Table of Contents

"A far away country of which we know nothing"? British perceptions of Spain and its civil war, 1931-1939; Journalism at war: George Lowther Steer, Guernica and the resistance to fascist aggression; The masked advance: politics, intrigue and British medical aid for the Spanish Republic; The lost art of Felicia Browne; Mobilising art: British artists and the Spanish Civil War; The death of Bob Smillie, the Spanish Civil War and the eclipse of the Independent Labour Party; Loss, memory and the British "volunteers for liberty"; My country right or left: John Langdon-Davies and Catalonia; Spain rediscovered: British perceptions of Franco's Spain and the advent of mass tourism, 1945-1975; The Spanish Civil War in British politics since 1939; Index.

About the Author

Tom Buchanan is Professor of Modern British and European History at the University of Oxford's Department for Continuing Education, and a Fellow of Kellogg College. He is the author of three books and numerous articles on British involvement in the Spanish Civil War. His most recent book is Amnesty International and Human Rights Activism in Postwar Britain, 1945-1977 (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Reviews

"...a rich survey of the war's lessons and legacy..." -- Sasha Pack, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Journal of British Studies.
"...a very thorough and stimulating book...essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the subject...It deserves and can expect - with it's appeal for the specialist and the interested layperson alike - a wide readership." -- Lewis H. Mates, Durham University, in Twentieth Century British History, vol 19, no 2, 2008.