Libros

Albert Speer, Naram-Sin de Acad, Escipión Emiliano, Irma Schrader, Shang Yang, Stig Dagerman, Sapor I o Bernardo Bellotto son algunas de las figuras que vivieron el asedio de una ciudad como vencedores, vencidos o simples testigos. A través de sus retratos, este libro reconstruye una historia del (...)

Amphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of Britain's expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as Borneo (1963 66), the Falklands (1982), Sierra Leone (2000) and Iraq (2003). In major operations such as Suez and the (...)

The Battle of the Bulge raises many questions which, until now, have not been adequately answered: How did the major tank types perform during the battle? What were the specific lessons learned' from the combat? And did these lessons result in changes to tanks in the subsequent months?Offering (...)

In this highly detailed book, naval historian Edward Hampshire reveals the fascinating history of the nuclear-powered attack submarines built and operated by the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including each class of these formidable craft as they developed throughout the Cold War period.The (...)

The 'Soixante quinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system. Although some of these features had been incorporated into earlier guns, the 75mm (...)

Fiel al dicho de Kazantzakis según el cual el buen viajero crea el país por el que viaja , María Belmonte concibe y recrea Macedonia, en el norte de Grecia, que de su mano se nos va revelando como una tierra melancólica y misteriosa, tan exuberante, sin embargo, como la Grecia solar, y llena de (...)