Defence of Madrid
Subtitle: An Eyewitness Account From the Spanish Civil War
Publisher: University of Otago Press
Published: November 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781877372384
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; History; History - General History; History: World; Spain; General; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Military - Other
Description: "Geoffrey Cox's eyewitness account of 1936 Madrid under aerial and ground attack from Franco and his fascist allies is republished in this new edition with a foreword by Professor Paul Preston and an introduction by Michael O'Shaughnessy. Seventy years on from the events it records, the daily routine of a city pounded by one of the first urban wars of the twentieth century is brought to life."--BOOK JACKET.