‘What Have You Done for Victory?’

Jo Labanyi is Professor Emerita of Spanish at New York University. Her recent books include A Companion to Spanish Cinema (2013), Engaging the Emotions in Spanish Culture and History (2016) and Modern Literatures in Spain (2022).

This book is a tour de force: based on exhaustive, rigorous research, it is a highly readable, ambitious, and thought-provoking cultural history of the Spanish war, including its lead-up, international dimensions, and long-term consequences in both Spain and elsewhere. - Sebastiaan Faber, Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College and author of Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War‘What Have You Done for Victory?’ is excellent, rigorous and well-written. This admirably wide-ranging and detailed cultural history of the Spanish Civil War will open doors to a wide area of new cultural research. - Alison Ribeiro de Menezes, Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick and author of Embodying Memory in Contemporary SpainWide-ranging and richly documented, Jo Labanyi’s ‘What Have You Done for Victory?’ shows how the clash over cultural meanings was central in a war that was not only Spain’s but also a pivotal battle in larger wars of social change across twentieth-century Europe and the world. - Helen Graham, Professor Emerita of Modern European History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction