The tree of Gernika. The famous historian Paul Preston states that this book is one of the ten most important ones among the thousands which have been written about the 1936-1939 civil war. Steer was in the Basque Country working as a newspaper correspondent of The Times when the bombing of Gernika took place. His report was the first international complaint of the German attack. More than any other commentators of the age; Steer «achieved to show a strong feeling; not only about the atrocity magnitude but also about the threat of this new warlike strategy in his chronicle». The book is also a complete report of the whole Basque campaign and one of the most authentic and touching tributes to the Basque Country, its suffering and bravery in its fight against Franco and his fascist and nazi allies. Steer, a solidary foreigner, was the great champion of the Basque Country in front of the bombs and calumnies which were thrown over him.With the pass of the time, his book and figure go on growing.
