The Spanish Foreign Legion in the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8262-2083-7
Verlag: UNIV OF MISSOURI PR

Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

In 1936, the Spanish Foreign Legion was the most well equipped, thoroughly trained, and battle tested unit in the Spanish Army. With its fearsome reputation for brutality and savagery, the Legion was not only critical to the eventual victory of Franco and the Nationalists,but was also a powerful propaganda tool the Nationalists used to intimidate and terrorize its enemies. Drawing upon Spanish military archival sources, the Legion’s own diary of operations and relevant secondary sources, Alvarez recounts the pivotal role played by the Spanish Foreign Legion in the initial months of the Spanish Civil War, a war that was not only between Spaniards, but that pitted the political ideology of Communism and Socialism against that of Fascism and Nazism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alvarez, Jose E.

Über Autor(innen)

José E. Álvarez is associate professorof history at the University of Houston– Downtown. He is the author of The Betrothed of Death: The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion and lives in Houston, Texas USA.