México, una revolución silenciosa?

Tras el colapso del imperio zarista, entre 1917 y 1921 tuvo lugar en Rusia una lucha devastadora: una incompatible alianza blanca de socialistas moderados y monárquicos reaccionarios tenía pocas posibilidades contra el Ejército Rojo de Trotsky y la dictadura comunista de Lenin. El terror engendró el terror, que a su vez condujo a una crueldad aún mayor sobre hombres, mujeres y niños. La lucha se convirtió en una guerra mundial por delegación, ya que Churchill desplegó armamento y tropas del imperio británico, mientras las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos, Francia, Italia, Japón,...

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Pocas figuras del Lejano Oriente tan atractivas para el imaginario occidental (y descontando, por supuesto, el propio de Japón) como la del samurái, temible guerrero imbuido de una mística especial y provisto de una exótica indumentaria y un armamento deslumbrante. En "Historia de los samuráis", Jonathan López-Vera desentraña el fondo de este estereotipo y expone su trayectoria histórica: un recorrido tan ameno como riguroso que abarca más de mil años en los que a lo largo de siete siglos constituyeron la elite social y política del país, contribuyendo a forjar su propio mito. En...

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