‘The Penguin History of Modern Spain’ by Nigel Townson review
An up-to-date history of modern Spain, from 1898 to the present.
Spanish Civil War
The Afterlives of the International Brigades
Despite defeat in the Spanish Civil War, veterans of the International Brigades would soon face fascism again. Experiences and connections forged in Spain would prove key in the fight against Hitler and beyond.
Guernica: Black and White and Red All Over
One of the 20th-century’s most enduring artworks warns us against the danger of ‘alternative facts’.
Refugees and the Spanish Civil War
Franco’s 1939 victory in the Spanish Civil War saw half a million refugees head north to France. They would be followed by many more in a decade of disaster, writes Larry Hannant.
Manuel Cortes in Hiding
The neglected life of a political idealist, whose 30-year ordeal, hidden from the world, spans a period of momentous change in Spain.
Anarchism in Spain
Only in Spain did Anarchism become a true mass movement, sinking deep roots into the world of industrial labour and rural poverty. During the Spanish Civil War, writes George Woodcock, its great trade union, the CNT, had a membership of two million workers.
Brothers of the Ideal: Some Reflections on the Spanish Civil War
On both sides, writes David Mitchell, during three years of conflict, political passions ran high.
The International Brigades in Spain
In the autumn of 1936, on Communist inspiration, a shock force was internationally recruited to assist the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Where did the Brigades come from and why? By Hugh Thomas.
A One-sided Account
After reading an article first published in History Today in 2004, Jeremy Treglown is struck by how much more complex our view of the Spanish Civil War has become in just a decade.
Spain and the Shadow of the Civil War
The relationship between an ‘unquiet past’ and the concerns of the present has been a key feature of recent engagements with the Spanish Civil War.