The Spanish Cockpit
by Franz Borkenau
"An Eye-witness Account of the Political and Social Conflicts of the Spanish Civil War"
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The Spanish Cockpit Book Details
War:
Spanish Civil War
Perspective:
War Correspondents
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
Europe
Page Count:
303
Published Date:
2000
ISBN13:
9781842120064
The Spanish Cockpit Book Description
The Spanish Civil War drew romantics from all over the world to fight for the Republican cause. Borkenau, an idealistic young Austrian, wrote (in English) this on-the-spot account of his visit to Spain in 1936 and 1937, which was published one year after the war began. “A classic of its kind...one of the best books ever published on Spain.”—Gerald Brenan. “Borkenau went to see the Spanish Civil War with his own eyes and consulted nobody but his own integrity when he wrote what he saw.”—Rebecca West.