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| Title: | Defence of Madrid
: An Eyewitness Account of the Spanish Civil War |
| Author: | Geoffrey Cox |
| ISBN: | 1877372382 : 9781877372384 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 213 |
| Weight: | .37 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Otago Press - November 2006 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Spain: Civil war: European history (not UK & Eire) |
Goodies and baddies take some sorting out in this tale of the siege of Madrid by Franco's right-wing forces supported by the Nazis and the fascist regime of Mussolini (the 'rebels'), against the civilian population and its government representatives, just elected, who happened to be left-wing. Once sorted, Cox's account of the city under attack, in one of the twentieth century's first urban wars, has all too many echoes today. This new edition, with an introduction and selection of historical photographs, as well as samples of Cox's journalism from the front, will confirm its position as one of the classics of twentieth-century reportage. It is being published for the 70th anniversary of the event.
