División de Vanguardia del Ejército Patriota: organización logística para la campaña de 1818-1819

★★★★ Abstract: Con el fin de contribuir en las diferentes posturas frente a los hechos históricos del nacimiento de la República de Colombia, este capítulo analiza la organización logística, con una perspectiva técnico-táctica, de la Campaña del Ejército Patriota en el período 1818-1819. Se reconstruye la estructura de aquella organización que logró el mantenimiento de... Continua a leggere →

Papeles de guerra. Causas de la Guerra de la Triple Alianza a través de la prensa argentina y paraguaya (1862 – 1870)

★★★ Abstract: Con el objetivo de estudiar los textos periodísticos como actores políticos en contextos determinados, nos proponemos en este trabajo realizar una comparación de los argumentos difundidos por la prensa argentina y la prensa paraguaya con respecto a las causas de la Guerra de la Triple Alianza (1864-1870). Dada la gran cantidad de periódicos... Continua a leggere →

The Seven Years’ War: World War Zero

★★★ Abstract: Broken treaties, mutual aid agreements, imperial expansion, and the thirst for economic expansion all come to mind when thinking about the great world wars of 1914 and 1941, but they, in fact, occurred 158 years before. The great imperial powers of the day mustered great armies, deployed strong fleets, and hired mercenaries to... Continua a leggere →

Globalizing the Thirty Years War: Early German Newspapers and their Geopolitical Perspective on the Atlantic World

★★★ ABSTRACT: At the height of the Thirty Years War, news from South America, West Africa and the Caribbean was widespread and quickly distributed in the central European peripheries of the early modern Atlantic world. Despite the German retreat from sixteenth-century colonial experiments, overseas reports sometimes appeared in remote southern German towns before they were... Continua a leggere →

NELSON’S BATTLES IN 3D: TRAFALGAR

★★ In 1805, Napoleon is planning his move against the Third Coalition of Britain, Russia and Austria. He is determined to finally defeat Britain, and if he can manage to get the French army across the English Channel, his huge and experienced land forces would surely capture the island. Only the formidable British navy stands... Continua a leggere →

La guerra dell’ombra: infiltrarsi oltre i confini della rivoluzione

★★★ Le guerre dell'età rivoluzionaria e, in seguito, napoleonica non si limitarono alle grandi battaglie tra i grandi eserciti europei, ma si svolsero anche nell'ombra, attraverso operazioni segrete. Particolarmente interessante fu la guerra di spionaggio condotta tra agenti britannici e francesi, una lotta fatta di misteri, segreti e azioni straordinarie. Questi scontri avevano un unico... Continua a leggere →

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