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REVISTA HISTORIA MILITAR 117

58 FERNANDO CALVO GONZÁLEZ-REGUERAL PALABRAS CLAVE: Novela bélica, Guerra Civil Española, Cecilio Benítez de Castro, Sin novedad en el frente, Pedro García Suárez, narrativa legionaria, Salvador García de Pruneda, la caballería y la literatura. ABSTRACT Why an article about three novels about the Spanish Civil War? And, why precisely these three? It is well known that the Spanish fratricide drama has be-come one of the more-written about historical events, inside and outside Spanish borders, because of the passions that it raised and the interest it still provokes. Even if the historiographer Ricardo de la Cierva spoke about nearly 15000 inputs in his famous bibliographical revision for Ariel publishing com-pany in the now far 1968, that still was an incomplete census. Several novels, based on personal experiences or totally fiction, could be found among that huge amount of books, but it has to be said that but for exceptions, their value has decreased along the time because of the strong political charge of most of them. Surprisingly, the war novel genre, understood as those soldiers’ stories where ideology is only in the background, has hardly been used by the authors on writing about the Spanish conflict. These three novels now presented, some kind of models in their genre, may be an exception. KEYWORDS: War novel, Spanish Civil War, Cecilio Benitez de Cas-tro, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pedro Garcia Suarez, Spanish Foreign Legion literature, Salvador Garcia de Pruneda, the Cavalry in the literature. Portada de Bocquet para la tercera edición de Se ha ocupado el kilómetro 6... a cargo de Editorial Molino y al ‘popular’ precio de 3 pesetas; Barcelona, s/f -c.1940-; 94 págs., rústica, 21x15 cm., texto a dos columnas. Revista de Historia Militar, 117 (2015), pp. 58-90. ISSN: 0482-5748


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