La Segunda República y la Guerra Civil

Las grandes incógnitas de la Antigüedad y el Medievo, que desde siempre han despertado nuestra curiosidad más innata, reunidas en un solo libro, en el que estos enigmas serán resueltos de forma amena y tratados con celosa rigurosidad. Diez enigmas de la Historia Antigua y Medieval aparentemente sin conexión entre sí, que se suceden a lo largo del hilo temporal y que, sorprendentemente, los principales hechos narrados en ellos tienen un mismo motor: el anhelo de Occidente por la conquista de Oriente.

El análisis de un eminente historiador, que se sumerge en los últimos quinientos años de ascenso y caída de las grandes potencias. El eminente historiador Paul Kennedy analiza y describe el auge y la caída de las grandes potencias políticas, económicas y militares a lo largo de los últimos cinco siglos. La nación proyecta su poder militar según sus recursos económicos, pero el alto coste de mantener la supremacía militar la precipita a la decadencia. Las grandes potencias en crisis reaccionan gastando más en defensa y se debilitan desviando recursos productivos. A lo largo de la...

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