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Spain, 1936: After the the left-wing Popular Front coalition achieved victory at the polls, a confederacy of right-wing generals plotted to defeat it on the battlefield. Francisco Franco and his fascist allies in Italy and Nazi Germany would eventually defeat the democratically elected government of Spain. But they did it with plenty of support from an American oil company--Texaco.
SOURCES
Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/spain-in-our-hearts-adam-hochschild?variant=39936156172322
The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/309382.The_Spanish_Civil_War
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War 1931-39 by Gabriel Jackson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/308404.The_Spanish_Republic_and_the_Civil_War_1931_39
Oil: Exit Rieber, Time Magazine
https://web.archive.org/web/20101014080648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764502,00.html
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Spain, 1936: After the the left-wing Popular Front coalition achieved victory at the polls, a confederacy of right-wing generals plotted to defeat it on the battlefield. Francisco Franco and his fascist allies in Italy and Nazi Germany would eventually defeat the democratically elected government of Spain. But they did it with plenty of support from an American oil company--Texaco.
SOURCES
Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/spain-in-our-hearts-adam-hochschild?variant=39936156172322
The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/309382.The_Spanish_Civil_War
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War 1931-39 by Gabriel Jackson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/308404.The_Spanish_Republic_and_the_Civil_War_1931_39
Oil: Exit Rieber, Time Magazine
https://web.archive.org/web/20101014080648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764502,00.html