Not for King Or Country - Edward Cecil Smith, Communist Party of Canada, Spanish Civil War

Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression.  He is most well-known for commanding the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion during the Spanish Civil War.

List of contents

1. An Idyllic Youth
2.  Radicalization
3. Joining the Party
4. Theatre: Our Weapon
5. Art, Propaganda and the Popular Front
6. Defend the Soviet Union!
7. No Pasaran!
8. The George Washington Battalion
9. The Fighting Canucks
10. The Defense of Teruel
11. The Retreats
12. Crossing the Ebro
13. Coming Home
14. A Second Anti-Fascist War

About the author

Tyler Wentzell is an independent scholar based in Toronto. He is a Canadian infantry officer and a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. This is his first book.

Summary

Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression.  He is most well-known for commanding the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion during the Spanish Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Tyler Wentzell
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781487522889
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2288-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Politikwissenschaft, Kanada, Amerikanische Geschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Militärgeschichte, Südeuropa