Paul Preston (born 1946) is a British historian, specialising in Spanish history, in particular the Spanish Civil War, which he has studied for more than 30 years. He is currently based at the London School of Economics. In 1996 he published an updated version of his book "The Spanish Civil War", where he describes the final victory of Francisco Franco's troops as "an international war that happened in Spanish fields, … Wikipedia
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