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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

La presente obra pretende incorporar a los estudios fenicios un tipo de trabajo que ha resultado extremadamente fructífero en otras especialidades. Una aproximación característica que hace del hombre o los hombres de una determinada época o cultura el objeto principal de su estudio, mediante la presentación de diferentes perfiles, tipos o personajes. Una forma de trabajo que permite a la vez, profundizar en aspectos particulares de la cultura estudiada y reflexionar sobre ella y sobre nuestras formas de comprenderla, situando al hombre en el centro de toda atención.

John W. Dower hace balance de la violencia que el mundo ha sufrido desde el fin de la segunda guerra mundial. Primero fue una mal llamada guerra fría –donde el general Le May se jactaba de haber matado a más de un millón de civiles coreanos con sus bombarderos- después la "guerra contra el terror", sin olvidar las guerras sucias de América Latina o las "operaciones especiales". Un panorama que Obama reavivó con su campaña de modernización nuclear y que Trump mantiene vivo. De ahí que este "poderoso libro", en palabras de Andrew Bacevich, sea, como dice Ariel Dorfman, "de lectura...