Libros

A lo largo de la historia, el hombre ha mostrado su carácter más despiadado cuando se ha enfrentado a otros hombres. La Segunda Guerra Mundial se convirtió en el punto culminante de esa siniestra evolución del mal; el holocausto fue la expresión máxima de los límites que puede alcanzar el odio y la (...)

La historia de España y Portugal está plagada de estereotipos que, a menudo, se usan tanto para alimentar el triunfalismo como un pesimismo paralizante. Solo los pueblos que conocen los contrastes de su historia pueden entender el pasado para, desde él, construir su futuro. Este libro afronta la de (...)

Senderos entre los árboles comienzan donde otros muchos libros acaban. Por sus páginas van desfilando usos, costumbres, mitos, leyendas. Su lectura constituye un paseo, en compañía de los árboles, por los caminos del bosque de la cultura, de la imaginación, de la emotividad, Tal vez a quien lo ojee (...)

Para los millones de espectadores que le adoraron como Robin Hood, como el Capitán Blood, como Fletcher Christian, como George Armstrong Custer, Errol Flynn (1909-1959) vivió una vida mucho más emocionante que cualquiera de las aventuras que llevó a la pantalla: viajes exóticos, hazañas criminales, (...)

One of the longest-running battles of World War II took place across the English Channel, in which huge artillery guns attempted to destroy each other, created psychological terror among the local inhabitants living near the coast, and harassed shipping over a four-year period.Neil Short examines (...)

Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber.One of the principal types in the Luftwaffe's inventory at the (...)

Grandes clásicos del cine español muestra las vicisitudes, problemas y controversias por las que atravesaron algunas de las producciones más míticas de nuestra cinematografía. Películas con temáticas muy distintas que, en muchos casos, se vieron sometidas a la censura más atroz y que mostraron, a (...)

The complex and fascinating story of Romania's 'turning of arms' against Nazi Germany, and the battle for Romania - an important but overlooked and misunderstood episode of World War II. The battle for Romania from March to September 1944 is a multifaceted story involving German, Romanian, Soviet, (...)

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The US Navy's 1944 Philippines raids were the first time naval aircraft had challenged and beaten a land-based air force. With artwork and rare photos, this is the first book to study them.During September 1944, the US Navy's Task Force 38 launched a series of huge airstrikes against Japanese (...)

An illustrated exploration of the development, technology and operations of Wilde Sau fighters in the night skies over Germany during the Defence of the Reich.In July 1943, the Nachtjagdverband's defence of Germany from the RAF's increasingly effective night bombing campaign was nearly brought to a (...)

East Africa Campaign 1940 41. The Battle for the Horn of Africa.A fascinating study of one of the often overlooked World War II campaigns as British/Commonwealth, Indigenous and Italian forces battled for control of the Horn of Africa. In mid-1940, Italy's East African colonies posed a significant (...)

An in-depth look at a critical battle of the Wars of the Roses, which decisively ended the Yorkist cause and ensured the Tudor dominance that followed.The Battle of Stoke is popularly considered to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. Less than two years previously, King Henry VII had been (...)

Lavishly illustrated, this book studies the role of airpower in the New Guinea battles of 1942 43, as the Allies checked and halted Japan's last significant offensives.Mark Stille and John Rogers offer a new history of a previously neglected part of the South Pacific air war - the battles over New (...)

A detailed look at the battle of Bouvines, which saw Philippe II of France defeat the German and English coalition forces, changing the history of Europe forever.In early 1214, a coalition of forces led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and bankrolled by King John of England was assembled to challenge (...)

An in-depth study of the ground campaign led by the US and Coalition forces against Iraq in the Gulf War.In 1980, Iraq invaded Iran, precipitating an eight-year war. By the end of the 1980s, Iraq was bankrupt, having amassed enormous debts, and oil-rich neighboring Kuwait, which Iraq had long (...)

An illustrated study of the famous Heinkel He 219 the Luftwaffe's only pupose-built nightfighter and its role in the bitterly contested nocturnal defence of the Reich.Originally conceived as a high-performance reconnaissance aircraft, the Heinkel He 219 went on to become the Luftwaffe's only (...)

An illustrated study of the Luftwaffe's iconic Fw 190 Jabo units and their high-speed, low-level attacks on the south coast of England.The service debut of the Fw 190 in the late summer of 1941 marked a quantum leap in the Luftwaffe's capability to oppose the RAF on the Channel Front. Conceived to (...)