A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge and D-DayRevised to mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks) provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the war-its causes, course, and consequences."This book is destined for the first rank of general histories of the [Spanish] Civil War."-Santos Juliß, El Pafs