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Tesis doctoral dirigida por Paul Preston en la London School of Economics (en inglés) sobre el fracaso del catalanismo durante el primer franquismo.
This book has been written in direct response to the numerous requests for a revised and improved version of the previous - and now long out-of-print - second edition. Unlike the previous book, this edition presents the data it contains thematically in the hope that it will enable readers to quickly find the information they are looking for. LA ULTIMA CRUZADA is intended to be a sourcebook of information that will be useful to military historians and wargamers with an interest in the Spanish Civil War. The book comprises six parts: Part 1: The major political parties and main events of the Spanish Civil War Part 2: The Armies of the Spanish Civil War Part 3: The Navies of the Spanish Civil War Part 4: The Air Forces of the Spanish Civil War Part 5: The Spanish Police and Security Forces Part 6: Uniforms of the Spanish Civil War There is also a bibliography
Bringing together a group of outstanding judges, scholars and experts with first-hand experience in the field of transitional justice in Latin America and Spain, this book offers an insider’s perspective on the enhanced role of courts in prosecuting serious human rights violations and grave crimes, such as genocide and war crimes, committed in the context of a prior repressive regime or current conflict. The book also draws attention to the ways in which regional and international courts have come to contribute to the initiation of national judicial processes. All the contributions evince that the duty to investigate and prosecute grave crimes can no longer simply be brushed to the side in...
Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-19th century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry - and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry - had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible.
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
During the Spanish Civil War many groups on the European right were galvanised by the Nationalist cause. This book recounts the experiences of a number of foreign volunteers, all of whom saw their engagement in Spain as a means of promoting their own political causes at home.
Si existe una ciudad con un pasado espléndido y largo al mismo tiempo, ésa es, sin lugar a dudas, Cádiz. Tres mil años aproximados de historia, su condición de casi isla abierta al Atlántico, al Mediterráneo, a Europa, África y América otorgan a su historia un poderoso atractivo. Desde sus lejanos orígenes, donde realidad y mitología se confunden, hasta los tiempos contemporáneos con su protagonismo en los grandes movimientos políticos del siglo xix, sin olvidar tampoco el largo periodo intermedio en que la ciudad se convertiría en puerta de las Indias y Emporio del Orbe, Cádiz constituye un punto de referencia obligado en la historia de España, de Europa e, incluso, del mund...