Warfare and defence Books
HarperCollins At War with Ourselves
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OUP India The Taliban at War 2001 2018
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£61.75
OUP India Transforming the War on Drugs
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£34.95
OUP India The Taliban at War
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£24.95
OUP India Seeking Stability Amidst Disorder
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£57.00
University of Chicago Press Socialism and War Essays Documents Reviews
Book SynopsisThroughout the 20th century socialism and war have been intimately connected, the two world wars providing the impetus for a variety of socialist experiments. This volume in a series of works by Hayek, documents the evolution of his thought on socialism and war during the 1930s and 1940s.
£64.81
The University of Chicago Press The Mourners Song War and Remembrance from the
Book SynopsisTatum offers incisive discussions of physical and literary memorials constructed in the wake of war. The touchstone throughout is 'The Iliad', not just as one of the earliest war poems, but also as a powerful example of the way poetry acts as both tribute and consolation for loss.
£31.05
The University of Chicago Press The Art of Surrender Decomposing Sovereignty at
Book SynopsisExplores the ritual concessions as acts of warfare, performances of submission, demonstrations of power, and representations of shifting, unstable worlds. The author considers the limits of sovereignty at conflict's end, showing how the ways we concede loss can be as important as the ways we claim victory.
£35.27
MIT Press Ltd Ecologies of Power
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£17.99
The Perseus Books Group The 900 Days
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£21.37
Random House USA Inc Maximalist
Book SynopsisAmerican foreign policy since World War II has long been seen primarily as a story of strong and successful alliances, domestic consensus, and continuity from one adminstration to the next. Why then have so many presidents left office condemned for their foreign policy record?In his fresh and compelling history of America's rise to dominance, Stephen Sestanovich makes clear that U.S. diplomacy has always stirred controversy, both at home and abroad. He shows how successive adminstrations have struggled to find new solutions, alternating between bold maximalist strategies and retrenchment efforts to downsize America's role. Almost all our presidents emerge from this vivid retelling in a sharp and unexpected light.
£16.16
Random House USA Inc The Dark Side
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Little Brown and Company A Bright and Blinding Sun
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£24.00
Random House USA Inc Spy
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£15.30
Random House USA Inc Inside Delta Force
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Random House USA Inc Seven Pillars of Wisdom A Triumph
Book SynopsisIn his classic book, T.E. Lawrence—forever known as Lawrence of Arabia—recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. At first a shy Oxford scholar and archaeologist with a facility for languages, he joined and went on to lead the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks while the rest of the world was enmeshed in World War I. With its richly detailed evocation of the land and the people Lawrence passionately believed in, its incisive portraits of key players, from Faisal ibn Hussein, the future Hashemite king of Syria and Iraq, to General Sir Edmund Allenby and other members of the British imperial forces, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is an indispensible primary historical source. It helps us to understand today’s Middle East, while giving us thrilling accounts of military exploits (including the liberation of Aqaba and Damascus), clandestine activities, and human foibles.
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Soul of Battle
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WW Norton & Co Four Battlegrounds Power in the Age of
Book SynopsisAn NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick One of the Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today’s great power rivalry—the struggle to control artificial intelligence.Trade Review"Should be required reading for anyone interested in the future of the global economy or geopolitics." -- Thomas E. Ricks - New York Times Book Review"Scharre is a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and capable guide. He explains why AI matters and charts the areas that will determine which country gets the most out of its investments." -- Lawrence Freedman - Foreign Affairs"An invaluable primer to arguably the most important driver of change for our future. Scharre marshals fact after fact to explain not just the technology, but the trends soon to unfold and remake our world." -- P. W. Singer, author of Burn-In"Paul Scharre argues that the AI race between democratic and authoritarian states is well underway, and the stakes could not be higher: whoever wins will write the international rules of the next century. With revealing anecdotes, cogent analysis, and incisive insight, Scharre demystifies AI and its national security implications. If you read one book on AI this year, read this one!" -- Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy"How will AI change the balance of power between authoritarian states and democracies? This is one of the most important questions in geopolitics today. Authoritarians have already figured out how to use AI to their maximum advantage, and democrats must urgently do the same or risk losing the contest. First step: Read this book, a farsighted and comprehensive survey of the issues involved and the paths forward." -- Pedro Domingos, author of The Master Algorithm"America and its military are facing a major test when it comes to AI. The country that best incorporates artificial intelligence technology into its defense will have significant military advantages over its competitors. Four Battlegrounds is an essential book