Comrades. Tales of a brigadista in the spanish Civil War
Editorial UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS
- ISBN13 9780803220065
- ISBN10 0803220065
- Tipo Libro
- Páginas 197
- Año de Edición 1998
- Encuadernación Tela
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Historia Contemporánea De EspañaComrades. Tales of a brigadista in the spanish Civil War
Editorial UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
The Spanish Civil War served as an ideological and physical battleground for visionary Americans wishing to combat the spread of fascism. Harry Fisher was one such idealist who became a soldier in the famed Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the American contingent of international volunteers dedicated to defeating Franco's forces. Fisher was one of the earliest American volunteers and one of the few to participate in all the major battles. Under a barrage of shells, bombs, and bullets for eighteen months, he lost his illusions about war's efficacy in solving political issues. To this day a despondence often overwhelms him when he recalls a family photograph he found jutting from the pocket of a slain fascist soldier. His involvement taught him that up close the dead, whether fascist soldiers or his own fallen comrades, looked alike.