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Title: Comrades: Tales of a Brigadista in the Spanish Civil War by Harry Fisher, Pete Seeger ISBN: 0-8032-6899-8 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gentle Account of WWII's First Campaign
Comment: Harry Fisher, a young, idealistic labor activist, relates a very personal tale of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. This period of history ignored by most Americans, was a crucial moment in the history of Western Civilization. Fisher, recognizing the battle between Democracy and the Fascist powers, ignored the wishes of his family and volunteered to fight in Spain, supporting the democratically elected government there against the Nazi supported military rebellion of Franco.
War is hell, but getting to the battlefield was no easy matter. Not only did the United States refuse to aid the Spanish government, it actively sought to block American citizens from opposing the fascists and Hitler's nascent military machine. (this at a time when Henry Ford and Prescott Bush (our "president's" grandpa) were raking money in supplying the Nazis). Fisher finally made it to Spain.
The book relates comradeship, sudden death, misery, deprivation, and the courage that can only come from putting your life on the line for a cause you desperately believe in. Fisher relates anecdotes in a soft, gentle, personable manner.
This book can be compared with Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Orwell spends more time with political analysis and historical background. His style is less personal, and somewhat harsher. Fisher brings in his family, his hopes, his fears, but leaves the greater political context largely unexplored. Both books are five-star-must-reads.
After reading Comrades, I again had to wonder, "What might have happened if America had acted as a Democracy instead of a Capitalist Oligarchy and officially backed the legitimate Spanish government? Even weapons sales might have enabled the forces of Democracy to prevail ... and taught Hitler and Mussolini that the Democracies would not stand idly by while they attempted to subdue the world.
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Rating: 5
Summary: Comrades
Comment: The solidarity the members of the International Brigades showed in their battle against fascism in Spain is outstanding. I am so thankful and respectful that these people even gave their lives trying to ban the fascist danger. The Brigadistas didn't get the honor they deserved when they got back to their country: During the McCarthy area they where denunciated as "prematured Antifascists" and suffered under the treatment of the FBI. Keep the rembemberance alive - never forget their heroic battle! I can also recommend the book of James Yates "Mississippi to Madrid - Memoir of a Black American in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade"
Rating: 5
Summary: The most interesting account I've read on this subject.
Comment: I lived in Spain from 1959 - 1988 and dodged Franco's secret police for eleven years before what I was involved in became legal there. The author speaks with total authority. His account of a return to Spain at the age of 85 brought tears to my eyes. I recommend this book most highly!
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Title: The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War by Peter N. Carroll ISBN: 0804722773 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: A Moment of War: A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War by Laurie Lee ISBN: 1565841735 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Heart of Spain : Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa ISBN: 0893818313 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: 30 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Mississippi to Madrid: Memoir of a Black American in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade by James Yates ISBN: 0940880202 Publisher: Open Hand Pub Pub. Date: July, 1990 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939 by Gabriel Jackson ISBN: 0691007578 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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