Warfare and defence Books
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
£64.95
Penguin Putnam Inc The Daughters of Kobani
Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won“The Daughters of Kobani is an unforgettable and nearly mythic tale of women''s power and courage. The young women profiled in this book fought a fearsome war against brutal men in impossible circumstances—and proved in the process what girls and women can accomplish when given the chance to lead. Brilliantly researched and respectfully reported, this book is a lesson in heroism, sacrifice, and the real meaning of sisterhood. I am so grateful that this story has been told.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat, Pray, Love“Absolutely fascinating and brilliantly written, The Daughters of Kobani is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand both the nobility and the brutality of war. This is one of the most compelling stories in modern warfare.&rd
£14.45
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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£22.49
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
£23.96
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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£36.89
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
McClelland & Stewart Inc. Operation Medusa
Book SynopsisThis is the real on-the-ground story of one of NATO's bloodiest, most decisive and misunderstood operations
£18.69
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
£32.30
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
£29.00
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
£17.06
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
£27.94
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
£13.29
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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£28.50
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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£27.00
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
£27.00
The Catholic University of America Press Justice After War Jus Post Bellum in the 21st
Book SynopsisWhile examining the interrelated challenges of moral and social norms in both political and legal domains, as well as church practices, this work proposes an innovative methodology for linking theology, ethics, and social science so that the ideal and the real can inform each other in the ethics of war and peacebuilding.
£29.02
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.
£17.95
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
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Mission and Betrayal 19401945 Working with
Book SynopsisThe wartime memoirs of Count Rene de Chambrun provide a fascinating inside look at the world of some of the most powerful leaders and social figures in America during the turbulent early 1940s. Utilizing the detailed notes he made during that period, de Chambrun recounts the story of his dramatic wartime years.
£17.06
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.
£17.09
Bluewood Books,U.S. 100 Battles That Shaped World History 100 Series
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£8.56
MP-ARK University of Arkansas Theater of War The Plot Against the American Mind
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£11.95
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC Pastoral in Palestine
Book SynopsisFor decades, Israel and Palestine have been locked in ongoing conflict over land that each claims as its own. In 2011, the author lived in Ramallah in Palestine's occupied West Bank and taught in nearby Jerusalem. In this book, he offers a personal take on the conflict.
£10.00
Not Stated Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Book SynopsisFocusing on the continued terrorist threat by jihadist groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, and homegrown violent far-right and far-left extremists in the West, Terrorism and Counterterrorism investigates this form of political violence in a historical and contemporary context. In this comprehensive and highly readable text, renowned expert Brigitte Nacos clearly defines terrorismâs diverse causes, actors, and strategies; outlines anti- and counterterrorist responses; and highlights terrorismâs relationship with the public and media. Terrorism and Counterterrorism introduces students to the fieldâs main debates and helps them critically assess our understanding of, and our strategies for, addressing this complex and enduring issue.New to the Seventh Edition: The new chapter 3 reviews the history of terrorismâboth domestic and international, whereas the new chapter 4 analyses the terrorist landscape in the third decade of the 21st centuryâincluding the transnational links between violent far-right and far-left violent extremists. The discussion of religious terrorism in chapter 5 ends with an added section about QAnon as religiopolitical cult. An extended section in chapter 7 is devoted to the increasingly militant roles of females in violent far-right extremism. The revised chapter 10 starts with the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan and an account of total costs spent on the post-9/11 war against terrorism before discussing the counterterrorism strategies of presidents G.W. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. The failures and successes of the U.S. intelligence community in efforts to prevent terrorism at home with relevant data and case studies are new features in chapter 12. Table of Contents Introduction: Terrorist Threats at Home and Abroad PART I: TERRORISM The Perennial Debate: What is Terrorism? A Historical Review of Terrorism The Terrorism Landscape in the third Decade of the Twenty-First Century Political Violence in the Name of God The Making of Terrorists: Causes, Conditions, Influences Women, Children and Terrorism Common Threads: Goals, Targets, and Tactics Organizational Structures, State Sponsors, and the Financing of Terror PART II : COUNTERTERRORISM Terrorism and American-Led Post-9/11 National Security Strategies The Utility of Hard and Soft Power in Counterterrorism Preventing Terrorism: The Crucial Role of Good Intelligence Balancing Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights PART III : TERRORISM IN THE NEWS MEDIA AND ON THE INTERNET Terrorist Propaganda and the Mainstream Media Terror and Hate in Cyberspace Conclusion: Living with Terrorist Threats Appendix: Major Terrorist Incidents since the Late 1970s
