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España pegó un salto desde una economía agraria a otra industrial y sobrellevó una revolución sociocultural en los años sesenta y principios de los setenta. Estos vertiginosos cambios son indispensables a la hora de explicar la extraordinaria longevidad de la Dictadura, la modélica transición a la democracia que siguió a la muerte de Franco en 1975 y la paz y prosperidad de la que ha disfrutado España desde entonces. El libro está compuesto por una serie de artículos, cada uno de ellos escrito por un prestigioso historiador, que abarcan temas tales como el turismo, el surgimiento...

El profesor Antonio Fernández analiza el proceso revolucionario ruso desde sus prolegómenos -revolución de 1905- hasta la muerte de su principal protagonista, Lenin, en 1924 Lenin, Trostski, Stalin... prestan su voz para acercarnos al que ha sido llamado el mayor acontecimiento del siglo XX: la transformación de una autocracia coronada en una república federal de signo socialista.

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...