El Puente Pegasus

Una perspectiva radicalmente distinta, original e innovadora de la compleja trama de la Guerra Civil española. Paul Preston, probablemente el más importante hispanista de la actualidad, ofrece en este ensayo una perspectiva completamente innovadora de la guerra civil española a partir de las biografías de los personajes que marcaron con su paso el devenir de todos, como José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Manuel Azaña y Francisco Franco. Descifra así un país distinto, la tercera España, que, con el paso del tiempo, desembocaría en la España democrática de hoy, y rompe con el tópico de...

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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...

¿Qué es la historia? En algún momento del tiempo se llegó a pensar que era una disciplina inútil, como si solo fuera un saber ornamental. Investigar acerca del pasado reciente o remoto no es un pasatiempo, es una actividad práctica que ayuda al individuo y a la colectividad. Pero la historia no es, no puede ser, como la mala medicina, que le dice al paciente solo lo que él quiere escuchar. El pasado es inerte, fatal, algo que no se puede reproducir. El pasado no existe pero quedan vestigios, restos de acciones, huellas pretéritas que se rememoran con un sentido actual, no siempre...