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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gerald Howson |
| ISBN: | 0312241771 9780312241773 |
| OCLC Number: | 42706615 |
| Description: | xi, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | A note on money -- Maps -- Contrasts -- The time of chaos -- Air-mindedness -- Paris -- Men and armaments -- Non-intervention -- Malraux and his men -- Setbacks -- The London junta -- Little men in black suits with bags of gold -- The Caravanserai -- Liege -- The confidential agent -- The arms-purchasing commission -- Warsaw -- The Non-Intervention Committee -- Stalin -- Operation "X" -- Soviet arms -- Soviet prices -- Prague -- A prospect of unlimited opportunities -- The Manhattan purchases -- These deadly weapons of war -- Nine million dollars -- Buying from the enemy -- Prieto -- Krivitsky and company -- Nether world -- Blockade -- This question is no longer important -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. French military aircraft in the Spanish Civil War -- Malraux -- Appendix 2. Polish arms shipments to Spain, 9 September 1936-25 September 1937 -- Supplementary information -- Appendix 3. Soviet arms shipments to the Spanish Republic, September 1936-February 1939 -- Appendix 4. Sweden and Switzerland -- Yugoslavia -- The P.Z.L.P.37 Los. |
| Responsibility: | Gerald Howson. |
Abstract:
The victory of fascism in Spain in 1936 set the stage for World War II. As Gerald Howson argues in this startling and compelling new look at the Spanish Civil War, that victory was ensured by the non-fascist European powers. When military officers and rich landowners rebelled against the left-wing Spanish government in 1936, the Spanish Republic found itself abandoned by other European nations. Hoping to prevent the escalation of the conflict into a world war, European leaders created an international arms embargo against Spain. Through a unique combination of exhaustive research, forensic skills, and technical expertise on armaments, Gerald Howson establishes that the arms embargo played a much greater part in the Republic's defeat than is usually acknowledged. - Jacket flap.
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