Breve historia de Cosa Nostra

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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...

Hay mucho del pasado que late en la actualidad aparentemente más inédita. Ese pasado, sin determinarlo, condiciona en gran medida las situaciones del presente, como precisa el maestro y fundador de las relaciones internacionales en España, Antonio Truyol y Serra. Cualquier estudio de la realidad internacional que aspire a un mínimo de reflexividad, crítica, innovación y profundidad, debe recurrir, desde sus propias determinaciones epistémicas y metodológicas, a la historia, reflejo del trasfondo de lo que Raymond Aron llamó “orden del devenir”.

Cualquier análisis histórico del siglo XX debe enfrentarse al racconto de genocidios, masacres, torturas y diversas muestras de inhumanidad. ¿Qué fue lo que llevó a millones de hombres y mujeres a campos de concentración y exterminio, a entregar a compañeros y familiares, y al colaboracionismo con el invasor? ¿Por qué unos pocos lograron dominar a miles socavando su dignidad hasta puntos insospechados? ¿Cómo gente común pudo ser capaz de empuñar armas contra enemigos o hermanos, de doblegar a otros, de mancillarlos? En La humanidad frente a la barbarie, el periodista Daniel...