Between 1936 and 1938, some 3,000 young Americans sailed to France and crossed the Pyrenees to take part in the brutal civil war raging in Spain
"Crusade of the Left: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War is the story of three thousand American soldiers who sailed to France and joined in to fight alongside the Communist forces at the time, all led by leftist beliefs believing that Communism can work. Not a politically-inclined text, Crusade of the Left covers the history of these Americans, why they chose to fight, how they chose to fight, and what happened to them." --WisconsinBookwatch