New York Times best-seller "Excellent and involving . . . What makes [Hochschild's] book so intimate and moving is its human scale." --Dwight Garner, New York Times "With all due respect to Orwell, Spain in Our Hearts should supplant Homage to Catalonia as the best introduction to the conflict written in English. A humane and moving book, it is well-paced and meant to be read rather than studied." --New Republic "Admirable . . . an unusually well-written narrative, full of telling detail and vignettes that capture great human drama." --Wall Street Journal "A commanding performance. Digging through archives, Hochschild finds characters whose lives ... pull the war into tight, human-scale focus ... After reading Hochschild's book, it's impossible to feel anything but admiration -- and awe." -- San Francisco Chronicle "The tragic story of the Americans in the doomed Lincoln Brigade . . . comes vividly to life in Adam Hochschild's compelling 'Spain in Our Hearts, ' a long-overdue book that explores this long-overlooked conflict." --Los Angeles Times "By assembling a well-chosen set of individual narratives, many about figures who are relatively unknown, [Hochschild] captures why so many people thought the fate of the world might be decided by who won the conflict ... Consistently vivid ... Captivating." --New York Times Book Review "A vivid and level-headed new history of American participation in the Spanish Civil War." --The New Yorker "Excellent ... Hochschild captures both the passionate, partisan views of particular combatants and the larger political currents that shaped their experiences. It's a moving and useful investigation into the dangers and promises of idealism." -- Christian Science Monitor "Exemplary . . . Moving and powerful." --Seattle Times "The book's narrative is driven by Hochschild's deft handling of the personal stories, some heartbreaking, of a half dozen Americans . . . highly engaging . . . A book like Hochschild's keeps their stories and spirit alive." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A sweeping, suspenseful, and somber chronicle of the Spanish Civil War ... Mak[es] superb use of diaries and letters." -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Hochschild tells the story of this heady time with moving, well-paced prose exploring both international policy and intensely personal experiences ... Exceptional." -- Los Angeles Review of Books "A fine new chronicle of Americans ... determined to do their part to fight fascism. One's heart breaks to read what awaited them." -- Dallas Morning News "Brings history alive ... Hochschild is a writer capable of making any topic interesting, relevant, and accessible ... Spain in Our Hearts is a primer, a meditation, and a story of American adventure abroad." -- Tampa Bay Times "Well-paced ... Closes on a poignant note of mourning and remembrance." -- Boston Glo --