History of Spanish Civil War
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This study examines the stand taken by Spanish bishops towards Francoist repression during the Spanish Civil War. The aim is to establish the extent of the bishops’ collaboration with Francoist repression and the reasons behind their... more
"The Origins of British Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War: Anglo-Spanish Relations in Early 1936", European History Quarterly, vol. 21, nº 3, 1991, pp. 339-364.
[Spanish language article] .................. Esta es la primera publicación sobre ‘El Aliento y el Barro’ (‘The Spirit and the Clay’), by Shevawn Lynam, en Euskadi o en el estado. Da a conocer la novela como un documento único sobre la... more
Med Albert Scherfig, Daniel Madsen og Nadia Zarling En aften i august 1936 cykler tre brødre af sted fra København. Destinationen er Spanien, hvor et fascistisk oprør er brudt ud en måned tidligere. De frygter, at hvis det lykkes for... more
El artículo realiza una propuesta para abordar el estudio de la Cultura Material de la Sección Femenina, a través de sus Objetos, Contextos y Paisaje.
Capítulo de Libro: Albion's Perfidy: The British Government and the Spanish Civil War , en Jim Jump (ed.), Looking Back at the Spanish Civil War, Londres, Lawrence & Wishart, 2010, pp. 93-110.
El asedio del Alcázar de Toledo y el Frente Sur del Tajo son dos episodios significativos de la Guerra Civil española. En este sentido, un grupo de investigadores ha generado un ambicioso proyecto para dar a conocer el conflicto desde... more
Reseña de la novela gráfica, Los surcos del azar, que narra la historia de La Nueve, compañía formada por republicanos españoles al mando de general Leclerc, grupo que encabezaría la liberación de París en 1944.
Insgesamt wurden in den Jahren 1940 bis 1945 etwa 8.700 spanische Republikaner in die nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager verschleppt. Rund 60% von ihnen haben ihre Haft nicht überlebt. Mit etwa 7.200 wurden in das... more
Responding to David Harvey’s critique of my paper ‘Why a radical geography must be anarchist’, I once again reiterate the importance of anarchist perspectives in contemporary politics and geographical praxis. In challenging Harvey on the... more
historiographic review of Julián Casanova, A Short History of the Spanish Civil War (2019)
Was Hans Beimler, the German communist leader in the International Brigades, murdered by his own side in December 1936?
In this paper we present a specific coastal defence work from the Spanish Civil War in Cantabria: the gun emplacements. They are constructions of diverse types, built by the Republican army between Winter and Summer 1937 and distributed... more
Chapter in the book titled: Franco: la represión como sistema
The purpose of this article is to analyse the participation of Latvian volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). To examine this historical episode, diverse international archival sources have been processed, in order to produce a... more
Ian Gibson's account of Lorca's death has serious shortcomings: he has made invaluable contributions of facts, but slips on the interpretation of these facts. See my review of his </i>The Death of Lorca</>, which he pointedly never... more
Najati Sidqi (1905–1979) was a leading figure in Arab and Palestinian communism. A leader of the trade union movement in Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s, he represented the Palestine Communist Party in the Comintern and was one of... more
Talks about the conflict b/w the nationalists & republicans-establishment of Franco's regime.
The number of Jewish volunteers who joined the International Brigades (IB) in order to defend the Spanish Republic against the Nationalist rebels was very high. Their presence among volunteers from each nation was in most cases greatly... more
A new, enlarged and greatly revised biography, building on Hugh Purcell's original 2004 edition.
Uit iedere oorlog groeien legendes. Ik heb mij lang afgevraagd waarom er tussen de bijna 2400 vrijwilligers uit België die in Spanje gingen vechten, niemand tot een 'mythische' icoon uitgroeide. Piet Akkerman, een Antwerpse diamantzager... more
La guerre de 1936 signifie la fin de l’intellectuel traditionnel qui signe des manifestes, prononce des discours et rédige des articles de presse. Ses voies d’action et ses moyens d’expression traditionnels sont devenus inutiles : les... more
WAR, REVOLUTION AND REACTION IN SPAIN, 1898-1975
Account for the failure of Spain to industrialize before 1914
Account for the failure of Spain to industrialize before 1914
"An assemblage of 23 fired 9 mm bullets found at the atrium of the Menga dolmen during the University of Málaga 1991 excavations is described and studied. These bullets are first described from a morphological and ballistic viewpoint;... more
У раду се, првенствено на основу до сада некоришћене шпанске и југословенске архивске грађе, анализира политика Краљевине Југославије према Шпанском грађанском рату. Поменута грађа открива на који начин је југословенска влада креирала... more