Pilot of Fortune

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A setenta años del inicio de la Guerra Civil, el presente libro ofrece una estudio del mito político franquista por antonomasia: el del Alzamiento Nacional del 18 de julio de 1936. Repasa la literatura y la cinematografía más significativas sobre la guerra y analiza algunos de los mitos y distorsiones de los vencedores aún vigentes: su inevitabilidad, la leyenda de Badajoz, la gesta del Alcázar, el papel de sus intelectuales tomando a Pemán y Unamuno como modelos, la confusa cuestión de la memoria y el olvido, etc. El autor pone de manifiesto cómo el recuerdo e influencia de la...

In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach--across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire would establish five centuries of Western supremacy across the globe and usher in an era of transatlantic exploration that eventually gave rise to the modern world. It was a time of discovery and adventure, of great political and social change--a time when Spain learned to rule the world. It was also a time of great turbulence and transition, which fueled an exceptional flourishing of art and ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...