Bibliography

There may be more books written about the Spanish Civil War than on the American Civil War. Below is a short list of material that pertains to this project.

For an overview of the Spanish Civil War:
Helen Graham, The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)

An excellent online source for the Spanish Civil War and American participation:
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives

For American volunteers in Spain, see:

• Peter Carroll, The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994)
• Adam Hochschild, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, 2016)
• Fraser Ottanelli, The Communist Party of the United States: From the Depression to World War II (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1991) Chapter 7: “The Shall Not Pass” on Spain (159-194)

On Jewish American engagement in politics and just about everything else, including Spain:
Eli Lederhendler, American Jewry: A New History (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017)

Several excellent documentary films have been made about American Volunteers in Spain:

• The Spanish Earth, 1937 – created by Ernest Hemingway and Joris Ivens to draw attention to the cause of the Spanish Republic
• Dreams and Nightmares, 1974 – a documentary film created by Abe Osheroff
• The Good Fight, 1984 – directed by Noel Buckner, Mary Dore and Sam Sills and featuring Osheroff and other Vets
• Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War – directed by Julia Newman, 2002; Celia Seborer (Greenspan in 1937) plays an important part in this documentary film