Best military history of the war? Eng or Span

[Felix C]

Went through the reading list and have some of the more notable works.Thomas, Beevor,etc.
Is there a military history of the war without the political component? I mean similar would be how the U.S. Civil War tends to be written in terms of military history, both army operational and strategic with division sized movements described in the battles. Is there a Spanish Civil War equivalent of Catton? (Would Martinez Bande's work be these)

English or Spanish is fine. I recently ordered La Guerra de Franco by Cesar Vidal.

[Ironmachine]

Despite their age and "ideology", Bande's works are probably the best you wil find for what you are looking for. Another good work is Historia militar de la Guerra Civil Española by Juan Blázquez Miguel; there are six volumes IIRC.
Regards.

[normski-]

This is relatively short & quite good, focuses exclusively on the military aspects

Estrategia y Tactica en la Guerra de Espana 1936-1939, Carlos Engel, Almena, 2008

[Ironmachine]

Also short and good is Historia militar de una guerra civil. Estrategia y tácticas de la guerra de España by Gabriel Cardona, Ed. Flor del viento, 2006.
You can see the index here: http://www2.library.unr.edu/bsqb/BSQB0629.pdf

[Felix C]

Thank you gentlemen. Great leads all.

[Orwell1984]

Palgrave MacMillian is listing a book called "The Spanish Civil War: A Military History" by Jorge Martinez Reverte in December 2011. I wonder if anyone might have a review of his previous works which seem to have only been released in Spanish?

[Felix C]

Good news! I read both of his Battle of Ebro and Madrid books.

[Spearfish]

Orwell1984
I have tried to find the Jorge Martinez Reverte book on the Palgrave Macmillan web site without success. I know some people, such as Amaza=on, are showing it from December 2011 but the 'publishers' do not appear to be doing so. Anyone any suggestions?

[Orwell1984]

Orwell1984
I have tried to find the Jorge Martinez Reverte book on the Palgrave Macmillan web site without success. I know some people, such as Amaza=on, are showing it from December 2011 but the 'publishers' do not appear to be doing so. Anyone any suggestions?

Hi Spearfish.
I got my information on this title off of Amazon. I looked through Palgrave Macmillan's Fall catalogue which lists titles coming out up to Dec 2011 and didn't see this book either. Hopefully it will be a late edition or has been pushed back until the Winter Catalogue. I will be keeping an eye out for it and will update if I find anything out.

[Orwell1984]

Orwell1984
I have tried to find the Jorge Martinez Reverte book on the Palgrave Macmillan web site without success. I know some people, such as Amaza=on, are showing it from December 2011 but the 'publishers' do not appear to be doing so. Anyone any suggestions?

It's now showing up on Palgrave's site, listing a publishing date of Dec 9 2011.

http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=534303

[Felix C]

Has anyone read this book:

Estrategia y tactica en la Guerra de España 1936-1939
http://www.casadellibro.com/libro-estra ... 19/1224126

http://www.historiamilitar.net/detalle. ... rlos+Engel

[Ironmachine]

Yes, I have it and I have read it.

[Felix C]

Recommend it? How does it compare to Cardona's work above?

[Ironmachine]

I would not recommend it as a first book about the SCW. It is a very dry reading, quoting official plans and participant's recalls. OOB are not very detailed. Almost nothing in the way of maps. All in all, a good complement if you already have previous knowledge about the operations, but not the way to begin a study of the SCW. IMHO, of course.
Regards.

[Felix C]

Thanks.

My company is Spanish and they send me books twice a year. Also looking at Historia de la Guerra civil española
Ricardo de la Cierva.
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/8488787 ... 2ECLS4DW5A

Any opinion of that title?