Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open intiative. Impossible Witness: Modernist Peace Testimonies from the Spanish Civil War offers a powerful counter-narrative, uncovering the overlooked history of pacifist thought, activism, and artistic intervention during one of the twentieth century?s most devastating conflicts. Through groundbreaking archival research and interdisciplinary analysis, J. Ashley Foster reveals how writers, artists, journalists, and relief workers forged transnational networks of peace in response to the ethical challenges of total war.