Estrella Oscura

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A mediados del siglo XX, Marruecos desarrolló un afán expansionista que supo aprovechar la débil posición internacional de España para arrebatarle en apenas siete meses el Sahara español. Esta guerra, ignorada por la opinión pública, es una de las más sangrientas para el ejército español: 300 bajas de un pelotón de 8.000 soldados. La ineptitud e ineficacia de los altos mandos de España ocasionaron que la derrota empezase a darse desde el principio. Ni siquiera las visitas de celebridades como Gila o Carmen Sevilla fueron capaces de elevar el ánimo de ciudadanos y tropas cada vez ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Las historias de Roma suelen hablarnos tan solo de las élites dirigentes y de su cultura. Este libro, por el contrario, se refiere al pueblo romano: a la masa de 50 a 60 millones de artesanos, trabajadores, campesinos, mendigos o esclavos que formaban el 99 por ciento de la sociedad y que compartían una cultura integrada por sus estrategias de vida y por sus formas de entretenimiento, en ocasiones netamente subversivas. Jerry Toner nos introduce en este “mundo al revés” y nos guía por terrenos fascinantes, y hasta ahora mal estudiados, como el de la salud mental en unos tiempos llenos ...