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Good resources on the Spanish Civil War


I am an American high school student. I would like to learn more about the Spanish Civil war, and would like to have suggestions on any good books on the subject. Thank you!

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It may be pretty heavy but read Hugh Thomas's book The Spanish Civil War. The earlier editions written in the 1970s tend be very very even handed in its treatment of the war, showing both the faults and virtues of both sides. be careful though of later editions, later he re-wrote the book and re-released it apparently having a change of heart and far more favoring the Republican side of events and in my view losing his objectivity. One of the fascinating reason I love Thomas's historical account is that he postulated very unique theories I had never heard before and gave very convincing evidence to support them. His theories shed alot of humanity onto the legend of Franco that emerged after the war.

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