Torres Villarroel

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“LaRosa y Mejía han hecho algo muy útil: ofrecerle al interesado un estudio completo, actualizado, bien investigado y de lectura fluida sobre Colombia, un país que, a pesar de su tamaño, su riqueza y su importancia geopolítica, sigue siendo uno de los países menos conocidos y peor comprendidos de América Latina. Aunque ambos autores son historiadores profesionales, su libro no es un trabajo académico tradicional. Es abiertamente “presentista”, como a veces dicen los historiadores con cierto desdén. Sus diez capítulos apuntan menos a diseccionar los misterios del pasado, el...

Dentro de la amplia y variada relación de reportajes y de testimonios sobre la Guerra Civil Española que vieron la luz durante el desarrollo de aquel conflicto ocupa un lugar meritorio Tres meses con las fuerzas de choque (División Campesino), que escribió el narrador y periodista cubano de origen gallego Carlos Montenegro (1900-1981) a raíz de haber conocido directamente la lucha armada en los frentes de batalla del campo republicano. En sus páginas reflejó la vida en la retaguardia, la situación de Madrid bajo el bombardeo de los sublevados, la dramática batalla de Teruel, donde...

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...