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A review by solaireastora
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor
5.0
Excellent history of a very complicated conflict.
Beevor systematically breaks down the most important military and social trends and events that occurred in this period in a clear, easily readable manner. To achieve this for something as convoluted and difficult to understand as the Spanish civil war - with its multitudes of competing factions and interests - is a rare thing.
His writing is even-handed and refreshingly free of partisan bias, which is often a part of books about this time. It is very well-researched and the author takes care to be as accurate as possible with statistics and figures.
The book could have benefitted from a 'dramatis personae' list in the front, like the list he does give of the various factions. There are a lot of names and it was sometimes difficult to keep track of them all.
Overall I very much enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone interested in the Spanish Civil War.
Beevor systematically breaks down the most important military and social trends and events that occurred in this period in a clear, easily readable manner. To achieve this for something as convoluted and difficult to understand as the Spanish civil war - with its multitudes of competing factions and interests - is a rare thing.
His writing is even-handed and refreshingly free of partisan bias, which is often a part of books about this time. It is very well-researched and the author takes care to be as accurate as possible with statistics and figures.
The book could have benefitted from a 'dramatis personae' list in the front, like the list he does give of the various factions. There are a lot of names and it was sometimes difficult to keep track of them all.
Overall I very much enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone interested in the Spanish Civil War.