Stamp from previous owner inside. Some adhesive tape marks visible in places.

For nearly three years Spaniard fought Spaniard in a bitter contest between the forces of the Republican government and the Nationalist troops, led by General Francisco Franco. Jackson has written a remarkably succinct and impartial account of the war. Aided by a superb collection of contemporary illustrations, he not only describes the progress of the actual fighting - a graphic account of the siege of Madrid is one of the highlights of the book - but makes clear t he intimate involvement and concern of the rest of Europe: arms deliveries and the role of the Non-Intervention Committee; the participation of German and Italian troops, and of the renowned International Brigades...