Mexico and the Spanish Civil War

Political Repercussions for the Republican Cause

Based on first-hand diplomatic, political, and journalistic sources, most of which are previously unpublished, Mexico and the Spanish Civil War investigates the backing of the Second Republic by Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. This path-breaking account reveals the operations in Spain of Mexican workers, soldiers, artists, and intellectuals, such as later Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz and the muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, as volunteers and propagandists for the Republican cause. Originally published to critical acclaim in Spanish, this book is essential reading for students and scholars specializing in contemporary European history and politics, Latin American studies, and all those with an interest in the Spanish Civil War and the Mexican Revolution.