LEADER 04793nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910780848203321 005 20231206214350.0 010 $a1-282-45703-9 010 $a9786612457036 010 $a0-7748-5615-7 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774856157 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007450 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000441703 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11312653 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000441703 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406864 035 $a(PQKB)10931732 035 $a(CaPaEBR)422102 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00223475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412607 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348925 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245703 035 $a(OCoLC)923447874 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/2p48pd 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412607 035 $a(DE-B1597)661708 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774856157 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3265380 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007450 100 $a20080805h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRenegades $eCanadians in the Spanish Civil War /$fMichael Petrou 210 1$aVancouver :$cUBC Press,$d2008. 210 4$aŠ2008 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 282 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, maps, portraits 225 1 $aStudies in Canadian military history,$x1499-6251 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7748-1418-7 311 0 $a0-7748-1417-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-271) and index. 327 $aWho were the Canadian volunteers? Why did they fight? Going to war Protecting Madrid, February-July 1937 Arago?n battles, August 1937-February 1938 Retreats, March-April 1938 Back to the Ebro, May-September 1938 Leaving Spain Crimes Punishments The photographer: Bill Williamson The idealist: William Krehm The doctor: Norman Bethune Undesirables 330 $aRenegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, by veteran journalist Michael Petrou, tells the story of the 1,681 Canadians who, between 1936 and 1939, defied Canadian law to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil war. The war pitted a left leaning, democratically elected Spanish government against a military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported, with weapons and tens of thousands of troops, by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. By the time it was over, fascism had triumphed in Spain, and more than 400 Canadians were dead. Until now, little was known about these men and women, and about those who survived. Petrou has changed this. He has drawn on recently declassified material, interviewed veterans, and visited the battlefields of Spain to write the definitive history of Canadians in the war. Jack Granatstein, one of Canada's leading military historians, concludes: "Based on massive research, this is the best and most complete account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War we are ever likely to get." Renegades reveals that Spanish Civil War veterans were pressured to become police informers, with the cooperation of the federal government; that a 1970 application by a veterans' group for non-profit status was opposed by the federal government out of fear that approving the application might offend Spain's fascist dictator, Francisco Franco; and that the RCMP spied on Canadian veterans at least until 1980, when one police report noted that the veterans' "political motivations are more in keeping with the NDP philosophies." Other highlights include: Detailed and vivid descriptions of the battles the Canadians fought, and their lives in Spain between action. The stories of Canadian prisoners of war are also told ? as are accounts of Canadians who were imprisoned and otherwise punished, sometimes severely, by their own commanders. New and sensational information about Dr. Norman Bethune, whom Spanish authorities accused of espionage and of having a secretly fascist lover. The story of a young University Toronto student who was jailed as a suspected spy and was lucky to leave Spain alive. After reading recently declassified documents from Soviet archives about this man, Petrou tracked him down and interviewed him at the age of 90. 410 0$aStudies in Canadian military history. 606 $aSoldiers$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aSoldiers$zSpain$vBiography 607 $aSpain$xHistory$yCivil War, 1936-1939$xParticipation, Canadian 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a946.081/42092271 700 $aPetrou$b Michael$f1974-$01584851 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780848203321 996 $aRenegades$93868902 997 $aUNINA