Short description
Renowned historian of World War II Beevor (U. of London) has radically rewritten his The Spanish Civil War, published in 1982 by Orbis Publishing, drawing on research by Spanish and other historians over the intervening quarter century, and material from German and especially Soviet archives that was not accessible previously.
Long description
The Spanish Civil War is a compelling account of one of the most hard-fought and bitter wars of the twentieth century: a war of atrocities and political genocide that was a military testing ground before the Second World War for the Russians, Italians, and Germans. With his thorough and contemporary examination of the Spanish civil war, historian Antony Beevor unravels the complex events from the coup d'etat which started the war in July of 1936 to the final defeat of the Republicans in 1939. This highly readable account leaves out none of the familiar aspects, exploring them with a clear eye and providing important new insights into the war-its causes, course, and consequences.