by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401330841
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«El día en que murió Guernica» is the historical essay by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (269 pages, in Spanish).
Historical account that reconstructs the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War based on the testimonies of survivors and those who took part in the attack. Thomas and Morgan-Witts describe how this technique of warfare, rehearsed on the Basque town, anticipated the destruction of Rotterdam, Coventry, Hamburg, Dresden and Hiroshima.
Illustrated edition, translated from English, with a final bibliography and photographic plates; published in Barcelona in 1976.
For those interested in the Spanish Civil War and the origins of the Second World War.
Gordon Thomas was a British investigative journalist and author, notably on topics of secret intelligence. Thomas was the author of 53 books published worldwide including The Pope's Jews, Secret Wars, and Gideon's Spies, with sales exceeding 45 million copies. Thomas got the scoop on the nationalisation of the Suez Canal for the Daily Express in 1956. He was a cousin of the poet Dylan Thomas.
