Reluctant Warriors challenges traditional political interpretations of the Spanish Civil War, and sets it in a new and immediately human light. It is a comparative study of Nationalist Army and Republican Popular Army conscripts, and analyses the conflict from the perspective of those who were involved against their will. While militants on both sides joined the conflict voluntarily, millions of Spanish men coped with the military uprising as an unwanted intrusion into their lives. James Matthews firstly examines the climate in which both sides implemented mass conscription within their zones. He analyses the process of conscription from call-up to placement in a unit, and looks at the methods employed to motivate and maintain the morale of drafted men, as well as the approaches to discipline in the two armies. Finally, he examines situations in which men avoided front line service. These accounted for constant manpower losses on both sides, and were particularly marked for the Republic. Reluctant Warriors reveals that the Nationalist Army managed its conscripted men better than the Republican Popular Army; a vital factor in determining the ultimate outcome of the war.

Reluctant Warriors: Republican Popular Army and Nationalist Army Conscripts in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Oxford Historical Monographs)

History

MATTHEWS, JAMES

Europe

Oxford University Press

A collection of stories set in and around the poor communities of the western Cape. The stories address the problem of survival and defiance by a resolute people determined to fight back and are intended to be an evocation of black South African life.

The Park and Other Stories (LONGMAN AFRICAN CLASSICS SERIES)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

These short stories are set in and around the poor communities of the Western Cape. The characters speak of their suffering and hardship, which is a daily part of their lives.

The Park

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Longman

Poems From a Prison Cell

Realities

Relates the colorful life and career of the acclaimed Irish master of the short story, detailing his flamboyant lifestyle, political activism, tempestuous love affairs, and literary activities

Voices: A Life of Frank O'Connor

Biographies & Memoirs

Atheneum

The Party is Over, the first full-length novel by short-story writer James Matthews, offers a poignant insight into the life of the artist in circumstances of social drudgery and person despair. The setting is Cape Town in the sixties; more specifically the aimlessly swinging and hedonistic world of a group of arty friends in what was then the city's coloured Group Areas.

The Party Is over

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Kwela Books

Charging for Social Care (National Institute Social Services Library)

Business & Money

Judge, Ken

Industries

Routledge

Charging for Social Care: A Study of Consumer Charges and the Personal Social Services (National Institute Social Services Library)

Voces de la trinchera: Cartas de combatientes republicanos en la Guerra Civil española

Alianza Editorial

Paperback - The Way To Learn Python for Kids: A Happy Way Introduction Kids to Programming

Computers & Technology

Programming

Independently published

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