Resultados para "Error" en Historia

El pronunciamiento de julio de 1936 y la guerra civil no fueron inevitables. La República pudo prevenir el golpe de estado y desarticular la conspiración que había ido tejiéndose durante años. Ángel Viñas desvela cómo los servicios de defensa interior y exterior detectaron los riesgos y amenazas de involución, pero también cómo los gobiernos de Azaña y Casares Quiroga desoyeron el ruido de sables contra la democracia.

Australia is a proud country full of proud people, but exactly what are we proud of? Comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie delves deep into Australia's past and has a good old rummage amongst the nation's personal effects. With wit, perspicacity and a healthily elastic attitude to historical accuracy, the great saga of Australia is unravelled like an old woolly jumper. For anyone who snoozed through history class at school, this is the book to get you all caught up.

Este libro recoge mi testimonio sobre esos hechos, en lo que respecta, principalmente, a la intervención del gobierno del cual yo hacía parte, como ministro de Justicia, en esos hechos y, en general, sobre lo ocurrido en la Casa de Nariño, durante las 28 horas que duró la Toma y en las horas...

On the evening of 21st November 1974, bombs planted by the IRA in two crowded Birmingham pubs exploded, killing 21 people and injuring at least 170. Within a day of the explosion, six men - Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, Billy Power, Johnny Walker and Hughie Callaghan - were arrested and charged. All were found guilty. Methodically, with total clarity and a tone that is both gripping and impassioned, then investigative journalist Mullin unpicked every detail of the case.

In 1967, a Baltimore man named Howard Donahue began investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Like countless Americans, Donahue was fascinated by the events in Dallas. But what separated him from other amateur sleuths, and even the Warren Commission experts, was a lifetime's experience with guns and ballistics. In Mortal Error, Bonar Menninger chronicles Donahue's 25-year investigation of President Kennedy's death and the stunning revelation it led him to.

Cuando hacemos el recuento de la historia de la humanidad recordamos con orgullo las grandes hazañas, las conquistas, los descubrimientos y las victorias, pero en realidad por cada victoria hay un fracaso y por cada acierto, una infinidad de errores. Por cientos de años los seres humanos hemos metido la pata y, aunque no nos guste admitirlo, nuestra historia también está determinada por todos esos fracasos que nos hacen encoger de hombros.

Emprenda un viaje épico a través de los divertidísimos errores y las desconcertantes meteduras de pata que dieron forma a las civilizaciones. Más que simples errores, este libro sobre fracasos épicos en la historia antigua es un testimonio de la resistencia de la humanidad y de la capacidad de las personas para aprender, adaptarse y avanzar a pesar de las circunstancias. Este libro lo llevará en un viaje a través del tiempo, permitiéndole ser testigo del lado entrañablemente humano de nuestros antepasados.

On January 16, 1991, Speicher participated in the initial air strike of the Persian Gulf War. Moments after an attack by an Iraqi MIG-25, Speicher's plane vanished over the Baghdad desert. The next day, Secretary of State Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell told the American public that Speicher was the first casualty of the Gulf War. He was listed as KIA/BNR.

In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-François-André Méchain voyaged south to Barcelona...

“Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it.” —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and Predictably Irrational comes Being Wrong, an...