The Nirex Collection: Diplomacy in revolution

No obstante la actualización experimentada por la historiografía política chilena reciente, entre los aspectos que aún han sido débilmente abordados se encuentran aquellos vinculados a sus estructuras juveniles. Este libro compila trazos generales y fragmentarios sobre la historia de la JJCC a lo largo del siglo XX, desde sus acciones organizativas primigenias en el norte salitrero; sus diversos avatares constitutivos luego de la dictadura de Ibáñez; su rol en los procesos de politización juvenil durante los años del Frente Popular; algunos acercamientos a la cultura juvenil...

This book provides an introduction to ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems and its political development, it examines methodology, the history of Egyptology, religion, social organization, urban and rural life, and death.

What was once a romantic race for the skies at the turn of the century has become, now at the threshold of the new Millennium, a fierce commercial competition where no contestant can afford to lose ground. Catastrofes aereas is a journey through the most resonant and disastrous accidents in the history of commercial aviation, where the account of the events, experts' investigations, technical explanations, and the testimonies of those who lived or witnessed it are but the beginning of the story. There is also the political, economic and social context in which they occurred, and the outside...

This book presents a detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed it back into Germany itself. This final part of the series documents the Red Army's push through Germany to Berlin, which eventually culminated in the surrender of the German forces to the Allies in 1945. It also offers a detailed breakdown of all the armed forces that conducted the offensive campaigns on the Eastern Front, including the army, air force, paratroopers, navy and NKVD troops. It also...