Miedo y progreso

Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians. After a long and painstaking effort, the authors, one an Armenian, the other a Turk, generally recognized as the foremost experts on the Armenian Genocide, have prepared a new, authoritative translation and...

Varios estudios analizan la presencia de la temática del cautiverio en las crónicas de Indias, con especial atención a una obra tan representativa como el "Cautiverio feliz" de Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán.

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...

La presente obra se centra en 1980, el año en el que el terrorismo acabó con más vidas (hasta 2004, con la masacre del 11-M). El Centro Memorial de las Víctimas del Terrorismo decidió impulsar un proyecto de investigación sobre la violencia política y sus víctimas durante la Transición. Ahora bien, en vez de analizar toda esa fase, se eligió una perspectiva original, que creímos más productiva: una cata.