Articles by Ejércitos Magazine

The Washington Treaty of 1922 marked a halt in the arms race that began after the appearance of the Dreadnought in 1906. A race that not even the First World War had managed to stop. [Keep reading…]

Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the most prestigious current representatives of strategy studies, offers us a different vision of the history of war from the end of the 19th century, through the two world wars and the Cold War, to the present day. [Keep reading…]

The Battle of Gettysburg has been written about extensively and thoroughly dissected for its strategic importance, but never before has any book brought readers as close to the individual soldiers' experience as this one. [Keep reading…]

Ediciones Pirámide has dared - and has merit in our country - to publish in Spanish the work "A Second Chance for Europe" coordinated by the Dutch engineer, economist and politician Jo Ritzen, who was Minister of Education, Culture and Science for many years. in addition to working for the World Bank and being rector of the University of Maastrich. [Keep reading…]

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid Campeador, is one of the historical figures most rooted in the collective imagination of the Spanish, from the Cantar de Mío Cid to the Anthony Mann film starring Charlton Heston and Sofía Loren. But was the Cid a hero, a symbol of crusader Christianity, as he has often been portrayed? What precisely distinguishes the historical Cid is his antihero quality, a warlord capable of forging his destiny with iron and carving out his own kingdom. [Keep reading…]

The Turkish army deployed more than one entire armored brigade to take Al-Bab. They came confident in their successes during the summer fighting, but this NATO army underestimated the military capacity of ISIS, which soon proved capable of mobilizing tank units, tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of civilians to build fortifications. [Keep reading…]

"The Corsairs of Black Gold" is the second installment of the adventures of the Albatros, by the lieutenant of the Spanish Navy Federico Supervielle Bergés, who has self-published a book that, without a doubt, will surpass the previous one in success, which is not bit. [Keep reading…]