Preston knows a great deal about modern Spain. Here, he condenses,
in nine brief biographies, the bitter divisions that racked the
country during the civil war of 1936-39, ranging far outside those
dates to explain what happened. There are three men and one woman
from each of the Right and Left, and one neutral: included are
Franco himself and Azana, the president of the defeated republic. A
compelling book, full of savagery, pathos and insight. (Kirkus UK)
A brilliant new portrait of the Spanish Civil War from our greatest
historian of Spain. 'Anyone interested in Spain will want this
book.' Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph A bravura new interpretation of
the course, causes and characters of the Spanish Civil War, still
the twentieth century's bloodiest internal conflict. Analysis of
the Civil War has always focused on victors and vanquished, but
what of those who eschewed the struggle, those who stood apart from
the carnage and chaos? Was there a Third Way? Starting at the
extreme right of the political spectrum and moving across it to the
extreme left, using the emblematic lives of ten key individuals,
Preston builds up an astonishingly vivid picture of how the War
came to pass, and how those who started, suffered and stopped it
were coloured by the experience. Here are brilliant psychological
profiles of the communist firebrand La Pasionaria, of the canny
falangist Primo de Rivera, of the aloof intellectual
non-participant Salvador Madariaga, and of the enigma himself,
Generalissimo Franco. 'Comrades presents us with fascinating
portraits, case studies that illustrate variously nobility,
arrogance, self-delusion and evil. It remains difficult to
comprhend the passions that lead to civil war; but this book helps
us to understand.' Michael Portillo, Sunday Telegraph
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