A unique portrait of a revolutionary¿movement that is largely unknown outside Spain. Northern Spain is the only part of Western Europe where anarchism played a significant role in the political life of the twentieth century. Enjoying wide-ranging support among both the urban and rural working class, its importance peaked during its ¿brief summer¿¿the civil war between the Republic and General Franco¿s Falangists, during which anarchists even participated in the government of Catalonia. ¿Anarchy¿s Brief Summer brings anarchism to life by focusing on the charismatic leader Buenaventura Durruti (1896¿1936), who became a key figure in the Spanish Civil War after a militant and adventurous youth. The basis of the book is a compilation of texts: personal testimony, interviews with survivors, contemporary documents, memoirs, and academic assessments. They are all linked by Enzenberger¿s own assessment in a series of glosses¿a literary form that is somewhere between retelling and reconstructio
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An account of the life and death of Buenaventura Durruti, a Spanish Civil War leader, that turns his life into a larger story of revolution, commitment, and failed struggles for freedom.
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Kurt von Hammerstein var hærsjef i Tyskland da Hitler kom til makten i 1933. Hammerstein var en karismatisk skikkelse, en konservativ rebell, en høyintelligent mann som aldri lot seg friste til å lefle med nazismen. Som hærsjef var en av de få som...
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Any new book by poet, essayist, writer, and translator Hans Magnus Enzensberger, one of the most influential and internationally renowned German intellectuals, is cause for notice, and¿Mr. Zed¿s Reflections¿is no exception. Every afternoon for almost...
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