for everyone involved in American leadership and American defense, because it outlines the challenges we face and explains the key components that will determine our success in using this important new technology to support American power and American ideals." -- Admiral James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO"In this riveting book on AI and power by one of the leading strategists of our time, Paul Scharre highlights an existential challenge: as Americans and Chinese militarize ever more powerful AI to avoid ceding control to each other, they risk ceding too much power to machines." -- Prof. Max Tegmark, MIT AI researcher and author of Life 3.0"A must-read guide to how the emerging artificial intelligence arms race will shape the geopolitical, economic, and political struggle between China and its authoritarian allies and the democratic West led by the United States and Europe." -- Martin Ford, author of Rule of the Robots and Rise of the Robots"A solid, well-organized account of the military applications of AI and of the race to take the lead global position." -- Kirkus Reviews"Technophiles and technophobes alike will be challenged and enlightened." -- Publishers Weekly"Readers knowledgeable about computer science will find it clarifying, while other will gain immense understand of an often opaque if important subject." -- James Pekoll - Booklist
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Penguin Putnam Inc Beyond Band of Brothers The War Memoirs of Major
Book Synopsis“Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters’s soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades’ bravery.”—Publishers WeeklyLook for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix! They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe—an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Winner of the Distinguished Service Cross, Dick Winters was their legendary commander. This is his story—told in his own words for the first time. On D-Day, Winters assumed leadership of the Band of Brothers when its commander was killed and led them through the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany—by which time each member had been wounded. Based on Winters’s wartime diary, Trade ReviewPraise for Beyond Band of Brothers“There is a saying that 'Great leaders are born not made.' Such a man is Dick Winters... A beautifully written book about a truly great leader. This riveting read clearly reflects Dick Winters's solid character, great integrity, and unerring judgment in critical battlefield situations.”—Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, co-author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young“Its modesty, its candor, and its insights into the nature of front-line leadership and the fears and behaviors of men in combat make this memoir a classic ranking with Charles MacDonald's Company Commander.”—Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel“Dick Winters epitomizes the finest attributes of American citizen-soldiers….a poignant, riveting story with timeless application to the study of leadership in war.”—Colonel Lance Betros, Chairman, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy, editor of West Point: Two Centuries and Beyond“Winters's leadership inspired his soldiers to fight courageously under the most difficult and challenging conditions of battle. [An] extraordinary memoir.”—H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
£24.00
The University of Michigan Press The Liberal Illusion
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£29.94
LUP - University of Michigan Press Handbook of War Studies II
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£44.59
The University of Michigan Press Our Ancient Wars
Book SynopsisFeatures essays by scholars from across academic disciplines - classicists and historians, philosophers and political theorists, literary scholars - engaging with classical texts to understand how differently they were read in other times and places. Contributors articulate difficult but necessary questions about contemporary conceptions of war and conflict.Trade ReviewThe chapters reflects an unusual degree of thoughtfulness as well as sound scholarship. The collection will appeal to a much broader group than the academic community. All the chapters are readable by an educated general public, and the topics covered are timely and provocative.” —Rosemary Moore, University of Iowa
£80.95
The University of Michigan Press The Behavioral Origins of War
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£80.95
The University of Michigan Press Untying the Knot of War
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£72.95
The University of Michigan Press Alignment Alliance and American Grand Strategy
Book SynopsisAlthough US foreign policy was largely unpopular in the early 2000s, many nation-states, especially those bordering Russia and China, expanded their security cooperation with the US. In Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy, Zachary Selden notes that the regional power of these two illiberal states prompt threatened neighbouring states to align with the United States.Trade Review“When it comes to prominent analyses of alliance politics within the fieldof international relations, Selden shows quite convincingly the limits ofthe conventional wisdom, whether realist, liberal, or constructivist. AsSelden puts it so well, American allies will only assist in the maintenanceof American hegemony if the U.S. demonstrates both the capability andthe will to defend it. Altogether this is an argument with solid empiricalsupport—surprising yet persuasive—strong theoretical implications, anddemonstrable policy relevance.” - Colin Dueck, George Mason University“Timely and well-researched, Alignment, Alliance, and American GrandStrategy makes convincing and well-supported cases about the dynamicsof US power in the contemporary IR environment.” - Scott Jones, University of Georgia
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Random House Publishing Group I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
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£8.54
