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?Se trata de un libro que, desde el rigor pero con contenido gráfico y tono ameno, trata de analizar los conflictos bélicos de varios siglos de nuestra historia deteniéndose en la composición de los ejércitos, el desarrollo del armamento, la utilización de animales en las batallas o la aparición de las armas de fuego." (Revista BBC Historia, Diciembre 2010) ?Este es un libro con la loable pretensión de entretener al lector y abrir su curiosidad dando un paseo por esa apasionante parte de la historia, a todos aquellos que no estén muy versados en historia militar les parecerá...

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...

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...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...