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“Each war entails the destruction of the human soul” (Henry Miller). Humanity should not lose its memory, even if some may try to conceal it. From the hindsight afforded by the passing of 75 years from the events narrated, with freedom of thought and a totally independent standpoint, Pacific Media have undertaken an arduous research which has resulted in the series: “The Finest Hours of WWII". From the atrocious moment in which Hitler ordered the invasion of Polish territory to the day in which Emperor Hirohito “had to accept the unacceptable”, all is encompassed in this book over...

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Nuestra visión del pasado depende de dos cosas: los hechos o situaciones que se relatan, y la persona del historiador que los describe y analiza. Para un conocimiento histórico a cabalidad, no basta con estudiar el pasado a través de un libro, sino que es preciso conocer sobre la persona que lo escribió. Este primer tomo de La historiografía chilena pretende, justamente, saber quiénes y cómo eran los historiadores que han construido la imagen de Chile entre 1842 y 1920.

Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (Cuéllar, 1549 - Madrid, 1626), cronista, historiador y escritor prolífico del Siglo de Oro, es autor, entre otras obras, de la Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del mar Océano o Décadas, considerada una de las primeras "Historias de América", principalmente de los descubrimientos y conquistas. Fue Cronista Mayor de Castilla y de Indias. Está considerado el historiador de temática más amplia en su época. Entre su abundante obra sobresale esta Historia General del Mundo en tiempos de Felipe II, que Mariano...