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La historia de Wilheim Canaris, el jefe del espionaje de Hitler, ahorcado por los nazis en abril de 1945 –no una vez, sino dos, con el objeto de prolongar su agonía-, encierra un misterio que Richard Bassett ha procurado descifrar, usando documentos y testimonios hasta hoy inéditos, para aclarar la conducta del hombre que, desde dentro mismo del régimen nazi, trató, según sus propias palabras, de oponerse “a la locura de Hitler, que conducía a Alemania a la destrucción”. Además de las nuevas perspectivas que nos ofrece acerca de la segunda guerra mundial, el libro resulta...

Che Guevara, the larger-than-life hero of the 1959 revolutionary victory that overturned the Cuban dictatorship, believed that revolution would also topple the imperialist governments in Latin America. Che's call to action, his proclamation of "invincibility"-the ultimate victory of revolutionary forces-continues to influence the course of Latin American history and international relations. His amazing life story has lifted him to almost legendary status. This edition of Che's classic work Guerrilla Warfare contains the text of his book, as well as two later essays titled "Guerrilla Warfare:...

El volumen hace alusion a las independencias iberoamericanas en el subtitulo porque son ellas las que marcan un hito en las visiones que las elites regionales lanzan sobre el pasado con vistas al futuro, pero en una operacion que busca cimentar su poder en el presente. Ellas, las guerras de independencia y los procesos inmediatos que les siguen, son el punto de partida de la "historia nacional" y la relacion de esa historia nueva con el pasado colonial sera en muchos casos, como sabemos, materia prima de la disputa entre liberales y conservadores. Se trata de "estabilizar" el pasado, de...

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