£89.11
Random House USA Inc The Declassification Engine
Book SynopsisEvery day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit?Before World War II, transparent government was a proud tradition in the United States. In all but the most serious of circumstances, classification, covert operations, and spying were considered deeply un-American. But after the war, the power to decide what could be kept secret proved too tempting to give up. Since then, we have radically departed from that open tradition, allowing intelligence agencies, black sites, and classified laboratories to grow unchecked. Officials insist that only secrecy can keep us safe, but its true costs have gone unacknowledged for too long. Using the latest techniques in data science, historian Matthew Connelly analyzes a vast trove of state secrets to unearth not only what the government really did not want us to know but also why they didn’t want us to know it. Culling this researc
£18.70
St. Martin's Press The Last Hill
Book SynopsisBob Drury and Tom Clavin''s The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion''s heroism and courage in World War II.They were known as Rudder's Rangers, the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. In December 1944, Lt. Col. James Rudder''s 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler's homeland at last. In the process, Rudder was given two objectives: Take Hill 400 . . . and hold the hill by any means possible. To the last man, if necessary. The battle-hardened battalion had no idea that several Wehrmacht regiments, who greatly outnumbered the Rangers, had been given the exact same orders. The clash of the two determined forces was one of the bloodiest and most costly encounters of World War II.Castle Hill, the imposing 1320-foot mini-mountain the American Rangers simply called Hill 400, was the gateway to a desperate Nazi Germany. Several entire American divisions had alre
£999.99
St Martin's Press Black Ops
Book SynopsisThe Explosive National BestsellerA memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era.Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm. After duty stations in Central, South America, and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the CIA's
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Picador USA Humane
Book SynopsisA prominent historian exposes the dark side of making war more humaneIn the years since 9/11, we have entered an age of endless war, with the United States exercising dominion everywhere. In Humane, Samuel Moyn asks a troubling but urgent question: What if efforts to make war more ethicalto ban torture and limit civilian casualtieshave only shored up the military enterprise and made it sturdier?To advance this case, Moyn looks back at a century and a half of passionate arguments about the ethics and law of using force. In the nineteenth century, the founders of the Red Cross struggled mightily to make war less lethal even as they acknowledged its inevitability. Leo Tolstoy prominently opposed their efforts, reasoning that war needed to be abolished, not reformedand over the subsequent century, a popular movement to abolish war flourished on both sides of the Atlantic. Eventually, however, reformers shifted their attention from opposing the crime
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Images of War in Contemporary Art
Book SynopsisUroš Cvoro (UNSW Sydney, Australia) researches artistic and cultural strategies dealing with the multiple challenges of post-global exchange such as conflict, economic collapse, and migration. His books include Turbo-Folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia (2014), Transitional Aesthetics: Contemporary Art at the Edge of Europe (Bloomsbury, 2018), and Post-Conflict Monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Unfinished Histories (2020).Kit Messham-Muir (Curtin University, Australia) researches contemporary art and visual culture that addresses war, terror, and political violence. He wrote Double War: Shaun Gladwell, visual culture and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (2015). He is Lead Chief Investigator of the Art in Conflict project, which receives a Linkage Project grant from the Australian Research Council of $293,380 over 2018-2021.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Zero Hour, Ground Zero Chapter 1: The Trauma Artist Chapter 2: Weaponising Affect Chapter 3: The Gamification of Terror Chapter 4: Weaponisation of History Chapter 5: Military Humanism Chapter 6: Militant Humanism: Repurposing War Infrastructure Conclusion: Weaponised Art Bibliography Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Soldier Rebel Traitor
Book SynopsisThe biography of John Wenlock, Lord Wenlock, one of the foremost soldiers, courtiers and diplomats of the Wars of the Roses.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd A History of Jungle Warfare
Book SynopsisAn engaging history of the intricacies of jungle warfare in a variety of contexts through the ages.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Masters of Warfare
Book SynopsisPresents 50 commanders who the author believes are underrated.
