Download or read book Arms for Spain written by Gerald Howson and published by John Murray. This book was released on 1998 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how the arms dealers made victory impossible for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Using archive material from Spain, Russia, the Americas, and eastern and western Europe Howson shows how the international arms embargo was circumvented by the Nationalists, leaving the Republicans to buy from illegal sources at extortionate prices.