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The Spanish Civil War. Hugh Thomas. Modern Library, - History - pages. 4 Reviews. "Mr. Thomas has understood [the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, 4/5(4). For decades, Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War (first written in and periodically expanded and updated until Thomas's death) has been the standard English-language history of that cataclysmic conflict. Despite its forbidding length (1, pages in its last revision) and the topic's sheer scope, it's briskly written and surprisingly accessible/5. The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 February Verified Purchase. Originally published in , this is the definitive english language history of the Spanish Civil War, describing the major political and military events of the conflict in plus pages of narrative, with numerous maps, some photographs and appendices giving statistics of industrial Reviews:

Hugh Thomas. The spanish CIVIL war. Fourth Edition. Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War () won the Somerset Maugham prize. He is the author of Cuba: Or the Pursuit of Freedom (), An Unfinished History of the World (), Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés and the Fall of Old Mexico. Spanish Civil War (), military revolt by Nationalist rebels, supported by conservative elements within the country, against the Republican government of Spain. When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, fought with great ferocity on both sides. The Spanish Civil War is a book by British historian Hugh Thomas, first published in London by Eyre Spottiswoode (xxix, pages, illustrated with photos and maps). It won the Somerset Maugham Prize in A second revised edition was published by Penguin Books in

"Mr. Thomas has understood [the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject."--Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book Review A masterpiece of the historian's art, Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth. “Mr. Thomas has understood [the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject.”—Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book ReviewA masterpiece of the historian’s art, Hugh Thomas’s The Spanish Civil War remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the. The Spanish Civil War is a book by British historian Hugh Thomas, first published in London by Eyre Spottiswoode (xxix, pages, illustrated with photos and maps). It won the Somerset Maugham Prize in A second revised edition was published by Penguin Books in