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Random House USA Inc From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map
Book SynopsisIn his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W. Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian cause.“These searing essays refract the reality of terrible years through a mind with extraordinary understanding, compassion, insight, and deep knowledge.” —Noam Chomsky These essays, which originally appeared in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Weekly, London’s Al-Hayat, and the London Review of Books, take us from the Oslo Accords through the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, and present information and perspectives too rarely visible in America. Said is unyielding in his call for truth and justice. He insists on truth about Israel's role as occupier and its treatment of the Palestinians. He pleads for new avenues of communication between progressive elements in Israel and Palestine. And he is equally forceful in his condemnation of Arab failures and the need for real leadership in the Arab world.
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Random House USA Inc I Am a Soldier Too
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author lends his remarkable narrative skills to the story of the most famous POW this country has known. In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg lets Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in the Iraq War in her own words--not the sensationalized ones of the media''s initial reports. Here we see how a humble rural upbringing leads to a stint in the military, one of the most exciting job options for a young person in Palestine, West Virginia. We see the real story behind the ambush in the Iraqi Desert that led to Lynch''s capture. And we gain new perspective on her rescue from an Iraqi hospital where she had been receiving care. Here Lynch’s true heroism and above all, modesty, is allowed to emerge, as we''re shown how she managed her physical recovery from her debilitating wounds and contended with the misinformation--both deliberate and unintended--surroundin
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Tyndale House Publishers Two Wars
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Johns Hopkins University Press At War with PTSD
Book SynopsisAnd although McLay remains unsure why or how, his experiences hold out hope for those suffering from this devastating disorder.Trade ReviewHighly recommended for military and psychology holdings alike. Midwest Book Review Thoroughly recommended as a humane, insightful, and very readable book. -- Chris R. Brewin European Journal of Psychotraumatology Recommended to the general reader interested in the effects of war and the importance of finding new and better ways to treat those effects. Choice Accessible, informative and compelling. -- Taylor Poor National Alliance on Mental Illness Though useful for mental health professionals from different backgrounds (i.e. psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, patient care technicians, etc.), this work is also intended for those who have experienced symptoms of PTSD or know someone who has... There are many books that discuss virtually every aspect of PTSD... few offer such a personal, frontline glimpse into the challenges mental health professionals face in providing accurate assessment and treatment services for military personnel. -- Steven T. Herron, MD Doody's Review ServiceTable of ContentsPrologue1. Why This Book Was Written2. What Is PTSD Anyway? Looking at the Problem before Iraq3. Every War Is Different, Every War Is the Same4. Mind and Brain5. The Forgotten War6. Treatment and Cure7. I Don't Believe in That Stuff: Arguments against the Existence of PTSD8. Some Birthday: Attempts to Prevent PTSD9. Iraq in Digital10. Women at War11. Memorial Day in Camp Fallujah12. It Just Might Work13. The State of the Science14. Therapy in Foxholes15. The War at Home16. Virtual Reality Faces the Real Thing17. Different Roads Home18. A Kind of Peace: What We Learned and What We Have Left to AccomplishAcknowledgmentsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press China and Coexistence
