Not for King or Country : Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War / Tyler Wentzell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wentzell, Tyler, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cecil-Smith, E. (Edward).

Cecil-Smith, E.

Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion.

Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion--Biography.

Spain.

Soldiers--Canada--Biography.

Soldiers.

Canada.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, Canadian.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Nearly 1700 Canadians volunteered to fight in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, yet there is not a single biography of a Canadian participant. Little is written about the Canadian volunteers, there are only 4 non fiction books and Michael Petrou's "Renegades" is scholarly. Edward Cecil-Smith, the commander of the ostensibly Canadian Mackenzie Papineau Battalian provides not only a case study of these volunteers, but a dramatic depiction of life in Canada during the 1930s."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Maps

Introduction

PART ONE. A Son of the Empire (1903-1931)

PART TWO. A Canadian Communist (1931-1936)

PART THREE. A Volunteer for Spain (1936-1938)

PART FOUR. A Dedicated Anti-Fascist (1938-1942)

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-1879-X

1-4875-1878-1

OCLC:

1132425093