Spain in Our Hearts

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From the acclaimed, best selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell a tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed For three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated headlines in America and around the world, as volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a fascist uprising led by Francisco Franco and aided by Hitler and Mussolini Today we re accustomed to remembering the war through Hemingway s For Whom the Bell Tolls and Robert Capa s photographs But Adam Hochschild has discovered some less familiar yet far compelling characters who reveal the full tragedy and importance of the war a fiery nineteen year old Kentucky woman who went to wartime Spain on her honeymoon, a Swarth College senior who was the first American casualty in the battle for Madrid, a pair of fiercely partisan, rivalrous New York Times reporters who covered the war from opposites sides, and a swashbuckling Texas oilman with Nazi sympathies who sold Franco almost all his oil at reduced prices, and on credit It was in many ways the opening battle of World War II, and we still have much to learn from it Spain in Our Hearts is Adam Hochschild at his very best. Free Read Spain in Our Hearts Author Adam Hochschild For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Years ago I saw the film, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie about a teacher in a Scottish girl s school who strayed from the school curriculum by praising Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini while romanticizing the Spanish Civil War The arguments she used in her classroom reappear in Adam Hochschild s new book SPAIN IN OUR HEARTS AMERICANS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, 1936 1939 as the author presents the positions of multiple sides engaged in the fight for Republican Spain The title leads one to belie Years ago I saw the film, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie about a teacher in a Scottish girl s school who strayed from the school curriculum by praising Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini while romanticizing the Spanish Civil War The arguments she used in her classroom reappear in Adam Hochschild s new book SPAIN IN OUR HEARTS AMERICANS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, 1936 1939 as the author presents the positions of multiple sides engaged in the fight for Republican Spain The title leads one to believe that the books main focus is on the American experience, but in reality Hochschild paints a much wider canvas that includes Spaniards, French, Italian, German, Russian, in addition to American actors Hoc...This was provocative.in that I was angered or annoyed at Texaco, which gave Franco all the oil he wanted, on credit, in contravention of United States Law and played footsies with Hitler, without remorse and suffered nothing but continued and increased wealth Torkild Rieber, Texaco s chairman, was unabashed and unrepentant in his friendship with G ring Years after this war and the one to follow, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B DeMille were all happy to meet w This was provocative.in that I was angered or annoyed at Texaco, which gave Franco all the oil he wanted, on credit, in contravention of United States Law and played footsies with Hitler, without remorse and suffered nothing but continued and increased wealth Torkild Rieber, Texaco s chairman, was unabashed and unrepentant in his friendship with G ring Years after this war and the one to follow, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B DeMille were all happy to meet with Rieber and Franco s daughter and her husband Virtually every journalist covering the war, whose agenda trumped truth This revelation within was shoc...For anyone with an interest in the Spanish Civil War, Hoschild s book is a must I would recommend it highly for a first time approach to the subject It is written with the usual Hoschild flair for combining history with storytelling as it is told through the perspective of a number of American and English men and women who traveled or fought in Spain during the war, an otherwise chronological and rather complete history of the conflict becomes very accessible to readers, especially non Spanis For anyone with an interest in the Spanish Ci...This author is a superb historian and storyteller weaving enough personal stories to keep us connected on a human level, while still making sure the numbers, dates, battles are covered I learned a tremendous amount, especially about the conflict within the Republican side between the Soviets and the Anarchists, and other self defeating divisions And, although i knew that the western democracies refused to help the el... Spain in Our Hearts is a well researched book about American volunteers who fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on the side of the Republic during the Spanish Civil War Hochschild relies upon published and unpublished memoirs and the correspondence of soldiers, behind the lines spouses, journalists and celebrities to shape his book But for me it seemed disjointed, jumping too frequently between the many personal narratives It felt as if Hochschild was unsure whether he was writing a history Spain in Our Hearts is a well researched book about American volunteers who fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on the side of the Republic during the Spanish Civil War Hochschild relies upon published and unpublished mem...An exploration of the Spanish Civil War that highlights the horrors authoritarian regimes bring in their wake Funny thing is, horrific things happened whether that authoritarian regime is Stalinist Stalin purged millions of dissenters in Russia during the War s timeframe and his commissars suppressed independence in Republican Spain or from fascist Franco And while the fascist Spanish Nationalists acts seemhorrendous than those carried out by backers of the democratic Spanish Repu An exploration of the Spanish Civil War that highlights the horrors authoritarian regimes bring in their wake Funny thing is, horrific things happened whether that authoritarian regime is Stalinist Stalin purged millions of dissenters in Russia during the War s timeframe and his commissars suppressed independence in Republican Spain or from fascist Franco And while the fascist Spanish Nationalists acts seemhorrendous than those carried out by ba...A fascinating description of the participation of idealistic American and other international volunteers in the Spanish Civil War This book concentrates on the American volunteers, but also some general history of the Spanish Civil War and some other volunteers from other countries I think Franco s victory is widely understood to be because of the enormous aid he received from Hitler and Mussolini, but very few realize how much he really won the war due to Texaco, and to a lesser extent the A fascinating description of the participation of idealistic American and other international volunteers in the Spanish Civil War This book concentrates on the American volunteers, but also some ge...This is the first non fiction book that I ve read about the Spanish Civil War I found this book fascinating As a result, I decided to order THE BATTLE FOR SPAIN, HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, and THE SPANISH HOLOCAUST.Pain in our Hearts Hochschild teaches at Cal and co founded Mother Jones so his world view is ascertainable before cracking this one open He asks himself if he would have hero ed up to join the Republican International Brigade fighting very grim odds against fascism but never really FOR communism or anarchy in Spain Hochschild also asks if you can have a revolution while fighting a war He is overly sympathetic with the Republicans Franco and the Nationalists were indeed nefarious but Pain in our Hearts Hochschild teaches at Cal and co founded Mother Jones so his world view is ascertainable before cracking this one open He asks himself if he would have hero ed up to join the Republican International Brigade fighting very grim odds against fascism but never really FOR communism or anarchy in Spain Hochschild also asks if you can have a revolution while fighting a war He is overly sympathetic with the Republicans Franco and the Nationalists were indeed nefarious but the civil war is yet again romanticized in this book A lot was knowable about Stalinism from the public purges inside the USSR and the quieter executions within Spain and against those heroes returning to the USSR from Spain to famine and collectivization at this point The Republican true believers get the kid glove treatment when it comes to atrocities Things were not black and white despite Hochschild s claim that people thought of the worldthat way Americans fighting...This book put together a detailed picture of world events in the 1930s, and I only wish my parents were still alive so I could interview them on their own experiences during those difficult times The book is so very well researched and presented, I can only share just a few quotes Roughly 2,800 Americans fought in the Spanish Civil War, an estimated ...

Spain in Our Hearts
  • English
  • 04 June 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 485 pages
  • Adam Hochschild
  • Spain in Our Hearts