La historia no es la que es

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Historia de la "Batalla del Río de la Plata": el desembarco de la tripulación del Graf Spee, su hundimiento y el suicidio de su capitán, Hans Langsdorff, en el contexto argentino que va del golpe de Uriburu a la llegada del peronismo.

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...

Como escribiera Jorge Luis Borges, quizás la historia universal no sea más que la entonación de un par de metáforas. La que ejercitan en este libro Bárbara Silva y Josefina Cabrera es aquella que busca representar el todo por una de sus partes. Así, en vez de plantear otro relato histórico ordenado, lineal y progresivo, las autoras nos muestran que desde un día cualquiera puede reconstruirse la sensibilidad y los hechos de un año, explorando un relato fragmentado en cien días que corresponden a loscien años del siglo XX en nuestro país. Cien años de sueños colectivos y arrojos...