Between 1936 and 1939, almost 1,700 Canadians defied their government and volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. They left behind punishing lives in Canadian relief camps, mines, and urban flophouses to confront fascism in a country few knew much about. Michael Petrou has drawn on recently declassified archival material, interviewed surviving Canadian veterans, and visited the battlefields of Spain to write the definitive account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. Renegades is an intimate and unflinching story of idealism and courage, duplicity and defeat.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-271) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 946.081
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-sp---
- ISBN
- 9780774814171 9780774856157
- LCCN
- DP269.47.C2
- LCCN Item number
- P48 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxii, 282 p., [32] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00223475 (OCoLC)758856502 (CaOOCEL)422102
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Canadians in the Spanish Civil War
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Maps and Illustrations 10
- Preface: Spanish Tinderbox 14
- Acknowledgments 20
- Chronology 22
- Introduction 26
- Part 1: Origins of the Volunteers 32
- 1 Who Were the Canadian Volunteers? 33
- 2 Why Did They Fight? 49
- Part 2: International Brigades 74
- 3 Going to War 75
- 4 Protecting Madrid, February-July 1937 84
- 5 Aragón Battles, August 1937-February 1938 94
- 6 Retreats, March-April 1938 123
- 7 Back to the Ebro, May-September 1938 132
- 8 Leaving Spain 139
- Part 3: Discipline in the International Brigades 146
- 9 Crimes 147
- 10 Punishments 164
- Part 4: Renegades 194
- 11 The Photographer: Bill Williamson 195
- 12 The Idealist: William Krehm 203
- 13 The Doctor: Norman Bethune 213
- Part 5: Aftermath 224
- 14 Undesirables 225
- Conclusion 236
- Postscript 240
- Appendix: Canadian Volunteers 244
- Notes 297
- Select Bibliography 322
- Index 327
- A 327
- B 327
- C 328
- D 329
- E 330
- F 330
- G 330
- H 331
- I 331
- J 331
- K 332
- L 332
- M 332
- N 333
- O 334
- P 334
- Q 334
- R 334
- S 335
- T 336
- U 336
- V 336
- W 336
- Y 337
- Z 337
