Francisco Jerónimo de León

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El ensayista e historiador francs relata las causas y consecuencias de la Guerra del Pacfico (1879-1883), episodio en el que Chile, Per y Bolivia se vieron involucrados en un conflicto armado y en el que Chile asumi la posicin de mxima potencia del subcontinente y Bolivia qued sin salida al mar. Esta guerra que resolvi definitivamente el destino del desierto de Atacama y sus riquezas representa, como explica el autor, un momento definitivo en la historia sudamericana: uno que establecera papeles que continan hasta el siglo XXI y que cambiara, por siempre, la geografa del continente americano.

La División Azul es quizá la más famosa de todas las divisiones que participaron en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y desprende cierta aureola romántica. En este libro se analiza qué significó su participación en el gran conflicto europeo y se estudian su form

"A compilation of 21 presentations from the 1998 colloquium in Paris, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the death of Ramon Emeterio Betances. Includes participation by distinguished scholars from Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Italy, the United States, Martinique and Cuba."