Misiones del Paraguay...

«La Historia general y natural las Indias (1535-1549)»de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés es una obra de gran interés para la geografía e historia natural del Nuevo Mundo, compuesta de narraciones legendarias, episodios y anécdotas, es decir diferentes estilos de contar las experiencias vividas, impregnadas de providencialismo y de otros juicios de valor procedentes de una formación retórica tradicional y de la pastoral judeocristiana. Su estilo literario es propio de la historia panegírica configurando un discurso salpicado de héroes arquetípicos de un orden teleológico...

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 ...

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From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...