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En 1968, Will Durant y Ariel Durant, tras concluir su monumental Historia de la civilización, colección aclamada por crítica y público, decidieron proporcionar a los lectores un compendio de su obra. Una descripción general de las tendencias y lecciones extraídas a lo largo de cinco mil años de historia mundial y examinadas desde doce perspectivas: geografía, biología, raza, carácter, moral, religión, economía, socialismo, gobierno, guerra, crecimiento y decadencia, y progreso. En palabras de Will, «tomamos nota de acontecimientos y comentarios que podrían iluminar asuntos...

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¡Viva México! ¡Vivan los héroes que nos dieron patria! Muchos nos preguntamos ¿A qué México se refiere el presidente? ¿A qué héroes? ¿Hidalgo, Morelos? populistas disparadores de debacles. Iturbide ¿dónde está? Juárez con su soberbia y arrogancia, vende patria en aras de una dictadura con todo y su mesianismo ¿fue realmente un héroe? Maximiliano, Conchita Lombardo, Miramón y Mejía ¿traidores? ¿Y qué de Don Porfirio? "Revolución Mexicana" ¡falacia! Villa, Zapata, asesinos tan desalmados como un Victoriano Huerta. Obregón, Calles, cínicos y corruptos. Y más, más La...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...