The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil WarA comprehensive and deeply researched history of the Spanish Civil War through the lens of the men and women who traveled from around the world to fight Franco's fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation. Over 35,000 volunteers from fifty two countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler, and Mussolini. Ill equipped and