Between 1936 and 1939, almost 1,700 Canadians defied their government and volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. They left behind punishing lives in Canadian relief camps, mines, and urban flophouses to confront fascism in a country few knew much about. Michael Petrou has drawn on recently declassified archival material, interviewed surviving Canadian veterans, and visited the battlefields of Spain to write the definitive account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. Renegades is an intimate and unflinching story of idealism and courage, duplicity and defeat.
- ISBN10 0774814179
- ISBN13 9780774814171
- Publish Date 21 March 2008 (first published 1 March 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint University of British Columbia Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English