Book SynopsisShe explores its role in China's border disputes in the South China Sea and with Russia and India; in diplomacy in the UN Security Council over Iran, Sudan, and Myanmar; and in China's handling of challenges to the legitimacy of its regime from Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Japan.Trade ReviewA powerful survey highly recommended for any serious collection on China's politics and place in the world. Midwest Book Review Nations lacking the military and economic clout to bring coercive measures to bear in support of their national interests must find other means. Peaceful coexistence is an attractive alternative that has been tried by a number of nations in modern history. None have used it more successfully than have the Chinese... Odgaard describes how China successfully applied this fundamental foreign policy over the last 40 years. Choice This well researched, substantive, and thought-provoking book is laid out well and is ways to read and digest. Whether or not you agree with the author's logic and conclusions, the book is worth the read for its superb analysis. Military and interagency professional, international relations and political science students and academics, as well as others interested in the emergence of China, its foreign policy, and its evolving role in international affairs would benefit from reading it. -- David A. Anderson Military ReviewTable of ContentsTables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Art of Walking on Two Legs: China's National Security Strategy since the Cold War2. Theoretical, Historical, and Strategic Alternatives toChinese-Style Peaceful Coexistence3. Coexistence: A Strategy of Influence for Would-Be Great Powers4. China's Policies on Conflict Resolution: The South China Sea, the Chinese-Russian, and the Chinese-Indian Border Disputes5. China's Policies on Diplomacy: The Cases of Iran, Sudan, and Myanmar6. China's Policies on Legitimacy: The Cases of Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Japan7. Conclusion: Making Sense of China's National Security StrategyNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Hezbollah and Hamas
Book Synopsisnational security, Gleis and Berti provide a comparative analysis of their histories and political missions that moves beyond reductionist portrayals of the organizations' military operations.Trade ReviewWithin the past six years, Israel has fought one war with Hezbollah, the Party of God, and two wars with Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement. What are their roots, histories, ideologies, and tactics? Joshua L. Gleis and Benedetta Berti skillfully explore these issues in a fine primer. Canadian Jewish News Solid analyses of these two Islamist national resistance movements, both of which-notably Hezbollah-demonstrate a kind of strength that is lacking in more secular organizations and constitutes a new kind of challenge to Israel. Choice As Joshua L. Gleis and Benedetta Berti argue in Hezbollah and Hamas: A Comparative Study, a first-rate account of their respective development, Hezbollah and Hamas have evolved into important players in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and will continue to play this role in the future. -- Sheldon Kirshner Canadian Jewish News Valuable as an introduction to the background and structure of these organizations. -- Yehudit Barksy Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs While Hamas and Hizbullah have vastly different origins, they share a common adversary: Israel. As the groups become increasingly relevant to US national security, the authors provide a thorough overview of their histories, ideologies, tactics and futures-combining scholarship and primary sources in their analysis. SurvivalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionPart 1: Hezbollah1. The Lebanese Players: A BackgroundThe Shiites and AmalThe MaronitesMaronite Christian Parties TodayThe PalestiniansThe SunnisLebanese Salafi-Jihadist GroupsThe Lebanese Political System2. Hezbollah: History and DevelopmentThe BeginningHezbollah in Post-Taif Lebanon3. Ideals and Belief SystemThe Religious PillarsA View of the World: External Enemies and AlliesHezbollah in Lebanon: A Political and Military Platform4. StructurePolitical and Military StructureSocial WelfareFundraisingLatin America and the Tri-Border Area as a Case Study5. Strategies and TacticsMilitary OperationsTerrorismRegional Involvement: A Growing TrendPropaganda and Psychological WarfarePart II: Hamas and Militancy in the Palestinian Territories6. The Palestinian Players: A BackgroundThe PLO and FatahPalestinian Islamic JihadSalafi-Jihadist Groups in Gaza7. Hamas: History and DevelopmentThe BeginningPolitical and Social Development8. Ideals and Belief SystemIslamist Roots and Religious PillarsA View of the World and of the State of IsraelHamas in the Palestinian Territories: Political Agenda and Activities9. StructurePolitical and Military StructureSocial Activism and Grass-Roots SupportFundraising10. Strategies and TacticsMilitary OperationsTerrorismPropaganda and Psychological WarfarePart III: COuntering Hezbollah and Hamas11. Israeli Counterinsurgency and CounterterrorismConclusionsNotesGlossaryFor Further ReadingIndex
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