Richard Overy

Para erradicar la tendencia humana a la agresividad, conviene conocer las raíces biológicas, antropológicas, históricas y sociales que confluyen en las guerras.El gran historiador Richard Overy explora en este iluminador ensayo las causas y motivos que se ocultan tras uno de los fenomenos presentes en todos los tiempos y en todas las sociedades humanas: la guerra. Partiendo del intercambio de ideas que sobre este asunto mantuvieron Sigmund Freud y Albert Einstein en los años treinta, Overy focaliza el origen de la agresividad y el recurso a la violencia en dos posibles puntos de partida: el individuo y la sociedad. Si es cierto que la violencia esta inscrita en nuestros genes o si, como postulaba Freud, existe un instinto de muerte enraizado en nuestro inconsciente, las perspectivas de acabar con las guerras son escasas. En cambio, si como pensaba Einstein, la guerra no es algo natural y el origen de esta tiene mas que ver con la lucha de las sociedades por el poder, los recursos o la seguridad, ¿cabe aspirar a una futura resolucion pacifica de los conflictos? En este absorbente ensayo su autor, uno de los mayores conocedores de la historia militar del siglo xx, nos conduce desde el Neolitico hasta la actual guerra en Ucrania, compara la belicosidad de algunos grupos tribales con la que experimentamos en las modernas sociedades industriales e ilumina aspectos poco conocidos de personajes como Julio Cesar, Napoleon o Hitler.

Una obra total sobre las raíces, el transcurso y las consecuencias de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, por uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en la materia.Richard Overy examina en este absorbente libro la Segunda Guerra Mundial desde una perspectiva completamente nueva, analizando este devastador conflicto como una guerra entre imperios que puso un violento a casi un siglo de expansion imperial y que alcanzo su culminacion con las ambiciones de tres potencias emergentes Japon, Italia y Alemania antes de convertirse en el enfrentamiento militar global y mas costoso en vidas de la historia de la humanidad. Con un absoluto dominio de la bibliografia y las fuentes historicas, Overy se desplaza por todos los escenarios belicos, desde Europa hasta el sudeste asiatico y el Pacifico, y narra el amargo precio que pagaron cuantos se vieron envueltos en la lucha, tanto en los frentes de batalla como en la retaguardia, asi como la excepcional brutalidad de los crimenes y atrocidades que marcaron los combates y sus consecuencias. Pocos historiadores como Richard Overy tienen la capacidad de compendiar y narrar los datos y las innumerables historias de un conflicto que cambio definitivamente el orden mundial y nuestro presente.

Gran formato con ilustraciones, mapas y desplegables. Un volumen dedicado a estudiar un período imprescindible en el desarrollo de la segunda guerra mundial. La guerra relámpago examina los pasos que condujeron a la nueva guerra mundial y ofrece importante documentacion sobre los dramaticos hechos que se produjeron entre 1939 y 1941 en una perspectiva mundial: desde la crisis de Munich en 1938 hasta la derrota de Francia; desde la retirada de Dunkerque hasta el hundimiento del ''Bismarck''.

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A richly absorbing book Overy is unquestionably one of our finest living historians The Daily TelegraphWhy has warfare always been part of the human story From biology to belief what explains the persistence of violent conflict What light can this shed on humanity s past and its future There can be few more important but also more contentious issues than attempting to understand the human propensity for conflict Our history is inextricably tangled in wave after wave of inter human fighting from as far back as we have records Repeatedly humans have foresworn war have understood its appalling risks and have wished to create more pacific productive societies And yet almost inevitably circumstances emerge under which war once more seems inevitable or even desirableHow can we make sense of what Einstein called the dark places of human will and feeling Richard Overy draws on a lifetime s study of conflict to write this challenging account of how we can understand the causes of war Looking at every facet of war from biology to belief psychology to security Overy allows readers to understand the many contradictory or self reinforcing ways in which warfare can suddenly appear a legitimate option and why it is likely to be part of our future as well as our pa

Este segundo volumen, La ascensión del Eje, describe el periodo en el que los países del Eje fueron imponiendo su dominio y aumentando su expansión. La Segunda Guerra Mundial-La ascensión del Eje-es un libro que ofrece tambien mas de 200 fotografias y 30 documentos de gran valor entre los que se incluyen: -Notas manuscritas de Stalin, Roosvelt. -La orden del general Macarthur de abandonar Filipinas. -El Diario del teniente general A.E.Percival -Las cartas de un oficial britanico en Africa,etc.

