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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Spiral-Bound | June 1, 2006

Antony Beevor

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A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem

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.
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 592 pages
ISBN-10: 014303765X
Item Weight: 1.2 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.3 x 8.4 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
This book is destined for the first rank of general histories of the [Spanish] Civil War. (Santos Juliß, El Pafs)
Antony Beevor was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. A regular officer in the 11th Hussars, he served in Germany and England. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include The Spanish Civil War; Crete: The Battle and the Resistance, which won the 1993 Runciman Award; Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942—1943; and Berlin: The Downfall, 1945. With his wife, Artemis Cooper, he wrote Paris: After the Liberation: 1944—1949. His book Stalingrad was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize in 1999.