Peter Eisner

Basándose en recursos sin explotar, entrevistas exclusivas y nueva investigación de archivos, La última cruzada del Papa por Peter Eisner es un emocionante relato que trae a la luz el valiente esfuerzo del Papa Pio XI para condenar el nazismo y la politica del Tercer Reich una cruzada que podria haber cambiado el curso de la segunda guerra mundial.Un escandaloso relato de intriga y suspenso, ilustrado con dieciseis paginas de fotos de archivos, La ultima cruzada del Papa: como un jesuita estadounidense ayudo a la campaña del Papa Pio XI para detener a Hitler ilumina la atrevida pero poco conocida campaña de este lider religioso, una batalla espiritual y politica que se descarrilo por la muerte de Pio XI tan solo unos meses mas tarde. Peter Eisner revela como Pio XI tuvo la intencion de rechazar inequivocamente el nazismo en uno de los pronunciamientos sin precedentes y progresistas jamas emitidos por el Vaticano, y como un grupo de clerigos conservadores conspiro para prevenirlo.Durante años, se han conocido solo partes de esta historia. Eisner ofrece una nueva interpretacion de este acontecimiento historico y las figuras poderosas en su centro en una obra esencial que proporciona una vision seria y plantea cuestiones controversiales que afectan nuestra epoca actual.

"MacArthurs Spies reads like Casablanca set in the Pacific, filled with brave and daring characters caught up in the intrigue of warand the best part is that its all true!" Tom Maier, author of Masters of SexA thrilling story of espionage, daring and deception set in the exotic landscape of occupied Manila during World War II. On January 2, 1942, Japanese troops marched into Manila unopposed by U.S. forces. Manila was a strategic port, a romantic American outpost and a jewel of a city. Tokyo saw its conquest of the Philippines as the key in its plan to control all of Asia, including Australia. Thousands of soldiers surrendered and were sent on the notorious eighty-mile Bataan Death March. But thousands of other Filipinos and Americans refused to surrender and hid in the Luzon hills above Bataan and Manila. MacArthurs Spies is the story of three of them, and how they successfully foiled the Japanese for more than two years, sabotaging Japanese efforts and preparing the way for MacArthurs return. From a jungle hideout, Colonel John Boone, an enlisted American soldier, led an insurgent force of Filipino fighters who infiltrated Manila as workers and servants to stage demolitions and attacks. Chick Parsons, an American businessman, polo player, and expatriate in Manila, was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. He escaped in the guise of a Panamanian diplomat, and returned as MacArthurs spymaster, coordinating the guerrilla efforts with the planned Allied invasion. And, finally, there was Claire Phillips, an itinerant American torch singer with many names and almost as many husbands. Her nightclub in Manila served as a cover for supplying food to Americans in the hills and to thousands of prisoners of war. She and the men and women who worked with her gathered information from the collaborating Filipino businessmen; the homesick, English-speaking Japanese officers; and the spies who mingled in the crowd. Readers of Alan Furst and Ben Macintyreand anyone who loves Casablancawill relish this true tale of heroism when it counted the most.

Este libro narra la historia de la Red Comète, uno de los mayores y más exitosos grupos de resistencia compuesto por belgas, franceses y españoles. Durante la II Guerra Mundial, el País Vasco, a ambo