The Spanish Cockpit: An Eyewitness Account of the Spanish Civil War
Franz Borkenau (1900 - 1957) was born and grew up in Vienna. In Germany after WW I he became involved in the Communist Party, but broke with them with the advent of Stalinism, emigrating to France and then England on Hitler's rise to power. He returned to Germany after WWII and taught history, then moved into journalism. He was primarily interested in the development of Communism and the origins of Western culture.