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Pacific War 1941 1945
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£21.24
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Putins War in Syria
Book SynopsisAnna Borshchevskaya is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East. In addition, she is a fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy. A former analyst for a U.S. military contractor in Afghanistan, she has also served as communications director at the American Islamic Congress. Her analysis is published widely in publications such as Foreign Affairs, The Hill, The New Criterion, and Middle East Quarterly.Trade ReviewBorshchevskaya… offers one of the most durable sentences in the history of American foreign policy: “The United States threw the Kurds under the bus." -- Thomas E. Ricks * The New York Times *Skillfully lays out Mr. Putin’s approach to the Middle East... [And] a useful primer on how the Russian government sees the world. -- Samuel Sweeney * Wall Street Journal *Borshchevskaya’s book is one that has been long overdue—this is perhaps the only book available that looks exclusively at Russia’s intervention, its causes and consequences (both internationally and domestically), and what it means more broadly for Russia’s geopolitical position. “Putin’s War in Syria” is a detailed and fascinating… [it is] exceptionally enlightening and fills in the significant gaps in media coverage and popular analysis. -- Joshua Huminski * Diplomatic Courier *No one knows the subject matter better than Anna Borshchevskaya, whose research is extraordinary and insights into Russian high strategy are absolutely on target. * Ambassador James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria 2018-2020 *Anna Borshchevskaya has written an important account of how Putin not only avoided getting Russia into a quagmire in Syria as President Obama predicted, but has instead succeeded militarily at low cost in part through leveraging the actions of others (including Iran and Hezbollah) operating there. She also shows that Moscow has succeeded diplomatically at managing differences and improving relations with Washington’s traditional Middle Eastern allies during its campaign in Syria. Her eminently readable book should be read by policymakers, scholars, and students. * Mark N. Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University/Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council *Anna Borshchevskaya is Washington’s go-to expert on Russian involvement in the Middle East. Her years of research have resulted in a thoughtful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the evolution of Moscow’s relationship with Damascus and of Russia’s military and diplomatic intervention in the war. Borshchevskaya is a keen observer of the Kremlin and of Vladimir Putin’s approach toward great power competition in the Middle East, a region in which Syria is presently ground zero. Putin’s War in Syria is an indispensable volume for policy practitioners and analysts alike. * David Schenker, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and former assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs *The full tragedy of Syria is laid bare in this remarkable book, and the central role of Vladimir Putin in the creation of seemingly endless destruction and death is clearly identified. The first step for accountability begins with accurate history, and this volume will be a central part of it. * James Stavridis, Admiral, US Navy (Retired) *Putin's War in Syria is an eye opening examination of Russia as it relates to a much bigger world than NATO and central Europe. Born in Russia, Anna Borshchevskaya opens our eyes to Russian ambitions and gives us a slightly different view of how it sees itself in relation to the west and the US. In Syria, Russia re enters great power competition - outside of its former “sphere of influence” - and now owns a seat at the table in the Middle East. Does the west get it? Does the US get it? Borshchevskaya does a superb job of annotating what we have missed and how Russia has used all the tools of national power to keep the west one step behind on the chessboard. A must read for those like me who tend to keep Russian in a European context. * General Phil Breedlove, US Air Force (Retired) *Putin’s war in Syria makes an important contribution by explaining Russia’s policies in the Middle East through its identity, history and modern realities. * International Affairs *Borshchevskaya’s book offers a very useful summary of Russian policy in the Middle East which is both very readable and very analytic… One I would strongly recommend for use in college courses on Russian foreign policy. -- Robert O. Freedman * Slavonic and East European Review *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION SECTION I: Russia and the Middle East Chapter 1: Soviet Union in the Middle East and the Afghanistan Intervention Chapter 2: Russia in the 1990s Chapter 3: Putin Returns Russia to the Middle East Chapter 4: Russia-Iran-Syria Triangle SECTION II Putin’s Syria Intervention Chapter 5: The Military Campaign Chapter 6: The Domestic Campaign Chapter 7: Diplomatic Efforts Chapter 8: Moscow and Regional Actors Chapter 9: Russia and Syria’s Resources Conclusion Index
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd All American An Illustrated History of the 82nd
Book SynopsisThis new book tells the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division from its formation in 1917, through its legendary World War II campaigns (Sicily, Normandy and Holland), Vietnam, Grenada, Nicaragua, Operation Desert Storm to the present, and examines the many changes from a World War I infantry division to the rapid deployment organization it is today. The 82nd helped develop the concepts of airborne warfare during World War II. After the war the 82nd continued to develop airborne techniques and trained to provide the United States with a strategic deployment force. Since World War II, the Division has been called upon to assist in domestic and foreign disturbances. Since World War I the Division has gone through many changes, but it still bears its World War I nickname: the All American.
