"Best books on Spanish Civil War" Topic

Greetings

I have only collected and gamed pre 20th century, but recently saw a 4 part documentary on Franco. I found the first the most interesting. Early tank warfare seems pretty interesting although I understand tanks were not often effectively used in the SCW.

I've found a paper copy of "For whom the Dice Rolls" and am awaiting its arrival. Any suggestions on books?

Thanks in advance.

Read Long Live Death by A.H. Lloyd was a good review of the Spanish Civil War

If your are interested in uniforms – Bueno is a good place to start along with the SCW Ospreys.

If you are interested in the IB – my area if interest
Americans
Edwin Rolfe The Lincoln BN
Art Landis The Abraham Lincoln BDE
Robert Rosenstone Crusade of the Left
Peter Carroll The Odessey of the Abraham Lincoln BDE
Alvah Bessie Men in Battle
Adam Hochschild Spain in Our Hearts
Cecil Eby (read with a large grain of salt) Comrades and Commissars

Canadians
Victor Hoar (Howard) The Mackenzie-Papineau BN
Mike Petrou Renegades
Mark Zuehlke The Gallant Cause

IB History
Giles Tremlett The International Brigades
Verle B. Johnson Legion of Babel

If you have a specific interest let me know --- There are tons of books including a 16 volume history of the Welsh. And many memoirs.

Chris B.

As for board games, a great way to get the feel for the war, I really enjoyed Crusade and Revolution from Compass. I also picked up Land & Freedom which looks at the issues facing the Republicans.

Here are a couple how to videos;

C&R: YouTube link

L&F: YouTube link

Anthony Beevors "Spanish Civil War" is a decent summary, the later edition, not the first, which is pretty dreadful.

The classic book is The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas, although a bit old now, it is very comprehensive.

Thanks to you all!

@14Bore and @Martin Rapier I have ordered both books (Martin I've gone for the Thomas work first).

@ stephen m thank you for thinking about board games – I'd forgotten about that as a resource and will check out the youtube postings.

@Major B
The international Brigades are I think the reason I got hooked: what conflict generates that?
I am an Australian with European parents, so my initial interest will be outside of the US and Canadian contributions. I'd love to get your views on what is available. I'm at takemebacktoelba on gmail if you had some time. Email address is a bit of a give away about my entry into the hobby…

Thanks again to you all.

I have to doubly thank you all as I have just realised there is a Spanish Civil War thread in the WWII domain!

For an Australian angle to the Spanish Civil War, here are a couple of reading suggestions:

Australia & the Spanish Civil War: Activism & Reaction
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Australian Participation in the Spanish Civil War
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Ezza

I really enjoyed George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

Hello Lets
Good to see SCW interest.
You might consider Beevor's SCW book on audio.
That allows you to spend time painting/modelling and listening.
The huge amount of leader names can get confusing though.

martin

Homage to Caledonia (terrible title) about Scots in the War – including the Duchess of Atholl – an unlikely but staunch supporter of the Republic.

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I really enjoyed George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

Same here.

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