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Spain's Civil War and the Americans who fought in it: a convoluted legacy

  • Written by James D. Fernandez, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Vice-President, Board of Governors, Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, New York University
imageThe Lincoln Brigade Memorial in San Francisco.Tom Hilton, CC BY-SA

Eighty years ago this week, in the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla, a group of right-wing generals staged a military coup, aimed at overthrowing Spain’s democratically elected government.

The July 1936 uprising unleashed what would come to be known – somewhat...

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