£34.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The 79th Fighter Group Over Tunisia Sicily and
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Blohm Voss Bv 141
Book SynopsisA concise history pictorial of Richard Vogt''s well known asymmetrical flying machine. Includes many never before published photographs and schematics.
£11.39
Royal British Columbia Museum Once Well Beloved Remembering a British Columbia
Book Synopsis'Our well beloved dead who died that we might live.' In the town of Merritt, in British Columbia's Nicola Valley, stands a granite cenotaph erected in memory of 44 men who died soldiering in the First World War. Those men came from a Nicola Valley that had been suddenly and dramatically settled just a decade before by the will of railway executives and the arrival of British colliers. Twelve of those soldiers are the subject of these pages--and through them, we meet the men, women and children of the Nicola Valley, the dead and their survivors: the people who built and were built by a Canadian community that was also distinctly British Columbian.Trade Review"For many small towns around the world, World War I was a seismic event, and the Canadian town of Merritt in British Columbia's Nicola Valley is a prime example. A town that even today only has a few thousand residents lost forty-four men in the Great War, and Michael Sasges tells a few of their stories in Once Well Beloved . This short volume includes five stories covering a dozen soldiers whose names appear on Merritt's memorial cenotaph: the first three to die; an Indigenous soldier; those who fell in the battle of Vimy Ridge; a soldier who earned a Distinguished Service Order; and the last three to fall. These accounts rely on contemporaneous local newspaper reporting and other archived documents and read like a string of newspaper features; some were previously published in that format. Numerous photographs of Nicola Valley soldiers, from studio portraits and family pictures to group shots of them in uniform and stills of their memorials, are a welcome addition. So are the quotes from soldiers describing their experiences at the front, taken from their correspondence to loved ones back in British Columbia. These help to further humanize and differentiate the soldiers. Sasges provides additional context throughout the book, detailing what Merritt was like at the time, the kinds of careers the young men left behind when they shipped off, and how Canada's obligation to fight as part of the United Kingdom helped to prompt discussions of independence. He also tracks how some of the men's families arrived in the area and, through the story of Tommy Charters, explains the added challenges faced by Indigenous soldiers. Once Well Beloved is a well reported historical document about the great impact of World War I on a small Canadian community." Jeff Fleischer, Foreword Reviews
£13.25
Johns Hopkins University Press NationBuilding
Book SynopsisSutton, Ford Foundation Emeritus; Marvin G. Weinbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTrade ReviewA valuable resource filled with critical reflection and evaluation and offering valuable suggestions to reduce future mistakes... a sober testimony and very highly recommended. Bookwatch 2006 This is an important collection, indeed, offering a clear analysis of the lessons of the past, mistakes made in the present, and humane yet pragmatic recommendations for the future. -- Fatima Raja McGill International Review 2006 A significant contribution to the very young literature about America's experience in nation-building. -- Benjamin Zyla Canadian Army Journal 2006Table of ContentsAckowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Nation-Building and the Failure of Institutional MemoryPart I. The Historical Experience of Nation-Building1. From Consensus to Crisis: The Postwar Career of Nation-Building in U.S. Foreign Reltions2. Nation-Building in the Heydey of the Classic Development Ideology: Ford Founation Experience in the 1950s and 1960s3. Bulding Nations: The American Experience4. Nation-Building: Lessons Learned and UnlearnedPart II. Afghanistan5. Sovereignty and Legitimacy in Afghan Nation-Building6. Rebuilding Afghanistan: Impediments, Loessons, and Prospects7. The Lessons of Nation-Building in AfghanistanPart III. Iraq8. What Went Wring and Right in Iraq9. Striking Out in Baghdad: How Postconflict Reconstruction Went Awry10. Learning the Lessons of IraqConclusion: Guidelines for Future Nation-BuildersContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Irrational Security The Politics of Defense from
Book Synopsismilitary policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but otherwise insecure.Trade ReviewA provocative thesis, with impressive statistics, charts, and numbers in support and a narrative accessible to the intelligent, informed lay reader. Choice 2010 This volume is an important contribution to a growing literature on the dysfunctional nature of national-security politics in the United States. Survival 2010Table of ContentsList of FiguresPreface1. Irrational Security2. After the Cold War: From Buildup to Bottom-Up3. What Comes Down Must Go Up: Clinton and the Politics of Military Spending4. From Ambition to Empire: Bush and Military Policy before and after 9/115. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Bush Military Buildup6. Paying the Price: From Bush to ObamaNotesIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Jim Bridger Trailblazer of the American West
