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The War of the Spanish Succession Explained

Fought from 1701 to 1714, the War of the Spanish Succession erupted over who would inherit the Spanish throne after the death ...
The revolution was eliminated long before the victory of the fascists by a combined force of Stalinists, liberals and 'libertarian' bureaucrats of the very anarchist movement in whose name the most ...
LONDON (Reuters) - When Henry Buckley crossed the Pyrenees in 1939 with the remnants of the defeated Spanish Republican forces, he had reported on Spain for 10 years, witnessed the great battles of ...
This article gives a brief, accessible examination of Camillo Berneri’s perspectives on anti-colonialism in the context of the Spanish Revolution. His experiences in Spain cemented in Berneri’s mind ...
Some 300 characters — bartenders, deadbeats, dreamers — animate Madrid in “The Hive,” by the Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela. By Adrian Nathan West When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...
SHERIDAN, Mont. — Time and weather eventually take their toll on most everything. Generations pass. Names of people long gone are lost or forgotten. But it doesn't have to be that way. The American ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A cannon that was part of Wichita’s Spanish-American War Memorial went missing from Central Riverside Park on Thursday. It was later found damaged. The 800-pound cannon from ...