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“Each war entails the destruction of the human soul” (Henry Miller). Humanity should not lose its memory, even if some may try to conceal it. From the hindsight afforded by the passing of 75 years from the events narrated, with freedom of thought and a totally independent standpoint, Pacific Media have undertaken an arduous research which has resulted in the series: “The Finest Hours of WWII". From the atrocious moment in which Hitler ordered the invasion of Polish territory to the day in which Emperor Hirohito “had to accept the unacceptable”, all is encompassed in this book over...

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Mito y sociedad en la Grecia antigua, como casi todos los libros de Jean-Pierre Vernant, se compone de una serie de ensayos que guardan entre sí una notable coherencia. Temas como la lucha de clases, la guerra, el matrimonio y la sociedad de los dioses son fundamentales para la comprensión de la estructura social y de la mentalidad griega antigua. A continuación se incorporan los dos ensayos sobre lo puro y lo impuro, y sobre el mito y los ritos de Adonis que demuestran su admirable capacidad de síntesis crítica. Y en el texto final titulado Razones del mito, ofrece una perspectiva...

«Una síntesis fresca, hábil y completa de las más recientes revelaciones sobre esta famosa batalla. . . Como destructor de mitos, la obra de Showalter es una lectura obligada para aquellos interesados en la historia general y militar». David M. Glantz, editor de The Journal of Slavic Military Studies «Solo alguien con las habilidades académicas de Showalter puede resolver el mito de Kursk a partir del análisis de los hechos. Un fascinante relato de la batalla más importante en el frente oriental». Victor Davis Hanson, Universidad de Stanford «Esta obra es un relato escrito con...