Arms for Spain: Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War by Gerald Howson
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Arms for Spain
Summary
Tells the story of the arms-racketeering and political chicanery by which the Republicans were finally defeated in the Spanish Civil War. The book touches on various revelations, such as the Polish military dictatorship - Franco supporters - being one of the largest suppliers to the Republicans.
Arms for Spain Summary
Table of Contents
Contrasts; The time of chaos; air mindedness; Paris; man 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; arms purchasing commission; Warsaw; non-intervention committee; Stalin; Operation 'X'; Soviet arms; Soviet princes; 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.
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GOR002061386
9780719555565
0719555566
Arms for Spain: Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War by Gerald Howson
Used - Good
Hardback
John Murray Press
1998-09-17
365
N/A
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