The Spanish Civil War has long been the stuff of legend. Thousands
of brave young men from all over the Western world, most of them
organized by their local Communist parties, rushed to Spain to
support the democratic Republic against right-wing forces led by
rebellious generals in the Spanish officer corps. Although the
Republic was eventually defeated, some observers believed that the
effort to defend it was a selfless undertaking of the international
Communist movement and the Soviet Union--a noble crusade against
Hitler, Mussolini, and their Spanish puppet Franco. This book
presents a very different view of the role of the Soviet Union in
this war. Based on previously unavailable Moscow archives, it
provides the first full documentation of that country's duplicitous
and self-serving activities. Documents in the book reveal that the
Soviet Union not only swindled the Spanish Republic out of millions
of dollars through arms deals but also sought to take over and run
the Spanish economy, government, and armed forces in order to make
Spain a Soviet possession, thereby effectively destroying the
foundations of authentic Spanish antifascism. The documents also
shed light on many other disputed episodes of the war: the timing
of the Republican request for assistance from the Soviet Union; the
rise and fall of the International Brigades; the internal workings
of the Comintern and its influence on Spain; and much more.
Authoritative and startling in the new information it offers, the
book is essential reading for anyone interested in Soviet foreign
policy or the Spanish Civil War.
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