Laurie Rosensohn's wealthy parents believe the illness of fascism can be cured by a "green poultice" - money. Not so Laurie, who believes it can only be stopped by fighting on the front lines. She enlists in the international brigades, changes her name, and moves to Spain, where she witnesses the demise of the Republic, and engages in a tumultuous, but ultimately doomed love affair. Returning to the Big Apple, it takes two weeks before she despairs...