Libros

Este libro no es la historia del reinado de Carlos II, sino un bosquejo de lo que eran España y la sociedad española en aquel tiempo. Su autor, Julian Juderias, es uno de los intelectuales mas destacados de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX. Nos descirbe con detalle el escenario, ambiente, (...)

El 6 de septiembre de 1941, mientras la batalla de Kiev seguía su curso, Adolf Hitler, en su directiva número 35, prepara la futura ofensiva del Heeresgruppe "Mite" en dirección a Moscú. Era la operación "Taifún" (Tifón). La ofensiva hacia Kiev, sin embargo, había retrasado los planes alemanes y (...)

The Vikings' siege of Paris in 885-86 was a turning point in the history of both Paris and France. In 885, a year after Charles the Fat was crowned King of the Franks, Danish Vikings sailed up the Seine demanding tribute. The Franks' refusal prompted the Vikings to lay siege to Paris, which was (...)

An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas about modern air power.Operation Desert Storm took (...)

A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British Pacific Fleet kept the base suppressed until VJ-Day.In early 1944, the island base of Truk was a (...)

A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in (...)

In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Michael Lynch provides a concise overview of the Chinese Civil War, a defining conflict in world history.Between the end of World War II and the dawn of the Cold War, one of the most important conflicts in modern history reached its climax. In this (...)

Packed with never-before-seen photos, plans and meticulous new digital artwork, this is the first history of the USAAF's futuristic World War II prototype interceptor, the XP-67 "Moonbat".The series of X-planes that sprang from the US Army's Request for Data R40C, focused on high-altitude, (...)

The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called 'secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of the CIA, it received far less coverage than campaigns like Rolling Thunder and Linebacker. Nevertheless, the campaign had a profound effect on the (...)

An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units against the approaching Allied fleets. As summer changed to autumn in 1944, Japan was losing the war. Still unwilling to surrender, Japan's last hope was to (...)

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to Julius Caesar's Civil War.Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they (...)

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms. After Georgia's independence from Russia in 1991, President Saakashvili invited NATO advisers to assist in military reforms. (...)

Erwin Rommel, oficial condecorado durante la Gran Guerra con la orden Pour Le Mérite en reconocimiento a su valor en batalla, y autor del libro Infantería al ataque, un interesante manual de táctica militar, acompañó a Hitler en 1939 durante la campaña de invasión a Polonia como jefe de seguridad, (...)

A fully illustrated overview of the USSR's bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy.The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988 89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands (...)

En Historia desconocida de Roma, J. Vilmont nos invita a redescubrir la grandeza y las sombras del Imperio romano a través de relatos fascinantes y detalles que a menudo pasan desapercibidos en las narraciones convencionales. Esta obra nos lleva desde los humildes orígenes de Roma, donde pequeños (...)

Manos patológicas en la pintura se encuadra dentro de lo que se conoce como la diagnosis en el lienzo o lo que es lo mismo, el diagnóstico retrospectivo de dolencias a través de representaciones pictóricas. El doctor Juliá se sirve de las obras de grandes maestros de la pintura como Rubens, El (...)

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado si realmente estuvo aquí? ¿Sabías que en España aún resuenan los ecos de sus pasos? ¿Por qué sabemos tanto de sus hazañas en las Galias y permanece en la sombra de la anécdota el sello hispano de su leyenda?Pocas figuras han quedado impresas de forma tan indeleble en (...)