- History, History of Spain, Spanish Civil War, Historia
An account of one of the Spanish Civil War, with new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book, provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the warits causes, course, and consequences.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
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- Author
- Antony Beevor
- First published
- November 2005
- Pages
- 526
- Publisher
- Goldmann Verlag, Orbis Pub., Cassell military
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- French, Spanish, und, English
- ISBN
- 9782253120926
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“Bosch backed down while all those on the edge of joining hurried to cover their tracks Lt-Colonel Tejero's daughter then rang her father in the Cortes and the revolt was over in under eight hours”
Antony James Beevor (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works on the Second World War and other wars during the 20th century.
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