republic's cause are also examined as are the consequences of these divisions for the labour movement at its different levels from grassroots to national.Mates provides new perspectives on an important period of twentieth-century British history, contributing to debates about the nature of the British left, grassroots activism and popular political engagement in a contradictory epoch."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Hitler And Spain
Title | Hitler And Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Whealey |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2014-07-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813148634 |
The Spanish Civil War, begun in July 1936, was a preliminary round of World War II. Hitler's and Mussolini's cooperation with General Franco resulted in the Axis agreement of October 1936 and the subsequent Pact of Steel of May 1939, immediately following the end of the Civil War. This study presents comprehensive documentation of Hitler's use of the upheaval in Spain to strengthen the Third Reich diplomatically, ideologically, economically, and militarily. While the last great cause drew all eyes to Western Europe and divided the British and especially the French internally, Hitler could pursue territorial gains in Eastern Europe. This book, based on little-known German records and recently opened Spanish archives, fills a major gap in our understanding of one of the 20th century's most significant conflicts. Its comprehensive treatment of German-Spanish relations from 1936 through 1939, bringing together diplomatic, economic, military, and naval aspects, will be of great value to specialists in European diplomacy and the political economy of Nazi imperialism, as well as to all students of the Spanish Civil War.
The Spanish Civil War at Sea
Title | The Spanish Civil War at Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Alpert |
Publisher | Pen and Sword Maritime |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2021-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1526764377 |
The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 underlined the importance of the sea as the supply route to both General Franco's insurgents and the Spanish Republic. There were attempted blockades by Franco as well as attacks by his Italian and German allies against legitimate neutral, largely British, merchant shipping bound for Spanish Republican ports and challenges to the Royal Navy, which was obliged to maintain a heavy presence in the area. The conflict provoked splits in British public opinion. Events at sea both created and reflected the international tensions of the latter 1930s, when the policy of appeasement of Germany and Italy dissuaded Britain from taking action against those countries’ activities in Spain, except to participate in a largely ineffective naval patrol to try to prevent the supply of war material to both sides. The book is based on original documentary sources in both Britain and Spain and is intended for the general reader as well as students and academics interested in the history of the 1930s, in naval matters and in the Spanish Civil War.