Hombres de mala corte

Els articles inclosos en aquest volum reflecteixen moltes de les adreces i contextos en què estan evolucionant les històries contemporànies d'Espanya actuals. En aquest sentit, el conjunt de les contribucions emergeixen d'un rerefons comú associat a la història social i incorporen, en major o menor mesura, els corrents internacionals associats a l'anomenat «gir lingüístic» i la nova història cultural. Unes innovacions que són especialment pertinents per als historiadors de l'Espanya contemporània perquè suposen un repte directe a la coherència i legitimitat de les grans...

En esta interpretacion de la historia de Polonia se subraya en particular su vinculacion al cristianismo latino, asi como el papel que ha desempenado frente a los imperios turco y ruso. Este libro es, tambien, un lucido intento por desentranar la historia de la patria de Copernico y de Chopin, de Juan Pablo II y de Walesa; la historia de un pais que desempeno un papel primordial en el desmantelamiento del Imperio sovietico y que hoy, de nuevo, acepta el reto de la conservacion de su soberania y su identidad cultural.

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by...

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