{"product_id":"hell-and-good-company-book-richard-rhodes-9781451696226","title":"Hell and Good Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Atomic Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The most extraordinary book about the Spanish Civil War ever encountered\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) inspired and haunted an extraordinary number of exceptional artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, and John Dos Passos. The idealism of the cause--defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war--and the brutality of the conflict inspired some of their best work: \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia, The Spanish Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The war spurred breakthroughs in military and medical technology as well. New aircraft, new weapons, new tactics and strategy all emerged during this time. Progress arose from the horror: the doctors and nurses who volunteered to serve with the Spanish defenders devised major advances in battlefield surgery and frontline blood transfusion. In those ways, and in many others, the Spanish Civil War served as a test bed for World War II, and for the entire twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the life of John James Audubon to the invention of the atomic bomb, readers have long relied on Richard Rhodes to explain, distill, and dramatize crucial moments in history. Now, he takes us into battlefields and bomb shelters, into the studios of artists, into the crowded wards of war hospitals, and into the hearts and minds of a rich cast of characters to show how the ideological, aesthetic, and technological developments that emerged in Spain and changed the world forever. \"\u003ci\u003eHell and Good Company\u003c\/i\u003e is vivid and emotive...thrilling reading\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50478205632785,"sku":"CIN1451696221VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027227967761,"sku":"NIN9781451696226","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52815056240913,"sku":"CIN1451696221G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52816887709969,"sku":"CIN1451696221A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1451696221.jpg?v=1751371418","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/hell-and-good-company-book-richard-rhodes-9781451696226","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}