A mediados del siglo XX, Marruecos desarrolló un afán expansionista que supo aprovechar la débil posición internacional de España para arrebatarle en apenas siete meses el Sahara español.
Cargas de coraceros con refulgentes cascos metálicos; agrestes cabileños, de chilabas rayadas; lanceros con multicolores banderolas; la legendaria Guardia Negra, azul y roja; audaces cornetas, casi niños; bellas hebreas; presidiarios encadenados, como salidos de Los miserables; húsares, blancos y celestes; aérea caballería marroquí, envuelta en jaiques fantasmales; misteriosas ciudades santas; arias de Bellini cantadas a la luz de las hogueras por oficiales sentimentales; zocos abigarrados; curtidas cantineras vestidas a la amazona, revólver en cinto; Prim tonante, en los Castillejos; caravanas ondulantes de camellos; ataques a la bayoneta con banderas desplegadas, al compás de músicas y charangas.
"Es una magnífica noticia que se rescate este clásico, porque De Pavía a Rocroi es una obra maestra, imprescindible en toda buena biblioteca histórica.
PYRRHUS, King of Epirus, entered at the very beginning of his life upon the extraordinary series of romantic adventures which so strikingly marked his career.
Rund 500 Jahre vor Christi Geburt schrieb der chinesische General Sun Tsu für seinen Kaiser eine wissenschaftliche und gleichzeitig philosophische Abhandlung über die Kunst des Krieges.
Wissend, dass sich die Lage in Gallien zuspitzte und das letztlich die Legionen vom Rhenus den Brand würden löschen müssen, ohne dabei die Grenze zur Germania Magna aufbrechen zu dürfen, brauchte Verginius Rufus, der Statthalter des Exercitus Germania Superior, Gewissheit zur Bereitschaft des Statthalter im Exercitus Germania Inferior zum Mitwirken bei einer Niederwerfung eines gallischen Aufstandes.
Während Nero, der Kaiser Roms, neue Siege in Olympischen Wettstreit errang und so glaubte, seine Göttlichkeit beweisen und seine Macht stabilisieren zu können, mussten Andere dafür als Bewahrer dieser Macht auftreten.
An zu vielen Orten zu viele Feuer des Widerstandes gegen Rom entzündet, stiegen die Provinzen Judäa und Lugdunensis, sowie die Militärterritorien entlang der römischen Grenze zu Germanien zu Brennpunkten bevorstehender Auseinandersetzungen auf.
An zu vielen Orten zu viele Feuer des Widerstandes gegen Rom entzündet, stiegen die Provinzen Judäa und Lugdunensis, sowie die Militärterritorien entlang der römischen Grenze zu Germanien zu Brennpunkten bevorstehender Auseinandersetzungen auf.
Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject.
The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).
Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes.
Mark Zuckerberg's A Year of Books SelectionGeorge Orwells bleak visions of the future, one in which citizens are monitored through telescreens by an insidious Big Brother, has haunted our imagination long after the publication of 1984.
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, a much-talked-about 2016 presidential candidate, offers fourteen lessons from our nations past and discusses how they can be used to restore American courage, faith, and wisdom.
A vivid, thrilling, and impeccably researched account of Americas bloodiest battle everWorld War Is Meuse-Argonne Offensiveand the shocking American cover-up at its heart.
The intelligent and sweeping (Booklist) story of the crucial year that prefigured the events of the American Revolution in 1776and how Bostons smallpox epidemic was at the center of it all.
SELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS' AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers shares the powerful account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War in ';an important book.
This vigorous call-to-arms to reignite American citizenship at home and restore American power abroad by the Fox News contributor and decorated Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran uses the timeless truths of Teddy Roosevelts iconic Man in the Arena speech, and is a must-read that underscores our collective responsibility to restore Americas role as an exceptionalglobal leader (Senator John McCain).
From the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes Proved, a moving collection of ';straightforward, honest testimonials to the courage American troops display on and off the battlefield' (Kirkus Reviews).
In this timely and fascinating account of US military power in the era of Barack Obama, a renowned historian with more than a decade inside the US Department of Defense reveals the true nature of the presidents political legacy as his two terms in office draw to a close.
Simon Scarrow's four classic novels based on the lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte are published together in one superb-value ebook volume not to be missed by readers of Bernard Cornwell.
Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses.
The Prisoner in His Palace is an evocative and thought-provoking account of how the lives of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq are upended when they're asked to guard the most ';high-value detainee' of all, the notorious dictator Saddam Hussein.
