Robert Stradling was Professor of History at the University of Wales, Cardiff

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• Part 1 Prologue - the war of ideals. Part 2 The Catholic crusade: the origins of the Irish brigade; organization, recruitment, transport; vigil in Caceres; on the Madrid Front; crisis and collapse; the reckoning. Part 3 The Communist crusade: up the Republic!; in the ranks of the Comintern army; struggle for identity, struggle for victory; faces of defeat. Part 4 Epilogue - the peace of history. Appendices: partial list of XV Bandera; Spanish members of XV Bandera; command and unit structure of XV Bandera; Irish members of the international brigades.

Robert Stradling was Professor of History at the University of Wales, Cardiff

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• Part 1 Prologue - the war of ideals. Part 2 The Catholic crusade: the origins of the Irish brigade; organization, recruitment, transport; vigil in Caceres; on the Madrid Front; crisis and collapse; the reckoning. Part 3 The Communist crusade: up the Republic!; in the ranks of the Comintern army; struggle for identity, struggle for victory; faces of defeat. Part 4 Epilogue - the peace of history. Appendices: partial list of XV Bandera; Spanish members of XV Bandera; command and unit structure of XV Bandera; Irish members of the international brigades.

Robert Stradling was Professor of History at the University of Wales, Cardiff

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• Part 1 Prologue - the war of ideals. Part 2 The Catholic crusade: the origins of the Irish brigade; organization, recruitment, transport; vigil in Caceres; on the Madrid Front; crisis and collapse; the reckoning. Part 3 The Communist crusade: up the Republic!; in the ranks of the Comintern army; struggle for identity, struggle for victory; faces of defeat. Part 4 Epilogue - the peace of history. Appendices: partial list of XV Bandera; Spanish members of XV Bandera; command and unit structure of XV Bandera; Irish members of the international brigades.