El siglo XVII

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...

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El estudio de las relaciones internacionales es actualmente una de las líneas de investigación más en boga en el panorama histórico español. La pujanza de esta tendencia contrasta con la escasez de trabajos de entidad dedicados a las relaciones entre España y Estados Unidos durante el periodo comprendido entre el estallido de la guerra civil y la génesis y consolidación de la dictadura franquista. Para paliar este desconocimiento se plantea esta obra la elaboración de una síntesis en la que quede al descubierto el importante papel que jugó Estados Unidos durante el conflicto...