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John L. Wainwright is a
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-born writer and historian researching 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 ...
and
International Brigades The International Brigades () were soldiers recruited and organized by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The International Bri ...
volunteers.


Life

Wainwright is interested in
social history Social history, often called history from below, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. Historians who write social history are called social historians. Social history came to prominence in the 1960s, spreading f ...
which places emphasis on the lives of people. In his 2012 book ''The Last to Fall: the Life and Letters of Ivor Hickman'', he reproduces the love letters sent by a young International Brigades Military Observer (who was also a former student of
Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. From 1929 to 1947, Witt ...
) in the months leading up to his death in the final hours of fighting in Spain, 1938. Among those interviewed for his analysis were
Sam Lesser Sam Lesser (born Manassah Lesser or Manasseh Lesser and also known as Sam Russell; 19 March 1915 – 2 October 2010) was a British journalist and veteran of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades. Lesser was one of the last surviving Bri ...
and David Marshall.


Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wainwright, John L. British historians British military writers British military historians Alumni of Southampton Solent University Living people Year of birth missing (living people)