César Vidal Manzanares Explained

César Vidal
Birth Name:César Vidal Manzanares
Birth Date:9 May 1958
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Education:Alfonso X El Sabio University, Logos University
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César Vidal Manzanares (born 9 May 1958, Madrid) is a Spanish author and radio host.

Early life

Vidal was born in Madrid on 9 May 1958, in the Puente de Vallecas neighborhood. He attended secondary school at the Escuelas Pías de San Antón. His brother is jurist and writer .

Career

Vidal has a PhD in law from Alfonso X El Sabio University, and a degree in theology and philosophy from Logos University, where he is a member of the Board of Regents.

He is a member of the Executive Council of the Interamerican Institute for Democracy.[1] Since 2015, he has been a member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.[2]

Radio

He hosted the radio show on Cadena COPE from 2004 to 2009. In 2009, he quit COPE to launch a radio station,, with Federico Jiménez Losantos. In 2013, he abandoned that project due to disagreements with Jiménez.[5] Since 2014, he has hosted La Voz (The Voice), a radio program broadcast from the United States.[3]

Writing

He has written for El Mundo, Diario 16, El Periódico de Aragón, and La Razón. He used to publish a series called Misterios de la Historia (Mysteries of History) in Libertad Digital.[4] [5] [6]

Vidal has written more than 100 books, and several have been on bestseller lists and received historical and literary awards.[7]

He specializes in historical studies about totalitarian regimes and the history of religions. His book El Holocausto (The Holocaust) is the first complete history of the Holocaust written by a Spaniard. His book Las Brigadas Internacionales (The International Brigades) has been described by American historian Stanley G. Payne as "the most complete book about the International Brigades published in any language, in any time, and in any place."[8] Payne also said that La Guerra Que Ganó Franco (The War that Franco Won) "is the best military history of the Spanish Civil War in one volume." In his books about the Spanish Civil War, Vidal used original Soviet sources to make claims about the role of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and the Cold War. In Paracuellos- Katin: El Genocidio de la Izquierda (Paracuellos-Katin: The Genocide by the Left) and Checas de Madrid: Las cárceles republicanas al descubierto (Checas de Madrid: Republican Prisons Uncovered), Vidal estimates the number of people murdered during the Spanish Civil War by leftist groups. Among his studies in the history of religions, he has received praise for his trilogy on founders of religions: Jesus, el Judio (Jesus, the Jew); Buda, el Principe (Buddha, the Prince); and Mahoma, el Guia (Mohammed, the Guide). Vidal was the first to translate historical sources such as The Egyptian History of Manetho, The Gnostic Gospels of Nag Hammadi, The Complete Narrative of Ancient Egypt, and Komintern Documents to Spanish.

Political views and criticism

Vidal is known for his far-right views on Islam, the Spanish Civil War, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's administration. His detractors, including historians Ian Gibson and Ángel Viñas, accuse Vidal of lack of rigor and biased arguments. Vidal has been accused of misquoting historical sources and manipulating translations to support his own opinions.[9] [10] [11]

In his books about the Spanish Civil War (La Guerra que Ganó Franco, Checas de Madrid and Paracuellos-Katyn: El Genocidio de la Izquierda), he presents revisionist views of the conflict that conflict with mainstream historians, but are shared by fellow conservatives like Pío Moa and Ricardo de la Cierva.

