The Finest Hours of The Second World War

From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

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Este libro propone una lectura pausada y distanciada de lo moro en su pasado histórico y en el devenir mediterráneo, así como inquiere en las lógicas de la alteridad, tantas veces invocadas y escasamente analizadas con justeza fenomenológica y antropológica. Una obra sumamente oportuna cuyo contenido se muestra comprometido con la actualidad. [Texto de la editorial].

Dos son las propuestas de fondo que el historiador italiano Carmelo Furci realiza en este libro. Primero, que la Vía Chilena al Socialismo tuvo, como fundamento y hegemonía principal, la coherencia de la línea política trazada por el Partido Comunista de Chile desde el Frente del Pueblo (1952) hasta la Unidad Popular (1969-70) y, segundo, que dada la derrota de tal Vía por el golpe militar de 1973, este Partido tenía que reconsiderar lo que ya antes había eludido: la adopción del componente militar como factor permanente de su estrategia política. Publicado en inglés hace más de...