The International Brigades is nothing less than magisterial, and provides the first 'comprehensive, global history' of that conflict written in English in over 40 years ... Tremlett has organized his enormous book chronologically, so that each skirmish and battle where the volunteers were present is documented, and rich details are provided through a combination of first-hand witness and participant accounts, newspaper articles, and secondary sources.
[A] sweeping and brilliant new history of the International Brigades ... Tremlett – a veteran Guardian journalist based in Madrid – assembles a magnificent and readable history ... With the far-right on the rise across the West and the term anti-fascist becoming degraded by those who deny its threats with false equivalence, Tremlett offers both powerful history and a vital warning.
[Tremlett's] gripping narrative recreates the heartbreak and heroism of the conflict ... A highly readable, monumental account of the idealism and suffering of the most international army ever assembled since the Crusades.
