Reseña de libro London Review of Books, Vol. 39 (6) 16.03.2017 David Runciman, profesor de Política (U. de Cambridge)
- Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister by Rosa Prince Biteback, 402 pp.
Churchill en ‘The Crown’: un político fuera de serie
Blog La Tercera, 26.02.2017 Héctor Soto, abogado y periodista
Es efectivo -como se ve en la serie The Crown– que al momento de retirarse de la política, las facultades físicas y mentales de Churchill estaban declinando. Ya había tenido dos accidentes cerebrovasculares. Si bien logró reponerse, finalmente tuvo que aceptar a... The Casablanca Conference – Unconditional Surrender
Artículo The National Archive, 10.01.2017 Paul M. Sparrow, directorIn January, 1943, President Roosevelt embarked on a secret mission that would determine the course of World War Two, and ultimately the world we live in today. His destination – Casablanca, Morocco. His goal – to finalize Allied military plans with the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. It was a...
The Birth of the SAS — How a Paralyzed British Officer Dreamed Up the Elite Commando Unit from a Hospital Bed
Extracto de libro Military History Now, 05.02.2017 Ben Macintyre, historiador británico
“The commandos were intended to be Britain’s storm troops, volunteers selected and trained to carry out destructive raids against Axis targets.”No Allied commando unit in World War Two could match the record...
Trump y May, ¿Reagan y Thatcher?
Columna Pulso, 02.02.2017 Álvaro Iriarte, director de investigación Instituto Res PublicaEl impacto de las ideas representadas por las figuras de Reagan y Thatcher fue mucho más amplio, llegando a ser una verdadera hoja de ruta para los partidos de centroderecha. El primer encuentro del Presidente Donald Trump con un líder mundial fue con la primera ministra de Reino...
The Industrial Revolution: An Age of Opportunity
Artículo History Extra, 01.03.2013 Emma Griffin, profesora de historia (U. de East Anglia)
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How 19th-century working-class autobiographies could revise our understanding of the industrial revolution...
Women and children also found work in factories and pits – here, a Bolton coal mine – but the welfare of children,... La irrealpolitik de Trump
Columna Project-Syndicate, 28.01.2017 Shlomo Ben-Ami, ex ministro israelí de RREE y vicepresidente del Centro Internacional de Toledo para la PazAlgunas personas en los Estados Unidos han elogiado al presidente electo Donald Trump por su presunto realismo; según ellas, el nuevo presidente hará lo que sea bueno para Estados Unidos, sin enredarse en espinosos dilemas morales ni dejarse...
Uncovering the Brutal Truth about the British Empire
Reportaje The Guardian, 18.08.2016 Marc Parry
The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case that has transformed our view of Britain’s past
Help us sue the British government for torture. That was the request Caroline Elkins, a Harvard historian, received...Theresa Maybe, Britain’s indecisive premier
Editorial The Economist, 07.01.2017
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After six months, what the new prime minister stands for is still unclear—perhaps even to her
Within hours of the Brexit referendum last summer David Cameron had resigned, and within three weeks Theresa May had succeeded him as prime minister. The speed of her ascent... Theresa May Is a Religious Nationalist
Artículo Foreign Policy, 06.12.2016 Andrew Brown, periodista The Guardian y escritor
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You can't understand the British prime minister’s politics, or her Brexit strategy, without understanding her Anglicanism
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One of the least understood, yet most important, things about British Prime Minister Theresa May is...