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  • On War (Complete edition translated by J. J. Graham)
    Carl von Clausewitz / J. J. Graham / JJGraham
    Carl von Clausewitz entered the Prussian military at the age of twelve as a Lance-Corporal and would go on to obtain the rank of Major-General. In “On War”, Clausewitz draws upon his experiences fighting in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, as well as his military studies at the “Kriegsakademie”, or Prussian War Academy, which he would eventually become director of. Cl...
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    24,61 €

  • The Persian Expedition
    Xenophon Xenophon
    Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. Xenophon, one of three remaining leaders elected by the soldiers, played an instrumental role in encouraging the Greek army of 10,000 to march north across foodless deserts and snow-...
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    27,97 €

  • Words of Hope in Troubled Times
    José Ramos-Horta
    The Twenty-first Century offers us a chance, a unique chance, to coalesce around common global interests – to reverse the nefarious consequences of climate change, manage clean water reserves that are becoming a rare commodity, save our polluted rivers, lakes, and seas, replenish the depleted fish stock, eliminate extreme poverty and hunger, and de-escalate tensions on the Kore...
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    23,52 €

  • Inconspicuous
    Wes Choc
    This is about how an unplanned encounter by the author evolved into a worthy story ...a life story about how a young Walter Rothwell, born in the US, grew up in Switzerland and became fluent in four languages by the time he was ...drafted in the US Army during World War II.  Being drafted the same month that the war ended might seem fortuitous, but because of his shrewd languag...
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    12,00 €

  • BEFORE THE FIRST SHOTS ARE FIRED
    TONY ZINNI
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    20,21 €

  • The Price They Paid
    Michael Putzel
    The Price They Paid is the stunning and dramatic true story of a legendary helicopter commander in Vietnam and the flight crews that followed him into the most intensive helicopter warfare ever-and how that brutal experience has changed their lives in the forty years since the war ended. ...
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    11,07 €

  • Luoghi e Architetture della Transizione
    Maria Antonietta Breda
    I sistemi difensivi di confine e la protezione antiaerea nelle città. Storia conservazione riuso / Border defense system and air raid protection in the cities. History conservation reuseThis book collects the papers presented at the Second International Congress on Conoscenza e valorizzazione delle opere militari moderne - Knowledge and development of modern military structures...
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    139,91 €

  • The Shadow Tiger
    Barbara L Evenson / William C. McDonald III
    Born to Fly China’s wide-open skies were perfect… if you didn’t mind typhoons, sand storms,  blizzards, uncharted mountains and  Japanese Zeros hunting you. Billy McDonald of Birmingham, Alabama, had an adventurous and dangerous career as a pilot in the Golden Age of Flight, and into World War II.  He jumped from military cadet to wingman in Chennault’s famed aerobatic flyin...
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    34,81 €

  • The View From First Mountain
    William G. Hanne / William GHanne
    The Croatian War of Independence ended with the success of Operation Storm on August 7, 1995.  Less than five months later, Bill Hanne found himself part of the Democracy Transition Long Range Management Program and packing for Zagreb.  With his background in military intelligence, plus graduate degrees in political geography and education policy and planning, Dr. Hanne brought...
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    35,53 €

  • National Security and Counterintelligence in the Era of Cyber Espionage
    Eugenie de Silva
    As technology continues to advance, the threats imposed on these innovations also continue to grow and evolve. As such, law enforcement specialists diligently work to counteract these threats, promote national safety, and defend the individual rights of citizens. National Security and Counterintelligence in the Era of Cyber Espionage highlights technological advancements in int...
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    262,41 €

  • On War
    Carl Von Clausewitz
    Unabridged value reproduction of the most critical and thought provoking first four books of “On War” by Carl von Clausewitz, translated by J.J. Graham, and including footnotes. These books give the theory and goals of war that can be applied to conquering meeting rooms and empires. This volume of On War includes topics of the Nature, Theory, and Strategy of War and Combat.Thes...
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    18,77 €

  • Tutu’s Rainbow World
    Joseph Kaifala
    Joseph Kaifala was born in Freetown. Now a Human Rights lawyer in the USA and author of “Free Slaves, Freetown and the Sierra Leonean Civil War” his poetry deals with Africa’s poverty, armed conflicts and the suffering of its child soldiers.   ...
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    11,99 €

  • Strategic Implications of the War in Ukraine for the Post-Soviet Space
    This groundbreaking volume offers an in-depth exploration of how Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the post-Soviet space, particularly in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Through expert analyses, the book examines the far-reaching consequences of the war, including shifts in regional alliances, energy security dynamics, the rise of new c...
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    106,34 €

  • Psychological Tactics in Warfare
    Brock Caldwell
    Psychological Tactics in Warfare: Strategies for Success is your definitive guide to the unseen battles that shape military conflicts, corporate strategies, and even everyday interactions. This book goes beyond traditional warfare, revealing the mind games that influence victories before a single shot is fired.What You’ll Learn: ...
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    56,39 €

  • Moral Injury
    Jake Hollister
    Who Should Read This Book? ...
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    50,67 €

