Libros

Diseñada por el ingeniero Del Campo, la AISA I-115 representó el segundo intento de la industria aeronáutica española por sustituir a la mítica Bücker Bü-131 con un monoplano de ala baja en las tareas de escuela primaria. La nueva avioneta, proyectada con unas agradables líneas que recordaban un (...)

El Art Nouveau se desarrolló en formas muy diferentes entre la década de 1880 y la Primera Guerra Mundial, comenzando en Europa Occidental. Líneas orgánicas y formas vegetales, construcciones en hierro, vidrio y hormigón, así como la idea de Gesamtkunstwerk (obra de arte completa) se pueden (...)

Oda Nobunaga was Japan's great military genius and the nation's first to envisage a unified Japan. Long vilified by historians as a cruel and ruthless despot, he remains one of the most controversial figures in Japanese history a man whose strategic brilliance and military prowess are his only (...)

The Wars of the Roses offers a new and authoritative history of the military campaigns of the Wars of the Roses. It draws upon decades of archival research and recent archaeological findings to provide a fresh perspective on the civil wars of the mid-fifteenth century, from the first Battle of St (...)

Details Israel's 1982 invasion, highlighting fierce battles and strategic operations.Following years of growing tensions, in June 1982 Israel launched an all-out invasion of Lebanon. Following initial advances on Palestinian-controlled Tyre and Sidon, the Beaufort Castle, and the amphibious landing (...)

Chronicles the Spanish Civil War's early air battles, showing how foreign aircraft and pilots shaped modern aerial warfare.In July 1936, Spain's air arm stood on the brink of obsolescence. Its handful of Nieuport-Delage Ni52C.1 fighters, Breguet XIX bombers and Dornier seaplanes represented a (...)

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. At a stroke, the fleets of bombers that had helped to bring victory in the skies over Europe and the Pacific were rendered obsolete by the twin inventions of the atomic bomb and (...)

Sumamente sensible a la imagen de España, el rey Alfonso XIII, durante su reinado, no renunció a ac tuar desde el trono como un estímulo del regeneracionismo que dominaba la opinión pública. Su afán de modernización de la Nación, como mejor demostración de un sentimiento patriótico, fue clara desde (...)

Five centuries have passed since the famed Battle of Pavia - one of the most significant engagements in military history. This clash marked the culmination of the so-called Italian Wars, which had ravaged the Italian peninsula for over 30 years as European powers vied for dominance of the (...)