The Spanish Civil War and the British Labour Movement

by Tom Buchanan

Book Overview

This book draws on a mass of documentary material to provide a major reinterpretation of British labour's response to the Spanish Civil War. It challenges the view that the labour leadership ' betrayed' the Spanish Republic, and that this polarised the movement along 'left' versus 'right' lines. Instead, it argues that the overriding concern of the major leaders was to defend labour's institutional interests against the political destabilisation caused...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521073561
• ISBN13: 9780521073561
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"