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**A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of *Stalingrad* and *The Fall Of Berlin 1945*** **Beevor's ***Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge*** is now available from Viking Books ** To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks), provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the war-its causes, course, and consequences.