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Book Review: Black Soldiers in World War II

February 17, 2023
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<em>Book Review:</em> Black Soldiers in World War II

Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. By Matthew F. Delmont. Viking, 2022, 374 pp.
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Book Review: Women Veterans of the Spanish War

November 19, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Women Veterans of the Spanish War

Isabella Lorusso, Fighting Women: Interviews with Veterans of the Spanish Civil War. London: Freedom Press, 2020.
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Book Review: Garibaldi’s Mixed Legacies

November 19, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Garibaldi’s Mixed Legacies

Enrico Acciai, Garibaldi’s Radical Legacy: Traditions of War Volunteering in Southern Europe (1861–1945). Translated by Victoria Weavil. Abingdon, Oxon./New York, Routledge, 2021.
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Book Review: The Moment of Memoir

August 18, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> The Moment of Memoir

Michael Ugarte, Mercedes Light and Dark. Columbia, MO: Compass Flower Press, 2022. 200pp.
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Book Review: Chim Seymour’s Humanist Gaze

August 18, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Chim Seymour’s Humanist Gaze

Carole Naggar. David ‘Chim’ Seymour: Searching for the Light, 1911-1956. De Gruyter, 2022. 294 + x pp.
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Books in Brief: Before Che

May 20, 2022
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<em>Books in Brief:</em> Before Che

Peter Rutkoff, Before Che: M-26-7. Gambier, OH: XOXOX Press, 2019. 284pp.
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Books in Brief: Jim Higgins’ War

May 20, 2022
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<em>Books in Brief:</em> Jim Higgins’ War

Jim Higgins (with Janette Higgins), Fighting for Democracy: The True Story of Jim Higgins (1907-1982). Victoria, B.C.: Friesen Press, 2020. 196pp.
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Book Review: Red Tarancón

May 20, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Red Tarancón

Red Tarancón: Spaniards and Internationals in a Tarancón at War. Cuenca: Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica, 2022.
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Book Review: Isa Reyes’ Escape

May 20, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Isa Reyes’ Escape

Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol. “Miss Spain in Exile”: Isa Reyes’ Escape from the Spanish Civil War. Eastbourne and Chicago: Sussex Academic Press, 2021. 240pp.
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Book Review: Franco’s Legacies

February 11, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Franco’s Legacies

Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition, by Sebastiaan Faber. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2021.
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