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Spain in Our Hearts
Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
Taschenbuch von Adam Hochschild
Sprache: Englisch

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'With all due respect to Orwell, Spain in Our Hearts should supplant Homage to Catalonia as the best introduction to the conflict written in English' New Republic

For three crucial years in the 1930s, volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a Fascist uprising led by Francisco Franco and aided by Hitler and Mussolini. The Spanish Civil War was the century's first modern, total war, but it was soon overshadowed by the world war that it helped introduce. Today it is mostly remembered through classic accounts from Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell, and in Robert Capa's photographs. But in Spain in Our Hearts, Adam Hochschild presents equally compelling, if less well-known, characters and weaves their stories together to reveal the full tragedy and importance of the war.

'Hochschild's contribution lies in the storytelling, his sure command of military history, and his beautiful sense of private hurt . . . effortlessly hopscotches from global history to individual - and emotional - experience' Guardian

'Hochschild tells nuanced tales of political awakenings and disillusionments, but also steadfast ethical commitment. He never descends into easy moralizing . . . Spanish Civil War history is a minefield but Hochschild has entered it sure-footedly' BBC History Magazine

'With all due respect to Orwell, Spain in Our Hearts should supplant Homage to Catalonia as the best introduction to the conflict written in English' New Republic

For three crucial years in the 1930s, volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a Fascist uprising led by Francisco Franco and aided by Hitler and Mussolini. The Spanish Civil War was the century's first modern, total war, but it was soon overshadowed by the world war that it helped introduce. Today it is mostly remembered through classic accounts from Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell, and in Robert Capa's photographs. But in Spain in Our Hearts, Adam Hochschild presents equally compelling, if less well-known, characters and weaves their stories together to reveal the full tragedy and importance of the war.

'Hochschild's contribution lies in the storytelling, his sure command of military history, and his beautiful sense of private hurt . . . effortlessly hopscotches from global history to individual - and emotional - experience' Guardian

'Hochschild tells nuanced tales of political awakenings and disillusionments, but also steadfast ethical commitment. He never descends into easy moralizing . . . Spanish Civil War history is a minefield but Hochschild has entered it sure-footedly' BBC History Magazine

Über den Autor
Adam Hochschild is an award-winning author of seven books, mostly on subjects related to human rights. King Leopold's Ghost was the winner of the prestigious Duff Cooper Prize and Bury the Chains was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
Zusammenfassung
The remarkable story of the American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section - i: List of Maps Section - ii: Author's Note Introduction - iii: Prologue: Far from Home Chapter - 1: Chasing Moneychangers from the Temple Chapter - 2: Promised Land, Black Wings Chapter - 3: "Those Who Do Not Think as We Do" Chapter - 4: A New Heaven and Earth Chapter - 5: "I Will Destroy Madrid" Chapter - 6: "Don't Try to Catch Me" Chapter - 7: Rifles from the 1860s Chapter - 8: Over the Mountains Chapter - 9: Civil War at the Times Chapter - 10: The Man Who Loved Dictators Chapter - 11: Devil's Bargain Chapter - 12: "I Don't Think I Would Write about That If I Were You" Chapter - 13: "As Good a Method of Getting Married as Any Other" Chapter - 14: Texaco Goes to War Chapter - 15: "In My Book You'll Be an American" Chapter - 16: "A Letter to My Novia" Chapter - 17: "Only a Few Grains of Sand Left in the Hourglass" Chapter - 18: At the River's Edge Chapter - 19: A Change of Heart? Chapter - 20: Gambling for Time Chapter - 21: The Taste of Tears Chapter - 22: Kaddish Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements Section - iv: Notes Section - v: Bibliography Section - vi: Photo Credits Index - vii: Index Acknowledgements - viii: Permissions Acknowledgements
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Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: 20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 464
Inhalt: 352 S.
32 Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9781509810604
ISBN-10: 1509810609
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hochschild, Adam
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 197 x 131 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Adam Hochschild
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,354 kg
preigu-id: 108587217
Über den Autor
Adam Hochschild is an award-winning author of seven books, mostly on subjects related to human rights. King Leopold's Ghost was the winner of the prestigious Duff Cooper Prize and Bury the Chains was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
Zusammenfassung
The remarkable story of the American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section - i: List of Maps Section - ii: Author's Note Introduction - iii: Prologue: Far from Home Chapter - 1: Chasing Moneychangers from the Temple Chapter - 2: Promised Land, Black Wings Chapter - 3: "Those Who Do Not Think as We Do" Chapter - 4: A New Heaven and Earth Chapter - 5: "I Will Destroy Madrid" Chapter - 6: "Don't Try to Catch Me" Chapter - 7: Rifles from the 1860s Chapter - 8: Over the Mountains Chapter - 9: Civil War at the Times Chapter - 10: The Man Who Loved Dictators Chapter - 11: Devil's Bargain Chapter - 12: "I Don't Think I Would Write about That If I Were You" Chapter - 13: "As Good a Method of Getting Married as Any Other" Chapter - 14: Texaco Goes to War Chapter - 15: "In My Book You'll Be an American" Chapter - 16: "A Letter to My Novia" Chapter - 17: "Only a Few Grains of Sand Left in the Hourglass" Chapter - 18: At the River's Edge Chapter - 19: A Change of Heart? Chapter - 20: Gambling for Time Chapter - 21: The Taste of Tears Chapter - 22: Kaddish Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements Section - iv: Notes Section - v: Bibliography Section - vi: Photo Credits Index - vii: Index Acknowledgements - viii: Permissions Acknowledgements
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: 20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 464
Inhalt: 352 S.
32 Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9781509810604
ISBN-10: 1509810609
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hochschild, Adam
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 197 x 131 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Adam Hochschild
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,354 kg
preigu-id: 108587217
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