Scots And The Spanish Civil War

Author : Raeburn Fraser Raeburn
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474459501

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Scots and the Spanish Civil War by Raeburn Fraser Raeburn Pdf

Few causes before or since have inspired such passion, determination and sacrifice than the Spanish Civil War (1936-9). This book explores the many ways in which Scots responded to the war in Spain, covering the activists and humanitarians who raised funds and awareness at home, as well as the hundreds of Scots who journeyed to Spain to fight as part of the International Brigades. Their stories reflect much larger narratives of the rise of European fascism, the networks and cultures of international communism and the wider modern phenomenon of transnational foreign fighters.Scots and the Spanish Civil War is a groundbreaking study of Scottish involvement in one of the 20th century's most famous and divisive conflicts, drawing on newly-declassified government documents and international archives in Spain and beyond. As well as shedding new light on Scottish politics in the 1930s, Fraser Raeburn argues that this case study - part of the largest wave of foreign war volunteering in the 20th century - can help us understand other such mobilisations, past and present.

Author : Fraser Raeburn
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474459495

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Scots and the Spanish Civil War by Fraser Raeburn Pdf

Drawing on newly-declassified government documents and international archives in Spain and beyond, this book explores the many ways in which Scots responded to the Spanish Civil War (1936-9).

Author : Daniel Gray
Publisher : Luath Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1906817162

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Homage to Caledonia by Daniel Gray Pdf

The Spanish civil war was a call to arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of which over 500 were from Scotland. The first book of its kind, Homage to Caledonia examines Scotland's role in the conflict, detailing exactly why Scottish involvement was so profound. The book moves chronologically through events and places, firstly surveying the landscape in contemporary Scotland before describing volunteers' journeys to Spain, and then tracing their every involvement from arrival to homecoming (or not). There is also an account of the non-combative role, from fundraising for Spain and medical aid, to political manoeuvrings within the volatile Scottish left. Using a wealth of previously-unpublished letters sent back from the front as well as other archival items, Daniel Gray is able to tell little known stories of courage in conflict, and to call into question accepted versions of events such as the 'murder' of Bob Smillie, or the heroism of 'The Scots Scarlet Pimpernel'. Homage to Caledonia offers a very human take on events in Spain: for every tale of abject distress in a time of war, there is a tale of a Scottish volunteer urinating in his general's boots, knocking back a dram with Errol Flynn or appalling Spanish comrades with his pipe playing. For the first time, read the fascinating story of Caledonia's role in this seminal conflict.

Author : Daniel Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913025365

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Homage to Caledonia by Daniel Gray Pdf

Shortlisted for the History Book of the Year category of the 2009 Saltire Literary Awards The Spanish Civil War was a call to arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of which over 500 were from Scotland. The first book of its kind, Homage to Caledonia examines Scotland's role in the conflict, detailing exactly why Scottish involvement was so profound. The book moves chronologically through events and places, firstly surveying the landscape in contemporary Scotland before describing volunteers' journeys to Spain, and then tracing their every involvement from arrival to homecoming (or not). There is also an account of the non-combative role, from fundraising for Spain and medical aid, to political manoeuvrings within the volatile Scottish left. Using a wealth of previously-unpublished letters sent back from the front as well as other archival items, Daniel Gray is able to tell little known stories of courage in conflict, and to call into question accepted versions of events such as the 'murder' of Bob Smillie, or the heroism of 'The Scots Scarlet Pimpernel'. Homage to Caledonia offers a very human take on events in Spain: for every tale of abject distress in a time of war, there is a tale of a Scottish volunteer urinating in his general's boots, knocking back a dram with Errol Flynn or appalling Spanish comrades with his pipe playing. For the first time, read the fascinating story of Caledonia's role in this seminal conflict.

Author : Danny Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351664738

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Revolution and the State by Danny Evans Pdf

This book analyses the processes of revolution and state reconstruction that took place in the Republican zone during the Spanish civil war. It focuses on the radical anarchists who sought to advance the revolutionary agenda. Their activity came into conflict with the leaders of the libertarian organisations committed to the reconstruction of the Republican state following its near collapse in July 1936. This process implied participation not only in the organs of governance but also in the ideological reconstitution of the Republic as a patriarchal and national entity. Using original sources, the book shows that the opposition to this process was both broader and more ideologically consistent than has hitherto been assumed, and that, in spite of its heterogeneity, it united around a common revolutionary programme. This resistance to state reconstruction was informed by the essential insight of anarchism: that the function and purpose of the modern state cannot be transformed from within. By situating the struggles of the radical anarchists within the contested process of state reconstruction, the book affirms the continued relevance of this insight to the study of the Spanish revolution.

