{"product_id":"spanish-civil-war-1","title":"Spanish Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSince its first publication, Hugh Thomas''s \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Civil War \u003c\/i\u003ehas become established as the definitive one-volume history of a conflict that continues to provoke intense controversy today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  What was it that roused left-wing sympathizers from all over the world to fight against Franco between 1936 and 1939? Why did the British and US governments refuse to intervene? And why did the Republican cause collapse so violently? Now revised and updated, Hugh Thomas''s classic account presents the most objective and unbiased analysis of a passionate struggle where fascism and democracy, communism and Catholicism were at stake - and which was as much an international war as a Spanish one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Remarkable ... a definitive account''\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A prodigy of a book ... about the most heroic and pitiful story of the twentieth century''\u003cbr\u003e  Michael Foot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''His masterwork''\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject''\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eHugh Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), which won the Somerset Maugham Award, \u003ci\u003eCuba: The Pursuit of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eAn Unfinished History of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), and the first volume of his Spanish Empire trilogy, \u003ci\u003eRivers of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305328714110,"sku":"NW9780141011615","price":17.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141011615.jpg?v=1778655146","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/spanish-civil-war-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}