Reviewer: Wouter van Dijk Franco's International Brigades. Adventurers, Fascists, and Christian Crusaders in the Spanish Civil War, Christopher Othen Columbia University Press/Hurst Publishers, New York, London 2013 ISBN: 978-0-231-70425-0 Paperback, with notes, select bibliography and index 337 pages $19,80 / £15.99 / €21,99
Reviewer: Wouter van Dijk Ready for Revolution. The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona 1933-38, Agustín Guillamón AK Press, Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore 2014 ISBN: 978-1-84935-142-3 Paperback, with illustrations in black and white, appendices, bibliography, glossary and index 261 pages $14,95 / €17,99
There is perhaps no subject among historians writing on the Spanish Civil War today that divides them more than do the May Events of 1937. Did these mark the end of anarchy and chaos on the Republican side or the beginning of a Stalinist-inspired counterrevolution? To be fair, some point can be made for ...continue reading
Reviewer: Wouter van Dijk Captain Jack White. Imperialism, Anarchism and the Irish Citizen Army, Leo Keohane Merrion Press (imprint of Irish Academic Press), Sallins 2014 ISBN: 978-1-908928-92-4 Paperback, illustrations in black and white, notes, bibliography and index 283 pages €22,50
Nog steeds zweeft boven de Spaanse Burgeroorlog het aura van de ultieme strijd tussen goed en kwaad. En hoewel zo’n simpele typering de werkelijkheid altijd geweld aandoet, kan de oorlog in Spanje niet los gezien worden van de wereldwijde strijd die niet veel later ontbrandde met de Duitse aanval op Polen. De hulp van de ...continue reading
