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En los últimos meses de 1991 las reformas emprendidasnpor los líderes soviéticos habían creado una situación insoportable. La Unión Soviética se encaminaba a su fin, pero los principales artífices del cambio estaban lejos de sospecharlo. Gorbachov, Yeltsin y Bush (padre) protagonizaron unos meses decisivos que culminaron con la disolución de la Unión Soviética y el fin de la Guerra Fría. Pero, ¿y si el objetivo de ee.uu no era que la urss cayera? Una narración trepidante sobre la caída del último gran imperio, que se aparta de la tesis de la victoria estadounidense en la...

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El linaje de los Omeyas ejerció el poder califal, primero en Oriente, con capital en Damasco, y luego en Al Ándalus, estableciendo su capital en Córdoba. Durante su dominación tuvieron lugar las últimas grandes campañas de expansión del imperio islámico. Emprendieron la tarea de organizar administrativamente un territorio considerablemente mayor que el que rigieron sus predecesores, y con una población mayoritariamente no árabe, formada por no musulmanes o por personas recién convertidas al islam. El califato de Córdoba supone la etapa política de mayor esplendor en la Península ...

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...