Book SynopsisA mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, Jim Bridger lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger liked to tell. In a biography that gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman’s full measure for the first time.Trade Review“Jim Bridger has tapped sources uncovered since the publication of earlier biographies. It is an engrossing story of the life of one of the greatest “Mountain Men”, when all is considered – and the most able scout and guide. It is full of details, excitement, and the history of the period: the fur trade, the army and Indian conflicts, the places [Bridger] discovered, including Utah’s Great Salt Lak, the new trails found in this new age of exploration and so on…Jerry Enzler’s book provides the minutiae and vast range of Bridger’s life and if there is at some places a eulogistic element then this is very much in harmony with a sincere appreciation of the man.” —English Westerners Society“Jim Bridger’s story is as big as the West he called his home, and now we have a biography that captures all the nooks and crannies, nuances and tales of Bridger. Just as Bridger left no area unexplored, biographer Jerry Enzler has left no stone unturned in writing Bridger’s life story. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable man.”—Candy Moulton, author of The Mormon Handcart Migration: “Tounge nor pen can never tell the sorrow”“Jim Bridger’s is an exciting and significant story, and Jerry Enzler tells it in exceptionally well documented detail and readable prose. Enzler sets forth new dimensions of Bridger, never before published. This is lasting biography at its best.”—Robert M. Utley, author of After Lewis and Clark: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific“In the most reliable, best-researched, and most comprehensive biography of this western trailblazer, mountain man, army guide, and fort operator, Enzler offers readers a valuable reinterpretation of Bridger’s remarkable life.”—Jay H. Buckley, author of William Clark: Indian Diplomat“..it is biographies like Jim Bridger by Iowa historian Enzler that we need more of on our shelves and in the university catalogues…For scholars, researchers and buffs of the history of the mountain men who helped shape the West, Enzler’s Jim Bridger is one of best biographies published in recent years. His literary style is highly readable, he provides a clear and detailed path to understanding his research and conclusions through his annotated endnotes and a thorough bibliography…Will this be Enzler’s only foray into mountain man history? Let’s hope not. He is an excellent biographer and historian, and we would all benefit from more books from the Iowa author.”—True West Magazine“This volume is now the most extensive of Bridger biographies. It reads easily, provides new information on Bridger as trapper and guide, and reveals a good deal about his ambition, energy, and memory. Altogether a delightful read.”—Oregon Historical Quarterly“Enzler leaves the reader with an appreciation of just how remarkable Bridger’s life was in the development of the American West.”—Overland Journal “Jerry Enzler has produced a solid, reliable, sympathetic, and quite readable cradle-to-grave and life-and times biography of the legendary frontiersman and American original, Jim Bridger.”—Missouri Historical Review“An extensive and definitive biography of Jim Bridger, a character almost larger than life in his time, is long overdue. Jerry Enzler has provided us with the next chapter in scholarship about the early fur trade era. This book deserves a place on the bookshelf of all those interested in an exciting period in American history.”—Nebraska History
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni The Spirits of Bad Men Made Perfect
Book SynopsisThis remarkable biography and edited diary tell the story of William Ellis Jones (1838-1910), an artillerist in the Army of Northern Virginia. One of the few extant diaries by a Confederate artillerist, Jones's articulate writings cover camp life as well as many of the key military events of 1862.Trade Review“Witty, candid, and informative, the diary illuminates the harrowing experiences of an artillerist in the Army of Northern Virginia. Constance Hall Jones has performed a valuable service by making it available to scholars and lay readers alike.”- Michael E. Woods, author of Bleeding Kansas: Slavery, Sectionalism, and Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border “This book is not a dry chronicling of daily life in the ranks. Rather, Jones used his diary as a confessional, digging deep in his interior world to confront war’s absurdities, and reminding us that scores of Civil War soldiers were deeply introspective when it came to the killing and dying of war.”