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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...

Juan Antonio Tirado traza en este libro una crónica periodística de la Transición española centrada en siete personajes que fueron claves en la consecución de lo que Raúl del Pozo llama «el logro más importante de la España del siglo XX». Los personajes retratados son Carlos Arias Navarro, Juan Carlos I, Adolfo Suárez, Manuel Fraga, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Santiago Carrillo y Carmen Díez de Rivera. El autor revisa este periodo histórico y desmonta algunos de sus tópicos en un ensayo ágil y didáctico que denota un conocimiento profundo del clima moral del momento y que ha...

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Diferentes objetivos animaron a la alianza militar francoespañola en la conocida como guerra de Cochinchina. En el año 1858 el gobierno de la reina española, Isabel II, decidió intervenir militarmente cuando fueron asesinados en Tonkin, los obispos españoles, dominicos, Fr. José Díaz de Sanjurjo y Fr. Melchor García Sampedro. Un ejército de casi 1 500 soldados españoles establecido en las Islas Filipinas, luchó durante casi cinco años por la protección de las misiones de los dominicos españoles en el reino de Annam (actual Vietnam). No obstante, el gobierno de S.M. con esta...