Madrid 1937 - Letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade From the Spanish Civil War

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION, CHRONOLOGY, I. WHY WE WENT, II. JOURNEY TO SPAIN, III. JARAMA, IV. IN SPANISH TOWNS AND CITIES, V. IN TRAINING AND IN RESERVE, VI. IN BATTLE, VII. THE MEDICAL SERVICES, VIII. MADRID, IX. POLITICS, X. THE REGIMENT DE TREN, XI. IN BATTLE, XII. IN TRAINING AGAIN, XIII. THE LAST CAMPAIGN, XIV. BARCELONA, XV. ON THE WAY HOME, AFTERWORD, INDEX, GLOSSARY

About the author

Cary Nelson is Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jefferson Hendricks is Associate Professor of English at Centenary College of Louisiana. Their previous work together includes the coedited Collected Poems of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion's poet laureate, Edwin Rolfe.

Summary

These poignant and powerful letters from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade document how 2800 Americans confronted Hitler's Condor Legion, Mussolini's Black Shirts, and fascist cavalry on the battlefields of Spain.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jefferson Hendricks (Editor), Hendricks Jefferson (Editor), Cary Nelson (Editor), Nelson Cary (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.1996
• EAN: 9780415914086
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91408-6
• No. of pages: 536
• Weight: 1150 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Cultural Studies, European History, Spain, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, ART / Popular Culture, History of the Americas, Diaries, letters and journals, Modern warfare, Biography: historical, political and military, 1936–1939 (Spanish Civil War period), Civil wars, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars