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Benjamín Subercaseaux bien pudo titular su obra Chile, una loca geografía... y una historia ídem. La última masa continental en ser poblada por la humanidad, el Mordor del Imperio español durante dos siglos y medio, la Prusia del Pacífico en el siglo XIX y un carrusel político a lo largo del XX. La trayectoria de la franja larga y angosta ofrece sobremesas para regodearse. En el primer tomo leerán desde las teorías de poblamiento de América (incluyendo las de un voluntarioso científico trasandino que afirmaba que la humanidad se originó, entre todos los lugares posibles, en...

Hoffnungsträger der Dritten Welt oder rücksichtsloser Despot? Fidel Castro, Máximo Líder der kubanischen Revolution, polarisiert wie kaum eine andere Figur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er hat unzählige Mordanschläge, die Amtszeit von zehn US-Präsidenten und den Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion überlebt. Diese Biografie zeigt, wie Castro seine charismatische Herrschaft im Spannungsfeld der Supermächte begründen, verfestigen und trotz aller Krisen bis in die Gegenwart ausbauen konnte. Dabei präsentiert der Autor neue Quellen und wertet erstmals die spanischsprachige Sekundärliteratur aus, die ...

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