December 11, 1998

The True Story of the Lincoln 'Brigade'

To the Editor:

Those of us scholars who specialize in modern Spain are bemused and disturbed by the politically correct but historically inaccurate idealization of the Abraham Lincoln "Brigade" -- actually a battalion ("U. of Washington Honors Lincoln Brigade," Short Subjects, October 30). Its members were mostly Stalinists, and the idea that they were fighting for Western-style democracy is a convenient

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