1st Edition
Crusade of the Left The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War
By Robert Rosenstone
Copyright 2009
428 Pages
by
Routledge
428 Pages
by
Routledge
446 Pages
by
Routledge
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Between 1936 and 1938, some 3,000 young Americans sailed to France and crossed the Pyrenees to take part in the brutal civil war raging in Spain. Virtually all joined the International Brigades, formed under the auspices of the Soviet-led Comintern and largely directed by Communists. Yet a large number were not Communists; their activism was inspired by domestic and international crises of the... Read more
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, A NOTE ON THE NOTES, ROLL CALL, CHAPTER, APPENDICES, A NOTE ON SOURCES, NOTES, INDEX
Biography
Robert Rosenstone
"Crusade of the Left: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War is the story of three thousand American soldiers who sailed to France and joined in to fight alongside the Communist forces at the time, all led by leftist beliefs believing that Communism can work. Not a politically-inclined text, Crusade of the Left covers the history of these Americans, why they chose to fight, how they chose to fight, and what happened to them." --WisconsinBookwatch
