Churchill, Franco & the Spanish Civil War (Sep)

Winston Churchill in the 1930s is remembered today as a lone voice speaking out against appeasement and for his willingness to confront the growing tide of fascism on continental Europe. In reality, he missed a golden opportunity to oppose German and Italian military aggression and helped to condemn democracy in Spain to an untimely death, ushering in decades of dictatorship. Using primary and secondary research and embracing the speeches, private conversations and public writing of Churchill, this book shows the development of the ideologies that drove Churchill and Franco from their formative years.