Elogio de la Guerra

Can you imagine a neurosurgeon who, after successfully completing a highly complex operation, begins his press conference by apologizing for the enormous scar he has left on the patient's head? Well, strange as it may seem, this is the current image of the military. Their efforts and sacrifices for the advancement of society, their inventiveness in promoting technical, scientific, and social improvements, and their contribution to decisive advances in our current development are forgotten, minimized, or hidden. And their mistakes or misfortunes are exaggeratedly publicized. One might think that wars only bring misfortune, but the reality is that armies, the military, and military technology have brought enormous advantages, without which our societies would be completely different: modern nursing, digital cameras in your cell phone, business project management techniques, pressure cookers, modern urban planning, terrestrial cartography, and the discovery of the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, among many others. The purpose of this book is to show how wars and their organizations, without hiding their catastrophic effects, have also been key to the evolution of society as we know it, and that many of the achievements we take for granted are in fact the result of the work and efforts of many members of the long-suffering and silent Armed Forces. It is a small recognition of the work of all those people who, wearing a humble uniform, have made important discoveries, facilitating some of the enormous advances of our current societies.

Pages: 544, Edition: 1, Paperback, Edaf Antillas