''The Spanish Cockpit'' is a personal account of the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
written by
Franz Borkenau and published in late 1937. It was based on his two wartime visits to Spain in August 1936 and January 1937, visiting Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, and the Aragon and Andalusia fronts. The book brought Borkenau international fame. After writing a positive review of the book, describing the book as the best on the civil war,
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...
became a personal friend of the author's and the two remained politically close.
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Excerptprinted in ''The Essential Works of Anarchism'' (1972)
1937 non-fiction books
Books about anarchism
Faber & Faber books
Spanish Civil War books
English-language non-fiction books
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