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Title: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: CaptainHaddonCollider on July 19, 2019, 03:18:49 PM

Hi LAF-brains,
I’ve just finished Christopher Othens “Franco’s International Brigades” and Hugh Thomas’ “The Spanish Civil War”, both of which were good reads.
I am now on the lookout for some litterature on the Lincolns and the Welsh part of the British Battalion - which are the must-reads on the subjects?

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: Sparrow on July 19, 2019, 10:25:59 PM

Hi

For the “Lincoln’s” try this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spain-Our-Hearts-Americans-1936-1939/dp/1509810609/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PSUWJ86KJOTY&keywords=spain+in+our+hearts&qid=1563575045&s=gateway&sprefix=Spain+in+%2Caps%2C136&sr=8-1

Fascinated to see what anyone turns up re the Welsh involvement in the International Brigade....

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: dualer on July 20, 2019, 09:08:54 AM

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade and Death in the Olive Groves, both by Arthur H. Landis. Between the Bullet and the Lie by Cecil Eby, The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade by Peter N. Carroll. Nothing to my knowledge specifically about Welsh involvement in Spain.

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: Ewan on July 20, 2019, 09:12:10 AM

You might want to read Homage to Caledonia which covers Scots in the Spanish Civil War
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Homage-Caledonia-Scotland-Spanish-Civil/dp/1913025365/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: Ewan on July 20, 2019, 09:16:35 AM

Don't know if this one will help
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miners-Against-Fascism-Wales-Spanish/dp/1907103511/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=C0X397A846CW3GR65BDY

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: CaptainHaddonCollider on July 20, 2019, 03:32:30 PM

Thank you for all the lovely recommendations! As Strange as it may sound, I read the ‘Homage to Caledonia’ when it came out, because someone wrote a thread about it here on LAF. Its rather niche, but a very good book compared to some of the titles about the danish internationals.

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: dualer on July 21, 2019, 10:59:54 AM

Voices from the Spanish Civil War by Iain MacDougall, is an excellent collection of personal accounts of Scottish volunteers. My Dad was an ex miner and recognised a couple of guys.

Title: Re: Recommended Reading on the Internationals?
Post by: tercio39 on July 21, 2019, 11:14:48 AM

Try Mjne were of trouble by Peter Kemp , English Captain by Tom Wintringham , shallow Grave by Walter Gregory and Boadilla by Edmond Romilly for firsthand accounts . Unlikely Warriors by Richard Baxell and They shall not  pass by Ben Hughes are great reads . These offer a range of views both contemporary and modern , cheers AlexM