About this title: With a keen eye for detail and unparalleled insight, Thomas reassembles the dramatic chain of events that tore apart a nation and led to the tragedy of a civil war that captured the emotions of an entire world. "A full, vivid, and deeply serious treatment of a great subject".--New York Times Book Review. Maps.
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper Colophon Books, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 8vo 8"-9" tall; Soft covers. Light spine creasing. Reinforced with staples at spine edge inside front covers. Light creasing of back cover. No ownership marks. All pages are clean and remain bright.; 720 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. name inside front cover tpb by hugh thomas. 720 p. : illus.; 23 cm. Includes Illustrations. Includes bibliography. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780671758769ISBN:0671758764
Description: Very Good. History. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ExLib: usual markings. Tight, clean, unmarked text, minimal shelfwear. Very good reading copy. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Revised ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. A solid reading copy. Unmarked text pages with tight binding and evenly creased spine. Cover shows mild corner wear and shelf and edge rubbing, esp on back. Page edges are mildly darked with age. Prev ownr name inside... 911p., ill., 19 cm. Previous ed. (B61-7927), Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover wear; no remainder mark; no writing in book; no spine crease; binding straight, tight; pages bright, odor-free; will pack securely, ship promptly with Delivery Confirmaion. 720 p. : illus.; 23 cm. Includes Illustrations. Includes bibliography. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers c1961
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. Underlining. Name written on text of page 51, text still readable. No dust jacket. Light soiling, wear to boards. Corners bumped. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers c1961
Date Published: 1961
Description: G in None jacket. 1961 Harper Hardcover / no dust jacket. Book is in good condition. Black cloth over board covers have minor edge and corner rubbing. Spine is clean with bold text. Pages are clean and binding is solid but shaken. read more
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. HC. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick Average Size Book. 1930's, Spain, Franco, Civil War. 720p., includes appendices, select biblio, index, some b/w photos and some maps. Light wear covers. Bottom corner text slightly dingy. T55. read more
Edition: Revised ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: B&W Photographs. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Used Fading and wear to orange cloth at spine, 8vo, 1115pp [heavy book, shipping at cost]. read more
"After Mom left Dad she developed a medical condition which she could not pay for--despite the fact she worked full-time at a hospital--and had to move back to Norway where medical care was available for free, even for a native daughter who had taken on U.S. citizenship years before. I visited her there upon graduating from seminary and met the fellow, Egil, whom she was ultimately to wed.
Egil Karlsen, like many Norwegians, had a condo on the Mediterranean shore of Spain, not too far west of Malaga. For the rest of Mom's life we were to get together either there, occasionally, or, annually, when she and he would come to visit her family and friends in the States. Ultimately, I visited Spain three times: once with Linda, once alone and once with my brother Fin.
Prior to the first visit I decided to read up on modern Spanish history and, scanning the bookshelves, came upon Thomas' The Spanish Civil War. It was an ideal choice as it covers much more than the war itself, going way back in explaining the political, cultural and class divisions of the country which led to the conflict. The period of the thirties was pretty familiar to me in its North American and European aspects, but the focus on Spain was new.
Surprisingly, in Spain I found few young people interested or very knowledgeable about their recent history. Andalusia appeared to be pretty political, judging by the stickers and painted slogans (mostly left wing in those parts) all over the place, but the best conversation I had about the civil war was with an older taxi driver. The only younger person who ever got into the subject with me was a female lawyer I spent an afternoon with in Madrid while changing planes."
"This thoroughly comprehensive and somewhat exhausting history nevertheless kept me more or less engrossed for its substantial duration. While difficult to keep track of the various politicians, activists, commanders and generals that make appearances throughout, Thomas nevertheless projects a intensely dramatic account of this wrenching and defining 20th century moment. Certain figures and moments will be vividly lodged in my head forever, as described by Thomas - among them the heroic defense of Madrid, Gen. Queipo de Llano's propaganda broadcasts, the snowbound battle for Teruel, and La Pasionaria's emotional farewell address to the International Brigades in the Republic's twilight. Thomas' narrative is surprisingly balanced, appropriately conveying tragedy and atrocity on both sides of the conflict. A great book well worth the time investment."
"Having lived in Spain during 1973-1975, roughly the last two years of Francisco Franco's life, I have long been interested in the story of the Spanish Civil War and of the passions it raised in various ideological camps in both Europe and the Western Hemisphere. I've read several accounts, including the very personal one Orwell provides in Homage to Catalonia. Yet for some reason, I've never tackled what many consider the premier English-language source, Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War.
I may have hesitated to do so because I'd heard Thomas took ideological "sides" in the conflict:specifically Republican. I found that not to be the case, and I also find that Thomas was no apologist for the Communists or Anarchists. What I did find was a detailed and impartial work of history (at least as impartial as one could be just 21 years after the end of the war - as was the case at the publication of the first edition). While i know revised editions have appeared as late as the 1990's, which I'd like to read some day, I wanted to experience what first came from the pen of Thomas, and was not disappointed.
Neither side in the conflict is either approved or completely condemned, but both are perhaps understood a little better after having read this fine work of history."
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