A Treatise for Counterrevolutionaries

A Treatise for Counterrevolutionaries

Defensa de la Hispanidad by Ramiro de Maeztu. [1934] 2017. Paperback, 191 pages, $9.60. Alberto M. Fernandez If Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney (1875–1936) is remembered at all today, it is because of the manner of his death. Taken from his prison cell in the middle of the...
Two Cheers for the Spanish Empire

Two Cheers for the Spanish Empire

Imperiofobia y leyenda negra: Roma, Rusia, Estados Unidos y el Imperio español María Elvira Roca Barea. Siruela, 2016. Paperback, $33. Reviewed by Alberto M. Fernandez The politically correct vandalism we see today in America against statues of Christopher Columbus...
On Fascists and Anti-Fascists in Spain

On Fascists and Anti-Fascists in Spain

Varela: El general antifascista de Franco by Federico Martínez Roda. La Esfera de los Libros, S.L., 2012. Paperback, $41. Reviewed by Alberto M. Fernandez Fascism is in the air in Spain. Actual fascists seem hard to find but you wouldn’t know it from the political...
The Forgotten Farnese

The Forgotten Farnese

Alexander: La Extraordinaria Historia de Alejandro Farnesio by Luis de Carlos Bertrán. Barcelona: Editorial Crítica, 2018. Hardcover, 614 pages, $61. reviewed by Alberto M. Fernandez The Golden Age of Spain was safeguarded by men of iron. Some, like the third Duke of...