Arms for Spain
Subtitle: the untold story of the Spanish Civil War
By: Gerald Howson.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780312241773
Subjects: Arms transfers -- Spain -- History -- 20th century; Arms transfers -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Military assistance, European -- Spain -- History -- 20th century; Spain -- Military relations -- Europe; Europe -- Military relations -- Spain; Embargo; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Equipment and supplies; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-343) and index.
Table of contents: title: A note on money; title: Maps; title: Contrasts; title: The time of chaos; title: Air-mindedness; title: Paris; title: Men and armaments; title: Non-intervention; title: Malraux and his men; title: Setbacks; title: The London junta; title: Little men in black suits with bags of gold; title: The Caravanserai; title: Liege; title: The confidential agent; title: The arms-purchasing commission; title: Warsaw; title: The Non-Intervention Committee; title: Stalin; title: Operation "X"; title: Soviet arms; title: Soviet prices; title: Prague; title: A prospect of unlimited opportunities; title: The Manhattan purchases; title: These deadly weapons of war; title: Nine million dollars; title: Buying from the enemy; title: Prieto; title: Krivitsky and company; title: Nether world; title: Blockade; title: This question is no longer important; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix 1.; title: French military aircraft in the Spanish Civil War; title: Malraux; title: Appendix 2.; title: Polish arms shipments to Spain, 9 September 1936-25 September 1937; title: Supplementary information; title: Appendix 3.; title: Soviet arms shipments to the Spanish Republic, September 1936-February 1939; title: Appendix 4.; title: Sweden and Switzerland; title: Yugoslavia; title: The P.Z.L.; title: P.37 Los