La trilogía de Wall Street

Esta obra recoge el contenido de cuatro conferencias de Carlos Taibo relativas a la Rusia de los siglos XX y XXI. En sus páginas se sopesan la naturaleza del sistema soviético, los cambios acaecidos en los años de la perestroika gorbachoviana, el panorama interno de la Rusia independiente y la trama de relaciones exteriores del país. Los textos correspondientes, de franca vocación pedagógica y divulgadora, configuran introducciones a esas cuatro cuestiones y aportan un material de debate singularmente útil a efectos de lidiar con algunos de los problemas principales que se revelan en...

Escrito en la historia conmemora las mayores y más importantes cartas del panorama político, cultural, artístico, o de la vida privada de aquellos personajes célebres que influyeron en el devenir de nuestra historia. El aclamado historiador Simon Sebag Montefiore ha seleccionado más de cien cartas que van desde la Antigüedad, como la que dirigió Marco Antonio a Octavio Augusto en el año 33 a. C.; hasta nuestro siglo, como la de Donald J. Trump a Kim Jong-Un en mayo de 2018. Sus autores varían desde Isabel I de Inglaterra, Ramsés II, Frida Kahlo y Leonard Cohen, hasta Nelson Mandela, ...

From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...