The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

"This rare, this astonishing bookrich, authoritative, and moving as it is on its central subjectthrough Peter Carroll's way of chronicling becomes something even greater: an urgently contemporary touchstone that helps us discern in our time similar contending forces in moral, not political termsgood against evil, might against right, means against ends. In a vivid, pulsing narrative, Carroll encompasses the historical context, the drama of men in battle, and most of all the haunting human beings themselves. But what can be found nowhere else is his account of the succeeding fifty years of those who survived, as they stubbornly clung to their beliefs in the necessity of action and the possibility of transformative social change."

Autorentext
Peter N. Carroll is an independent scholar who teaches at Stanford University and the University of San Francisco.

Klappentext
A collective biography of the Americans who volunteered to fight in the Spanish civil war that provides the first comprehensive, objective, and deeply researched account of the brigade's experience in Spain and what happened to the survivors when they returned to the United States.


Inhalt
Prologue; Part I. Causes: 1. The origins of a crusade; 2. A radical tradition; 3. Awakening in hard times; 4. Forging the popular front; 5. The tomb of fascism; 6. The politicization of culture; Part II. Spain: 7. Into the valley; 8. The discipline of command; 10. The fires of Brunete; 11. A disciplined army; 12. The great retreats; 13. 'You are legend'; Part III. Veterans: 14. Coming home; 15. Between the wars; 16. The war of words; 17. Premature anti-fascists; 18. Red scares and blacklists; 20. The trials; 21. The politics of culture; 22. Alienated artists; 23. Bridging old left and new; 24. The death watch; Epilogue; A note on sources; Notes; Index.

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