Thanks, I did read Homage to Catalonia. I read A Farewell to Arms at about the same time. I think my Orange County high school education had Ronald Reagan winni

Thanks, I did read Homage to Catalonia. I read A Farewell to Arms at about the same time. I think my Orange County high school education had Ronald Reagan winning WWII and that was pretty much it. They didn't teach the Depression and they sure didn't teach the Spanish Civil War as a prelude to WWII.