Not for King or Country: Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War
Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression. Born to missionary parents in China in 1903, Cecil-Smith came to Toronto in 1919 where he joined the Canadian militia and lived a happy life ensconced...
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| Summary: | Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression. Born to missionary parents in China in 1903, Cecil-Smith came to Toronto in 1919 where he joined the Canadian militia and lived a happy life ensconced in the Protestant missionary community of Toronto. He became increasingly interested in radical politics during the 1920s, eventually joining the Communist Party in 1931. Worried by the growing strength of fascism around the world, particularly in China, Germany, Italy, and Spain during the summer of 1936, Cecil-Smith quietly departed Canada and became among the first volunteers to fight for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Cecil-Smith was motivated to fight not out of any sense of traditional patriotism ("for king or country") but out of a sense that the onward march of fascism had to be stopped, and Spain was where the line had to be drawn. Not for King or Country is the first biography of a Canadian commander in the Spanish Civil War, and is also the first book to critically analyse the major battles in which the Canadian and American volunteers fought. Drawing upon declassified RCMP files, records held in the Russian Archives in Moscow, audio recordings of the volunteers, a detailed survey of maps, and battle records, as well as and the Communist Party press, Not for King or Country breaks down the battles and the Party's activities in a way that will be accessible to interested readers and scholars alike |
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| spelling | Wentzell, Tyler 1983- Verfasser (DE-588)1211365514 aut Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War Tyler Wentzell Toronto University of Toronto Press [2020] © 2020 1 online resource (368 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020) Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression. Born to missionary parents in China in 1903, Cecil-Smith came to Toronto in 1919 where he joined the Canadian militia and lived a happy life ensconced in the Protestant missionary community of Toronto. He became increasingly interested in radical politics during the 1920s, eventually joining the Communist Party in 1931. Worried by the growing strength of fascism around the world, particularly in China, Germany, Italy, and Spain during the summer of 1936, Cecil-Smith quietly departed Canada and became among the first volunteers to fight for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Cecil-Smith was motivated to fight not out of any sense of traditional patriotism ("for king or country") but out of a sense that the onward march of fascism had to be stopped, and Spain was where the line had to be drawn. Not for King or Country is the first biography of a Canadian commander in the Spanish Civil War, and is also the first book to critically analyse the major battles in which the Canadian and American volunteers fought. Drawing upon declassified RCMP files, records held in the Russian Archives in Moscow, audio recordings of the volunteers, a detailed survey of maps, and battle records, as well as and the Communist Party press, Not for King or Country breaks down the battles and the Party's activities in a way that will be accessible to interested readers and scholars alike In English Cecil-Smith, Edward 1903-1964 (DE-588)1212127005 gnd rswk-swf Great Depression Spanish Civil War communism international brigades national security radicalisation HISTORY / Canada / General bisacsh Communists Canada Biography Soldiers Canada Biography Soldiers Spain Biography 1\p (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Cecil-Smith, Edward 1903-1964 (DE-588)1212127005 p 2\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 978-1-4875-2288-9 (DE-604)BV045164223 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-1-4875-0379-6 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487518783 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| subject_GND | (DE-588)1212127005 (DE-588)4006804-3 |
| title | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War |
| title_auth | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War |
| title_exact_search | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War |
| title_full | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War Tyler Wentzell |
| title_fullStr | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War Tyler Wentzell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Not for King or Country Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War Tyler Wentzell |
| title_short | Not for King or Country |
| title_sort | not for king or country edward cecil smith the communist party of canada and the spanish civil war |
| title_sub | Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War |
| topic | Cecil-Smith, Edward 1903-1964 (DE-588)1212127005 gnd Great Depression Spanish Civil War communism international brigades national security radicalisation HISTORY / Canada / General bisacsh Communists Canada Biography Soldiers Canada Biography Soldiers Spain Biography |
| topic_facet | Cecil-Smith, Edward 1903-1964 Great Depression Spanish Civil War communism international brigades national security radicalisation HISTORY / Canada / General Communists Canada Biography Soldiers Canada Biography Soldiers Spain Biography Biografie |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487518783 |
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