Editorial: Liverpool University Press
Colección: Liverpool Studies in Spanish History
Número de páginas: 256 págs.
Fecha de edición: 28-06-2024
EAN: 9781835536674
ISBN: 978-1-83553-667-4
Precio (sin IVA): 37,43 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 38,93 €
Taking inspiration from a police informer’s comment that his workmates had gone “Spain mad” in response to the Spanish Civil War, this book uses biographical studies to explore the nature of British engagement with the conflict. The opening chapter presents a general analysis of the subject and assesses the available evidence. Some 2400 Britons volunteered to fight in the conflict and some 500 died there. Whitfield. Two of the other subjects (George Orwell and Felicia Browne) fought in other units. However, the book shows that engagement in the Civil War could take many forms.