There is a book, "Homage to Catalonia" by George Orwell. (Yes, the same one who wrote "1984" which is all about Big Brother). He writes of his times as a soldie

There is a book, "Homage to Catalonia" by George Orwell. (Yes, the same one who wrote "1984" which is all about Big Brother). He writes of his times as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. I recommend reading it as there seems to be quite a lot of similarities between what happened then and what is happening now. Much of the fighting takes place in Barcelona.