Durruti in the Spanish Revolution

A political biography, history of of a revolutionary era, and nonstop adventure story across three continents. An elegant, new and unabridged translation of the definitive biography of Spanish revolutionary and military strategist Buenaventura Durruti. Abel Paz, who fought with Durruti in the Spanish Civil War, seamlessly weaves intimate biographical details of Durruti’s life—his progression from factory worker and father to bank robber, political exile and, eventually, revolutionary leader—with extensive historical background, behind-the-scenes governmental intrigue, and blow-by-blow accounts of major battles and urban guerrilla warfare. An amazing and exhaustive study of an incredible man and his life-long fight against fascism in both its capitalist and Stalinist forms.