Author : Robbie Gordon,Jack Nurse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350354821

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549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War by Robbie Gordon,Jack Nurse Pdf

YOU CAN GO PROUDLY. YOU ARE HISTORY. YOU ARE LEGEND. 1936. In villages, towns and cities across Scotland, 549 lives are gradually intertwining. People of contrasting backgrounds, ideologies and religions. Spurred on by their burning passion for equality and freedom, they will form the Scottish ranks of the Spanish Civil War's legendary International Brigade. 2022. The country is in crisis. In a small pub in Prestonpans, East Lothian, four millennials are told a story. The true story of four local miners who, over 80 years ago, travelled from the streets of Prestonpans to the valleys of Spain. They gave up everything that was familiar: for a land that was not; for a people they had never met; and for a cause they believed was right. 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War, a play with songs and storytelling, is a timely insight into one of Scotland's almost forgotten conflicts and was first performed 7 February 2018 at Prestonpans Town Hall.

Author : Kate O'Brien
Publisher : Little Brown and Company (UK)
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1844084027

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Farewell Spain by Kate O'Brien Pdf

This distinctly personal elegy was written during the early days of the Spanish Civil War by a writer whose future was indelibly marked by a year of travelling in a unique and changing country. A series of reminiscences, impressions and vivid insights, Kate O'Brien's thoughtful journey offers something unique at every stage, and captures perfectly the spirit of a lost place and the experience of travel and memory.

Author : J. H. Elliott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300240719

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Scots and Catalans by J. H. Elliott Pdf

A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This first sustained comparative study uncovers the similarities and the contrasts between the Scottish and Catalan experiences across a five-hundred-year period, beginning with the royal marriages that brought about union with their more powerful neighbors, England and Castile respectively, and following the story through the centuries from the end of the Middle Ages until today’s dramatic events. J. H. Elliott examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and emotional factors that divide Scots and Catalans from the larger nations to which their fortunes were joined. He offers new insights into the highly topical subject of the character and development of European nationalism, the nature of separatism, and the sense of grievance underlying the secessionist aspirations that led to the Scottish referendum of 2014, the illegal Catalan referendum of October 2017, and the resulting proclamation of an independent Catalan republic.

Author : Stanley G. Payne
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300130782

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The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union, and Communism by Stanley G. Payne Pdf

In this compelling book Stanley G. Payne offers the first comprehensive narrative of Soviet and Communist intervention in the revolution and civil war in Spain. He documents in unprecedented detail Soviet strategies, Comintern activities, and the role of the Communist party in Spain from the early 1930s to the end of the civil war in 1939. Drawing on a very broad range of Soviet and Spanish primary sources, including many only recently available, Payne changes our understanding of Soviet and Communist intentions in Spain, of Stalin’s decision to intervene in the Spanish war, of the widely accepted characterization of the conflict as the struggle of fascism against democracy, and of the claim that Spain’s war constituted the opening round of World War II. The author arrives at a new view of the Spanish Civil War and concludes not only that the Democratic Republic had many undemocratic components but also that the position of the Communist party was by no means counterrevolutionary.

Author : Shirley Mangini,Shirley Mangini González
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300058160

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Memories of Resistance by Shirley Mangini,Shirley Mangini González Pdf

She discusses the factors that provoked the war and how they affected Spanish women - both the "visible" women who during the turbulent 1920s and 1930s tried to become part of mainstream politics and the "invisible" women who came to the fore during the revolutionary years of the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1936 and became activists in the protest against the military insurrection of 1936.

Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007005

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Scots Armies of the English Civil Wars by Stuart Reid Pdf

In the summer of 1642 the First Civil War between king and parliament had broken out in England. Initially both sides were confident of victory, but after the first campaigns ended in stalemate they began looking for allies. The meddling of the Stuart Kings with Scotland's religious traditions provoked the National Covenant, and later the Solemn League and Covenant. Yet many Scots continued to support the King, and after his execution, his exiled son.This fine text by Stuart Reid examines the Scots armies who fought in the English Civil Wars, and features numerous illustrations and photographs, including full page colour plates by Graham Turner.

Author : Michael Alpert
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526764379

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The Spanish Civil War at Sea by Michael Alpert Pdf

The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 underlined the importance of the sea as the supply route to both General Franco's insurgents and the Spanish Republic. There were attempted blockades by Franco as well as attacks by his Italian and German allies against legitimate neutral, largely British, merchant shipping bound for Spanish Republican ports and challenges to the Royal Navy, which was obliged to maintain a heavy presence in the area. The conflict provoked splits in British public opinion. Events at sea both created and reflected the international tensions of the latter 1930s, when the policy of appeasement of Germany and Italy dissuaded Britain from taking action against those countries’ activities in Spain, except to participate in a largely ineffective naval patrol to try to prevent the supply of war material to both sides. The book is based on original documentary sources in both Britain and Spain and is intended for the general reader as well as students and academics interested in the history of the 1930s, in naval matters and in the Spanish Civil War.

Author : Lisa A. Kirschenbaum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107106277

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International Communism and the Spanish Civil War by Lisa A. Kirschenbaum Pdf

This book provides an intimate picture of international communism in the Stalin era. Focusing on Americans and Spaniards who worked or studied in Moscow and later participated in the Spanish civil war, it uncovers the personal and political ties that linked communists to one another and the Soviet Union.

Author : Hannah Cowley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Drama
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000043506

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The Belle's Stratagem by Hannah Cowley Pdf

Author : Liam Cahill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1914225449

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From Suir to Jarama by Liam Cahill Pdf