- Peter S. Carmichael, author of War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies “Jones’s compelling portrait of her ancestor takes us on a sweeping journey from his family’s origins in Wales to Industrial Richmond to the fall of the Confederate Capital and the making of the Lost Cause myth, all the while breaking stereotypes of the ‘typical’ Southern soldier.”- Gregg D. Kimball, author of American City, Southern Place: A Cultural History of Antebellum Richmond “As lush with literary allusions as it is sharp with critiques of military life, the diary of William Ellis Jones epitomizes the soldier’s plight- the relentless sickness, deprivation, and discipline- as well as the small comforts of friends, drink, and reading.”- Kathryn Shively Meier, author of Nature’s Civil War: Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Prelude to Soldiering 2. Stumbling in the Shadows of Giants 3. Before Dixie 4. A True Virginian 5. Prelude to War 6. The Civil War Diary of William Ellis Jones, of Richmond, Virginia Part 1 – First Muster at Richmond Part 2 – The Peninsula Campaign | May 24 through July 28, 1862 Part 3 – March to Join Jackson and on to Second Manassas | July 29 through September 1, 1862 Part 4 – On to Maryland, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam | September 2 through September 20, 1862 Part 5 – Meandering Toward Fredericksburg | September 21 through December 14, 1862 Part 6 – March to Winter Quarters | December 15 through December 31, 1862. 7. A Strange and Severe Life 8. The Spirits of Bad Men Made Perfect Appendix Additional Online Appendixes Endnotes Bibliography Index
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New Directions Publishing Corporation Promise at Dawn
Book SynopsisA classic of modern French literature, the thrilling real-life story of the military hero, ambassador, ladies man, writer, and loving sonTrade Review"[Tzvetan] Todorov praises the way Gary’s novels, unclouded by ideological intention and unflinching in the face of suffering, radiate colors at once “tragic” and “vibrant with joy and life.” Nowhere is Todorov’s praise truer than in Gary’s last novel, now appearing for the first time in English in the superb translation of Miranda Richmond Mouillot." -- Jewish Review of Books"An origin myth full of inventions and omissions, Gary framed his artistic emergence as an unusual love story about his long-suffering mother’s mad devotion to him." -- The New York Times"To figure out who Gary was and how he arrived at his intricate marriage of absurdist comedy and humane instruction, you have to turn to that memoir, “Promise at Dawn,” a matchlessly entertaining and psychologically persuasive book." -- Adam Gopnik - The New Yorker"A celebrated and infinitely seductive portrait of his early life, which is still often described as an unprecedented innovation in the writing of autobiography in France. " -- David Bellos"Perhaps the only memorial by a son that raises the rare literary pleasure of laughter in the reader as a measure of appreciation." -- Janet Flanner - The New Yorker"What talent, most certainly, how many ideas and passions too. You seize us and shake us. Ah!" -- Charles de Gaulle
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Random House Publishing Group The Wrong War Grit Strategy and the Way Out of Afghanistan
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this definitive account of the conflict, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Bing West provides a practical way out of Afghanistan. Drawing on his expertise as both a combat-hardened Marine and a former assistant secretary of defense, West has written a tour de force narrative, rich with vivid characters and gritty combat, which shows the consequences when strategic theory meets tactical reality. Having embedded with dozens of frontline units over the past three years, he takes the reader on a battlefield journey from the mountains in the north to the opium fields in the south. A fighter who understands strategy, West builds the case for changing course. His conclusion is sure to provoke debate: remove most of the troops from Afghanistan, stop spending billions on the dream of a modern democracy, and insist the Afghans fight their own battles. Bing West’s book is a page-turner about brave men and cunning enemies that examines
£15.30
University Press of Kentucky Voices from the Vietnam War Stories from American
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The University Press of Kentucky Exposing the Third Reich Colonel Truman Smith in
Book Synopsishowever, the colonel's friendliness with Germany also aroused suspicion that he was a Nazi sympathizer.Gole demonstrates that, far from condoning Hitler, Smith was among the first to raise the alarm: he predicted many of the Nazis' moves years in advance and feared that the international community would not act quickly enough.
