Fighting for Franco : international volunteers in nationalist Spain during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 / / Judith Keene ; foreword by Gabriel Jackson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454085403321
• Autore: Keene Judith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2007; ©2001
• ISBN: 1-282-02482-5; 9786612024825; 0-8264-2571-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 946.081
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Participation, Foreign
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: London: Leicester University Press, 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Maps of Spain; Introduction; 1. The historical context of the Spanish Civil War; 2. English narratives about Franco's Spain; 3. Not quite king and country: Franco's English-speaking volunteers; 4. Spectators at their own drama: Franco's French volunteers; 5. Snow boots in sunny Spain: White Russians in Nationalist Spain; 6. Slaying Satan, saving Franco: the Romanian Iron Guard in Nationalist Spain; 7. With Flit and phonograph: Franco's foreign female supporters; 8. Conclusions; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: One of the enduring myths of the Franco state was that the Nationalist forces that won the Civil War consisted of patriotic Spaniards while the Republic was defended by a rag tag army of foreign 'reds.' During the Spanish Civil War, however, many groups on the European right were galvanised by the Nationalist cause. European fascists, conservative Catholics and those uneasy with liberal democracy in general rallied to the figure of Franco, who appeared to be holding the line against secularism, modernism and Bolshevism. This book recounts the experiences of a number of foreign volunteers, incl