El cuarto y último volumen de esta historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, titulado EnoJa Gay, explora la secuencia de los acontecimientos que condujeron al final del mayor episodio bélico de la historia de la humanidad. En el frente occidental, el dramatico desembarco del Dia D fue seguido por una dura campaña de once meses, en la que tuvieron lugar las conocidas batallas de Arnhem y las Ardenas, que finalmente terminaron con la rendicion alemana en Luneberg Heath. Por el este, el avance sovietico culmino con una sangrienta batalla que le llevo a luchar ya en el centro de la Alemania de Hitler, en Berlin. En el Lejano Oriente y en el Pacifico, la lucha sin cuartel contra los japoneses continuo con duros enfrentamientos entre ambos bloques que, gracias a las victoriosas campañas de los Aliados, permitieron recuperar Filipinas y poner los pies en territorio japones: las islas de Iwo Jima y Okinawa. Sin embargo, fue el lanzamiento de bombas atomicas sobre Hiroshima y Nagasaki el que acelero la rendicion japonesa.La obra EnoJa Gay le ofrece tambien mas de 250 fotografias y 30 documentos historicos de gran valor entre los que se incluyen:.o. NOTASMANUSCRITASDEL GENERALMONTGOMERYSOBREEL DiA D..o. ""EN CASO DE FRACASO..."" EL MENSAJE REDACTADO POR EL GENERAL EISENHOWER ANTES DE LA OPERACiON DEL DiA D..o. DIARIO DE UN SARGENTO DEL REGIMIENTO REAL DE HAMPSHIRE CON NOTAS SOBRE SU PARTICIPACiON EN LAS ACCIONES DEL DiA O, LA BATALLA DE NORMANDiA y LA BATALLA DE ARNHEM DURANTE LA OPERACiON ""MARKET GARDEN""..o. CARTAS DEL GENERAL MACARTHUR A SU ESPOSA DURANTE LA CAMPAÑA PARA RECUPERAR FILIPINAS.

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers, the detail and the authoritative text in one breathtaking single historical source. With over 600 full-colour maps and charts on a wide range of historical subjects and representing the work of a team of professional historians, this new edition continues a tradition of nearly thirty years of excellence, style, authority and cutting-edge design. This edition is internet-linked, permitting further in-depth exploration of key subjects. With fully up-to-date text, including material on Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorism, Israel and the EU, this book, edited by leading modern historian Professor Richard Overy, is broad-ranging and more visually enticing than ever.

Más de 2 millones de ejemplares vendidos. Traducida a 18 idiomas. Esta obra de The Times es la historia universal más vendida de todos los tiempos. Su interesante aproximación visual a los acontecimientos desde los origenes de la humanidad hasta el siglo XXI, con minuciosos analisis de las civilizaciones clasicas de Eurasia, el despegue de Occidente, la edad del predominio europeo, las guerras mundiales no tiene parangon, y su magnifica sintesis se complementa con mas de 600 mapas y se actualiza con numerosas referencias de Internet que permiten ampliar los datos. Basta con abrir este Atlas para darse cuenta de que modo la geografia y la cartografia pueden y deben iluminar la historia. The Geographical Magazine¿Como hemos podido pasar tanto tiempo sin un libro tan util?. The New York TimesUn libro esplendido. The Sunday TimesNo recuerdo haber disfrutado tanto de un libro que debia reseñar. The Melbourne AgeUn regalo insolito y maravilloso. The Toronto StarEste enorme libro me tiene fascinado desde que entro en mi casa. THE WASHINGTON POST

With over 200 full-colour maps and compelling text from Britain''s foremost 20th Century historian, Richard Overy, the Collins Atlas of 20th Century History is an in-depth yet accessible guide to the last century. The past century has witnessed the most profound changes of any century in human history. The Collins Atlas of 20th Century History is the best guide to an incredibly eventful 100 years, a tour through ten decades of conflict, hope and innovation. The content of the book is presented here in graphic form, with maps forming the basis for examining all the century''s major developments, from the height of the Imperial Age to the challenges of the post-Cold War era. The coverage is extensive, and particular attention is paid not only to the military conflicts that shaped the century, but also to the themes and challenges which faced humanity: health, the environment, education, drugs, terrorism, science and technology, telecommunications, and energy resources. With over 200 full-colour maps and compelling text from Britain''s foremost 20th Century historian, Richard Overy, the Collins Atlas of 20th Century History is both a visual feast and a work of substantial scholarship.

