Ojeda Revah, Mario, author.
Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.
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Part of the series Sussex studies in Spanish history;Sussex studies in Spanish history.
Notes:

• Based on first-hand diplomatic, political and journalistic sources, most unpublished, this book investigates the backing of the Second Republic by Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. This path-breaking account reveals the operations in Spain of Mexican workers, soldiers, artists and intellectuals–such as later Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz and the Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros–as volunteers and propagandists for the Republican cause.
• Spanish-Mexican relations, 1821-1931: an overview — Relations with Republican Spain prior to the Civil War, 1931-1936 — Material aid and diplomatic solidarity — Arms for Republican Spain — Volunteers and propagandists — Domestic repercussions of the war — The Republic’s downfall and its effects on the Mexican revolution.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Translated from the Spanish.

Subjects:

• Mexico — Foreign relations — Spain.
• Spain — Foreign relations — Mexico.
• Mexico — Military relations — Spain.
• Spain — Military relations — Mexico.
• Spain — History — Civil War, 1936-1939 — Participation, Mexican.
• Mexicans — Spain — History — 20th century.
• Military assistance — History — 20th century.
• Economic assistance — History — 20th century.
• Cárdenas, Lázaro, 1895-1970.
• Mexico — Politics and government — 1910-1946.

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