On his show, Vidal has claimed that Islam and France have been Spain's main enemies throughout its history. He has theorized that May 68 was "a CIA operation to destabilize general de Gaulle" ("").[12] He believes Basque is a "primitive language" ("").[13] He is skeptical of the theory of evolution.[14]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: intdemocratic.org. intdemocratic.org. en-US. 2018-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003546/https://www.intdemocratic.org/en/. 2018-07-23. dead.
  2. News: La ANLE incorpora trece nuevos académicos de número. 2018-07-22. es. 2018-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003725/http://www.asale.org/noticias/la-anle-incorpora-trece-nuevos-academicos-de-numero. live.
  3. News: La Voz de César Vidal. Vidal. César. 2018-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722061750/http://www.cesarvidal.com/index.php/Podcast/. 2018-07-22. dead.
  4. Web site: 23 December 2015 . Los cinco morosos que reconocerás: Dani Pedrosa, César Vidal, Lorenzo Sanz, Rodríguez Menéndez, Mario Conde . 10 March 2016 . 20 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320180554/http://www.eldiario.es/economia/Pedrosa-Lorenzo-Rodriguez-Menendez-Mario_0_465803661.html . live .
  5. Web site: 23 December 2015 . Intereconomía, el 'Avui' y César Vidal encabezan la lista de medios más morosos. Noticias de Comunicación . 2016-03-10 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011053/http://www.elconfidencial.com/comunicacion/2015-12-23/intereconomia-y-la-editora-del-avui-encabezan-la-lista-de-medios-mas-morosos_1126529/ . live .
  6. Web site: 23 December 2015 . Los rostros conocidos de la lista de morosos: Mario Conde, Pedrosa, Lorenzo Sanz y otros más . 10 March 2016 . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310072931/http://www.expansion.com/economia/2015/12/23/567a7bc8e2704e37518b4588.html . live .
  7. Web site: César Vidal: libros y biografía autor. Lecturalia. es-ES. 2018-07-22. 2018-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003542/http://www.lecturalia.com/autor/54/cesar-vidal. live.
  8. News: Myths and Realities of the Spanish Civil War: From the International Brigades to the War Children. MSSU_calendar. 2018-07-22. en-US. 2023-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20230320205333/https://www.mssu.edu/calendar/index.php?eID=3343. live.
  9. Book: Gibson, Ian . Paracuellos: cómo fue . 2005 . Temas de Hoy . 84-8460-458-6 . 2nd . 13–16 . Prólogo . Ian Gibson (author) . http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/paracuellos/ian-gibson/cesar-vidal/dn_12630.htm . 2017-04-30 . 2011-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111026022223/http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/paracuellos/ian-gibson/cesar-vidal/dn_12630.htm . live .
  10. Book: Ángel Viñas . El escudo de la República . 2007 . Crítica . 978-84-8432-892-6 . 69 . Tergiversaciones calumniosas . Ángel Viñas.
  11. News: Rojo . José Andrés . 22 September 2005 . Contra la manipulación . El País . 12 June 2016 . 7 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807074401/http://elpais.com/diario/2005/09/22/cultura/1127340001_850215.html . live .
  12. Web site: La derrota de la América WASP . 7 November 2012 . 10 July 2016 . Libertad Digital . 16 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160716191519/http://www.libertaddigital.com/opinion/cesar-vidal/la-derrota-de-la-america-wasp-66279/ . live .
  13. Web site: . https://web.archive.org/web/20080107193142/http://www2.elplural.com/politica/detail.php?id=16048 . César Vidal expresa su desprecio hacia el "vascuence" . dead . 7 January 2008 . . César Vidal expresses his contempt for "Basque" . es . 7 January 2008 . 4 September 2018.
  14. Web site: Diálogo del 30 de abril con César Vidal . 12 June 2016 . Libertad Digital . 30 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210630070807/https://www.libertaddigital.com/php3/opi_desa.php3?cpn=9089 . live .
  15. Web site: La Biblia y "El testamento del Pescador" los más vendidos . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722213609/https://cristianos.com/la-biblia-y-%C2%ABel-testamento-del-pescador%C2%BB-los-mas-vendidos/ . July 22, 2018 . 2018-07-22 . cristianos.com . es-MX.
  16. News: César Vidal pone en entredicho el consenso dominante sobre la Transición . dead . 2018-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003633/http://www.periodistadigital.com/ocio-y-cultura/libros/2015/04/13/cesar-vidal-traje-del-emperador-transicion-historia-espanola.shtml . 2018-07-23.
  17. Web site: César Vidal gana el IV Premio Algaba de Biografía, Autobiografía, Memorias e Investigaciones Históricas. 2007-06-25. Protestante Digital. 2023-05-15. es.
  18. Web site: 2008-09-04 . César Vidal gana el premio Finis Terrae de ensayo . 2023-03-20 . Libertad Digital . es-ES.
  19. Web site: 2022-11-20 . (pe) El Caso Lutero (ii Premio Finis Terrae De Ensayo) (libro del 2008). Escrito por Cesar Vidal. ISBN 9788441420908 . 2023-03-20 . La Vanguardia . es.

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