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“Mr. Thomas has understood [the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject.”—Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book Review

A masterpiece of the historian’s art, Hugh Thomas’s
The Spanish Civil War remainsthe best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstoodwars of the twentieth century. Revised and updated with significant new material,including new revelations about atrocities perpetrated against civilians by bothsides in this epic conflict, this
“definitive work on the subject
” (Richard Bernstein,The New York Times) has been given a fresh face forty years after its initial publicationin 1961. In brilliant, moving detail, Thomas analyzes a devastating conflict in whichthe hopes, dreams, and dogmas of a century exploded onto the battlefield. Like noother account, The Spanish Civil War dramatically reassembles the events that leda European nation, in a continent on the brink of world war, to divide against itself,bringing into play the machinations of Franco and Hitler, the bloodshed of Guernica,and the deeply inspiring heroics of those who rallied to the side of democracy. Communists,anarchists, monarchists, fascists, socialists, democrats — the various forces ofthe Spanish Civil War composed a fabric of the twentieth century itself, and Thomasmasterfully weaves the diffuse and fascinating threads of the war together in a mannerthat has established the book as a genuine classic of modern history.

“Stands without rivals as the most balanced and comprehensive book on the subject.”—American Historical Review