El Hombre Gris (L'homme Gris)

"Fue hacia fines de 1826 cuando el ministro de la guerra, Gómez Pedraza, pudo hacer maniobrar, en la plaza de armas de México, el primer batallón completamente armado y equipado según el gusto moderno o el modelo francés". Así califica Claudio Linati, en su libro Costumes Civils, Militaires et Religieux du Mexique, la organización del ejército a cinco años del nacimiento de México, como país independiente. Esa observación autoriza preguntar sobre el papel que jugó francés" -hombres, ideas, mercancías y capitales- en la modernización del país, y a indagar su contribución en...

The ancient Maya used mainly stone tools, made of either ground stone and chipped stone, to achieve their extraordinary development. This book presents the techno-typological analysis of lithic materials from La Blanca, located in the heart of the Southern Lowlands, which was mainly inhabited during the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods.

With the help of the victim's widow, a close associate of the murdered defector, Alexander Litvinenko, offers an in-depth account of the former spy's career, from his work in Russia, to his escape to the United Kingdom and his efforts to expose the intrigue and assassinations of the FSB (formerly the KGB), to his murder in October 2006.

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