MICHAEL STREETER

Growing up in the wake of the Spanish militarys shattering defeat at the hands of the United States in 1898 over Cuba and having survived a bullet to the stomach while serving his country in Morocco, it is perhaps no wonder that Francisco Francos fame and notoriety was eventually guaranteed by his ruthless pursuit of victory for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.Franco played a major role on the world stage until his death in 1975. At once intensely sentimental and affecting cool indifference at times of bad news, he emphasised the need to obey orders, the importance of individual bravery, absolute loyalty to the Fatherland and the crucial role of the army. Variously courted by the liberal democracies of Britain and France, the Fascist alliance of Hitler and Mussolini and then by anti-communist administrations in Washington, the memory of his successful policies, leading to rapid growth during a time of economic depression, are tempered by his governments extreme repression of political opponents and perpetration of mass violence during the White Terror.In Franco, Michael Streeter explores the Generalissimos legacy as the subject of a cult of personality in one of Europes longest-lasting modern dictatorships and considers his genesis, his successes decades of relative stability and prosperity during a period of great European conflict and the terrible cost at which they came.

In Cyber Crime: All That Matters, Peter Warren and Michael Streeter outline the history, scale and importance of cyber crime. In particular they show how cyber crime, cyber espionage and cyber warfare now pose a major threat to society. After analysing the origins of computer crime among early hackers the authors describe how criminal gangs and rogue states have since moved into the online arena with devastating effect at a time when the modern world - including all the communication services and utilities we have come to take for granted - has become utterly dependent on computers and the internet.

Libro totalmente ilustrado, interactivo, con mapas desplegables, incorporando un chip de voz. De la misma colección que VIKINGOS.