£34.20
The University Press of Kentucky War in the American Pacific and East Asia
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The University Press of Kentucky Parker Hitt
Book SynopsisThe first biography of an American cryptographer and his incredbile legacy.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Making of the Man, 1878-1898 The Making of the Soldier, 1898-1910 Genevieve Young, 1885-1911 The Making of the Expert, 1911-1917 To France, 1917-1918 Chief Signal Officer, 1918-1919 Jack of All Trades, 1919-1928 Commerce, 1928-1932 Retreat, 1932-1938 Return to Service, 1939-1943 The Old Soldier, 1944-1971 Legacy Acknowledgments
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. A Memoir of the Missile Age
Book SynopsisVitaly Leonidovich Katayev was an eyewitness to the arms race accelerating at an absurd and inexplicable pace. His perspective was from inside the Soviet system, in an office that was devoted to analysis of arms control and defence matters. His recollections in this book offer an extraordinary window into Soviet decisions and calculations.
£21.21
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. A Memoir of the Missile Age
Book SynopsisVitaly Leonidovich Katayev was an eyewitness to history as he saw the arms race accelerating at an absurd and inexplicable pace, and he understood why. His perspective was from inside the Soviet system. His recollections in this book offer an extraordinary window into Soviet decisions and calculations.
£20.93
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. How Public Policy Became War
Book SynopsisAs a response to the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is widely understood as a turning point in American history. David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd go even further, calling the New Deal America's French Revolution, refashioning American government and public policy in ways that have grown to epic proportions today.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Silicon Triangle
Book SynopsisTable of Contents Executive Summary Introduction: Washington, Taipei, and Beijing: The Silicon Triangle 1: Scenarios for Future US-China Competition 2: Implications of Technology Trends in the Semiconductor Industry 3: An Insurance Policy for Dependence of US Supply Chains on Foreign Providers 4: A Long-Term Competitiveness Strategy for US Domestic Semiconductor Technology 5: Deepening US-Taiwan Cooperation through Semiconductors 6: US Allies, Partners, and Friends 7: Jointly Deterring Beijing through Semiconductors 8: China’s Lagging Techno-Nationalism 9: Mitigating the Impact of China’s Nonmarket Behavior in Semiconductors Conclusion and Discussion of Recommendations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Working Group Participants Index
£25.95
University of Missouri Press Omar Nelson Bradley
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOften overlooked even by closely-connected historians, the Cold War issues Bradley dealt with, excluding the Korean War, have never been examined as closely as in Ossad’s book. The research and military analysis are superb, and the author has an exceptional sense of military history long before and long after the years this book focuses upon."" - Jonathan W. Jordan, author of Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in EuropeTable of Contents Omar Nelson Bradley: America's GI General, 1893-1981 List of Maps Timeline of Omar Nelson Bradley Introduction Prologue: The 1913 Army-Navy Baseball Game Part I: Becoming a Commander Chapter 1 Itinerant farmer from Little Dixie Chapter 2 “The most democratic institution in the world” Chapter 3 Mastering the profession of arms Chapter 4 Learning “to walk, to crawl, to run” Chapter 5 The Strong Right Arm Part II: The Liberation of Europe Chapter 6 ""Far and away the greatest thing we have yet attempted"" Chapter 7 COBRA Sprouts Wings Chapter 8 “the greatest war machine in the history of American arms” Chapter 9 Staking all on one card Chapter 10 The Rhine Part III: Shaper of the Post-War World Chapter 11 The VA: “… infiltration and encirclement as practiced in Washington” Chapter 12 wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy
£32.21
Presidio Press Bill Mauldins Army Bill Mauldins Greatest World
Book SynopsisThe best of the great war cartoons by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who brought laughter to foxholes and battlefields.
£18.04
