The Battle for Spain, Antony Beevor
The Battle for Spain, Antony Beevor
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The Battle for Spain
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Author: Antony Beevor

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Unabridged: 18 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/13/2015


Synopsis

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge and D-Day

Revised to mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War’s outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources,
this brisk and accessible book (Spain’s #1 bestseller for twelve weeks) 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 war—its causes, course, and consequences.

"This book is destined for the first rank of general histories of the [Spanish] Civil War."—Santos Juliß, El Pafs

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roy on September 22, 2018

[He puesto una traducción española abajo, en el spoiler.] As the Spanish Civil War proved, the first casualty of war is not truth, but its source: the conscience and integrity of the individual. Anthony Beevor is a military historian; and his book is mainly a record of armies and battles. The forc......more

Goodreads review by Michael Gerald on January 15, 2012

I didn't know anything about the Spanish Civil War until I read this book. And what an eye-opener it is. Spain in the 1930s was a country in transition. It had just come out of the departure of King Alfonso XIII and a new republic was trying to get itself established. But forces from across the pol......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on May 15, 2022

Good but not Great. A solid book by the great historian Antony Beevor. I would say that this book is not his best work, but it is still a decent history and I have learnt a lot about a topic I knew nothing about. Due to my unfamiliarity with the subject it has been impossible for me to come away with......more

Goodreads review by Dachokie on September 01, 2011

Even Antony Beevor Can't Simplify Such a Complicated Topic ... The Spanish Civil War is a significant 20th century historical event that is logically obscured by the enormity of the Second World War. My rudimentary knowledge of the conflict led me to simplify it as a war between the Nazi supported Na......more

Goodreads review by Pinkyivan on July 17, 2018

Spoilers: the good guys win.......more