The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals, and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation. Over 35,000 volunteers from sixty-one countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler, and Mussolini. Ill-equipped and disorderly, yet fuelled by a shared sense of purpose and potential glory, these disparate groups of idealistic young men and women formed a volunteer army of a size unseen since the Crusades, known The International Brigades - Giles Tremlett od authora Giles Tremlett a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Giles Tremlett |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
720 |
Rok vydání |
2021 |
Nakladatelství |
Bloomsbury |