The Spanish Civil War in the British and French Press: The Badajoz, Alcázar of Toledo, Madrid, and Guernica News Stories

by Martin Minchom

This book examines coverage of the Spanish Civil War by the leading French and British newspapers, and agencies like Havas and Reuters. Their foundational reporting created a bedrock of 'shared news', which reverberated in places as geographically and ideologically remote as Moscow or Berlin.

It focuses on how key events like the mass killings in Badajoz, the siege of the Alc zar of Toledo, the Battle of Madrid, and the bombing of Guernica...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835534066
• ISBN13: 9781835534069
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"