"Carta Esperanzada a un General (Puente sobre el Abismo)" is an astounding text that presents one of the deepest and harshest analyses about military mentality known to date. Every page, full of discoveries and amazing facts, has been written with impressive literary skill, fluency, and even suspense. The author's humanity and courage allowed him to craft an honest, controversial, constructive and essential novel, destined to shake myths and prejudices, and to make history in those countries that embrace its reading.