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Was listening recently to Orwell's biography, and while they discussed Orwell's service at the time of the Spanish Civil War, I realized that most books I've read about the subject were from people either directly or indirectly supporting the Communist side (Orwell, of course, served on the red side and was wounded pretty gravely there). While I am not saying what they wrote were lies, their sympathies inevitably colored how they approach the matter. So I wonder - can anybody recommend some good works about the period which aren't written by leftists? I am not looking for right-side propaganda, but for an honest effort, just not from the left side, because I already seen those and now want to see something different if possible. Can be fictional or documentary, but I don't want a dry historic "this happened, then that happened, then that happened" but something more narratory, engaging and explanatory even if it's a documentary.
So this article has some recommendations: https://theworthyhouse.com/2019/04/16/on-francisco-franco/
You want to look at biographies of Franco to understand where he was coming from instead of just a book about the war.
Franco: A Personal and Political Biography, published in 2014, by Stanley Payne
Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator, by Enrique Moradiellos, 2018
I can vouch for the one by Stanley Payne. It's centered on Franco but still gives a lot of background info on Spain going back to the end of the monarchy.
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