The Spanish Civil War is an often overlooked period in the 20th century. The world was too busy focusing on Hitler's rearmament and seeds of aggression and recovering from the Great Depression. Orwell, as a British national fighting for what he believes is a righteous cause, sheds great insight to what people were actually fighting for, how dangerous the govt can become with the right circumstances, and how crucial the media and reliable information can be at all times. A great work full of history, but more importantly an examination of people fighting for what they believe in while what they believe in may or may not be reality (tea party movement?).
