For a man of action like Robert Jordan, Spain in the 1930s is the ideal setting to be. It's the middle of a civil war, and Jordan, who has sided with the side that appeals the most to idealists of the time, has been assigned on a dangerous mission in the mountains. He is waiting for the proper moment to detonate a bomb on a critical bridge in order to impede the enemy's march.
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For a man of action like Robert Jordan, Spain in the 1930s is the ideal setting to be. It's the middle of a civil war, and Jordan, who has sided with the side that appeals the most to idealists of the time, has been assigned on a dangerous mission in the mountains. He is waiting for the proper moment to detonate a bomb on a critical bridge in order to impede the enemy's march.
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