The Spanish Civil War, by Hugh Thomas is one of the most well known war history books ever written. Like any other war that has taken place on this globe, the Spanish Civil War was regarded as one of the major conflicts in Western Europe that played a key role in bringing out a number of radical changes to that part of the world. The author has done an ample amount of research and has presented the details in a manner that are very eye catching and makes this book a prime one to read. The central issue of the Spanish Civil war rotates around a number of sequential and dramatic chain of events that led to the initiation of a long term civil war in the country of Spain and had a major role in tearing the emotional boundaries of the state.
For any book to be treated seriously it should possess a very strong subject matter that is full of details, ample accurate information and above all, a story presented in a very straightforward manner. The case holds true for Hugh's "Spanish Civil War" which takes the issue of the war very seriously and presents it in a manner indicating as the reader is actually presented in the battle field. Such as there were the civil war in other European nations like Germany or France, where people wanted to bring about some sort change either on the political or the social level, the Spanish Civil war ran on those ideologies as well but it had very long lasting effects for a number of decades to come. .
A the time of the Spanish Civil War, there were a number of different ideologies or say, philosophies that were surrounding around in Spain and led to the beginning of the war. For example, there were a number of people both in the army and in the local areas of the government who had ideas that were more on a democratic tone. At the same time, there were also a number of other people in large numbers who had more of an anarchist ideology and some of the reasons for the variations in these ideologies had to do with some external influences and causes.