ReviewAll in all, perhaps the best general work on the war to be published in the last decades. — _Rafael Nuñez Florencio, _El Mundo
This book is destined for the first rank of general histories of the [Spanish] Civil War. — _Santos Juliá, _El País
Product DescriptionA fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall Of Berlin 1945
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War’s outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised 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.