All the century's major developments, from the height of the Imperial Era, through two World Wars, the reconstructon of Europe and on to the challenges of the post-Cold War era are covered in this book. This newly updated paperback edition updates Richard Overy's analytical text and takes the world from the pomp of Europe's imperial heyday and the cataclysm of the First World War through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the Cold War to the global uncertainties following the September 2001 attack on the US. Special attention is paid to the themes and challenges which have faced humanity throughout the century: the environment, health, science, leisure, terrorism and technology.

Out of the flames of destruction, on the bodies of 55 million people, a new world order was built in 1945. The scale of the victory was such that it can seem inevitable, but as the world once more lapses into confusion and ungovernable conflict - as it did in 1939 - it is useful to ask why and how the Allies won the last great war. As Richard Overy points out in this groundbreaking book, an Allied victory was very far from preordained. By 1941, the entire resources of continental Europe were in the hands of Germany, and Japan had wiped out the Western colonial presence in Asia in a couple of months. Democracy appeared to have had its day. Overy offers a novel reinterpretation of the war through a forceful narrative of the decisive campaigns that created the astonishing reversal of fortunes for the Axis. He re-examines the war at sea; the decisive war on the Eastern Front; the air war; and the vast amphibious assualt on Europe. He then explores the deeper factors that conditioned success and failure: industrial skill, fighting ability, the intelligence of leaders, the mobilisation of civilians and the moral contrasts between the rival sides.

'The only way to deal with enemies is to apply the most ruthless policy of suppression' Josef Stalin 'Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace' Adolf Hitler Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They presided over the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history. Yet millions of Germans and Russians enthusiastically supported them and the values they stood for. In the first major history to analyse in depth the two regimes and their populations together, Richard Overy sets out to answer the questions: How was dictatorship possible? How did it function? What was the bond that tied dictator and people so powerfully together? Overy paints a remarkable and vivid account of the different ways in which Stalin and Hitler rose to power and abused and dominated their people.

Provocante e original, Sangue e ruínas nos convida a olhar a Segunda Guerra Mundial de outra forma. A historiografia tradicional sobre a Segunda Guerra Mundial costuma considerar Hitler, Mussolini e as Forças Armadas japonesas como as causas do conflito. Em Sangue e ruinas, o celebre historiador Richard Overy prope uma nova abordagem para o periodo, reformulando suas origens e consequencias e entendendo esses atores como frutos de um cenario mais amplo.O autor defende que essa foi na verdade a "grande guerra imperial" o resultado violento de quase um seculo de expanso global que atingiu seu auge na decada de 1930 e no inicio da decada de 1940, se tornaria a maior e mais custosa guerra da historia humana e culminaria com o fim, em 1945, de todos os imperios territoriais. Ao longo de todo o volume, desvela-se a maneira como o conflito foi viabilizado, financiado e moralmente justificado, alem do custo alto para os envolvidos e do grau excepcional de crime e atrocidade do periodo to mortal para os civis quanto para os militares."Um feito estupendo. [] Sangue e ruinas disseca as estruturas da guerra com os bisturis mais afiados." The New York Times"Richard Overy oferece um poderoso lembrete do horror da guerra e da ameaça representada por ditadores com sonhos imperialistas." The Wall Street Journal"O livro se recusa a tratar o Pacifico como um apendice, conforme algumas historiografias costumam fazer. Em vez disso, entende a Segunda Guerra Mundial como um verdadeiro evento global." The Atlantic

A richly absorbing book Overy is unquestionably one of our finest living historians The Daily Telegraph Why has warfare always been part of the human story From biology to belief what explains the persistence of violent conflict What light can this shed on humanity s past and its future There can be few more important but also more contentious issues than attempting to understand the human propensity for conflict Our history is inextricably tangled in wave after wave of inter human fighting from as far back as we have records Repeatedly humans have foresworn war have understood its appalling risks and have wished to create more pacific productive societies And yet almost inevitably circumstances emerge under which war once more seems inevitable or even desirable How can we make sense of what Einstein called the dark places of human will and feeling Richard Overy draws on a lifetime s study of conflict to write this challenging account of how we can understand the causes of war Looking at every facet of war from biology to belief psychology to security Overy allows readers to understand the many contradictory or self reinforcing ways in which warfare can suddenly appear a legitimate option and why it is likely to be part of our future as well a