El nacimiento de los corresponsales de guerra.

Este libro descubre una Guerra Civil española desnuda de épica e idealismo, en la que miles de hombres desafiaron el reclutamiento obligatorio y encontraron en la deserción la única vía de escape a los horrores del frente de combate. Pedro Corral ha rastreado las huellas de los españoles llamados a filas que escaparon por centenares a los montes o que buscaron recomendaciones en la retaguardia para no ser movilizados; combatientes asesinados desde sus propias trincheras al intentar evadirse; soldados que se dispararon a las extremidades para ser evacuados; ancianos y niños encarcelados ...

La empresa del descubrimiento, exploración, conquista y colonización de América, representa un esfuerzo verdaderamente gigantesco de la España católica, si bien se consideran, de una parte, el estado de esta, empobrecida y desangrada durante ocho siglos de guerras, con una población que no pasaba de los nueve millones de almas, y, de otra parte, la distancia y extensión de las tierras exploradas y colonizadas, y cuanto en ellas hizo la metrópoli en el trascurso de tres siglos. En suma, al ambiente americano se unieron lo étnico, lo social, lo político, lo económico, lo científico...

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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...