  • Red Storm Over the Balkans
    David M. Glantz
    Germany’s Eastern Front in World War II saw many campaigns and battles that have been 'forgotten' by a Soviet Union that tried to hide its military failures. The Red Army’s invasion of Romania in April and May 1944 was one such campaign, which produced nearly 200,000 casualties and tarnished the reputations of its commanders. The redoubtable David Glantz, the world’s leading au...
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    48,95 €

  • Winning the War of the Flea
    Bob Ball / Bob Bell / Paul LeFavor / Sheffield Ford
    From the Philippine Insurrection to the War in Afghanistan, America’s warriors have experienced what Robert Taber calls, 'the war of the flea.' The flea is the guerrilla, and the dog is the government or occupying power. Experience has taught us that irregular warfare (IW) is more difficult than operations against an enemy that fights according to the conventional paradigm. The...
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    27,12 €

  • Sun Tzu em Ação
    Decio Martins de Medeiros
    Neste romance épico, a sabedoria de Sun Tzu, autor de A Arte da Guerra, ganha vida em meio a batalhas fictícias e desafios militares. Acompanhamos o mestre estrategista enquanto aplica suas táticas brilhantes para derrotar inimigos mais poderosos, utilizando engano, psicologia e manobras inesperadas. A história mistura ação, intriga e filosofia, revelando o poder da mente na gu...
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    23,19 €

  • GLOBAL MIGRATION
    ANTONIO MARQUINA
    This book covers the issue of global migration flows, with a particular focus on irregular migration. It presents and evaluates the principal drivers, as well as recent policies implemented to handle these flows in East and South Asia, the European Union and the United States.Crucially, the chapters explore how different actors interact in using or promoting migratory flows fro...
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    169,66 €

  • The Craft of Wargaming
    Frederick Cameron / Jeffrey Appleget / Robert Burks
    The Craft of Wargaming is designed to support supervisors, planners, and analysts who use wargames to support their organizations' missions. The authors focus on providing analysts and planners with a clear methodology that allows them to initiate, design, develop, conduct, and analyze wargames. Built around the analytic wargaming construct, organizations or individuals can...
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    30,56 €

  • Nothing Here Worth Dying For
    Seth William Bell Folsom
    In this sharp, challenging memoir, Col Seth Folsom lays bare the complexities of modern military combat advisor missions at the twilight of America’s longest war. Nothing Here Worth Dying For tells the story of his command of Task Force Lion—a “purpose-built” combat advisor team—and his frenetic 2017 deployment to Iraq’s Al Anbar Province. Charged with the daunting task of adv...
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    31,32 €

  • Warriors Hate War
    Glenn Sturm
    Why, after over 100 Sigma war games showed us that we could not win, did we still go into Vietnam? Why, if one military doctrine irrefutably indicates that it can succeed time after time, is it not adopted in every military action? Why do warriors hate war? Because their bosses don’t understand it. What’s the mission? How do we win? What is winning? Bush said that winning was w...
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    25,54 €

  • Warriors Hate War
    Glenn Sturm
    Why, after over 100 Sigma war games showed us that we could not win, did we still go into Vietnam? Why, if one military doctrine irrefutably indicates that it can succeed time after time, is it not adopted in every military action? Why do warriors hate war? Because their bosses don’t understand it. What’s the mission? How do we win? What is winning? Bush said that winning was w...
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    17,66 €

  • Kampftaktiken
    Matthew Luke / H. Brandt
    Das beliebteste Buch über Infanterietaktiken. Über 10.000 verkaufte Exemplare!Small Unit Tactics erklärt die Kunst, Soldaten auf Gruppen- und Zugebene im Gefecht zu führen. Die vermittelten Kampfweisen legen einen besonderen Wert auf den Einsatz hinter feindlichen Linien, ohne dabei Spuren zu hinterlassen und die eigene Sicherung zu vernachlässigen. Lerne es den perfekten Hinte...
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    38,79 €

  • The International Arms Trade
    Kenneth Boutin
    This volume considers the coevolving nature of the arms trade and defence-industrial processes and the resulting complexity of the international arms-transfer system. It situates arms transfers in a defence-industrial landscape where arms production is increasingly transnational, involving states that have not featured as notable arms producers. ...
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    152,54 €

  • National Security Management
    Ralph Sanders
    This volume is the product of an effort to portral current analytical thought converning the psychological conflict between the East and the West. [Facsimile reprint of a book originally published in 1961.] ...
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    15,60 €

  • Narco-State Nemesis
    Hazel Ashwood
    'Narco-State Nemesis: How Governments Infiltrate and Dismantle International Drug Cartels' plunges into the shadowy world of international drug trafficking, exposing the intricate dance between powerful cartels and the governments that strive to bring them down. From the genesis of narco-states to the cutting-edge technologies deployed in this ongoing war, this book offers an u...
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    26,45 €

  • Professionals Talk Logistics
    Jon Klug / Steve Leonard
    Professionals talk logistics. It is an adage offered around many a military conference room, a time-honored piece of wisdom that serves as a cautionary reminder that logistics both enables and constrains military strategy and to ignore one imperils the other.  Few book-length works have been written specifically on logistics, which are often overlooked by historians who instead...
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    34,29 €

  • Professionals Talk Logistics
    Jon Klug / Steve Leonard
    Professionals talk logistics. It is an adage offered around many a military conference room, a time-honored piece of wisdom that serves as a cautionary reminder that logistics both enables and constrains military strategy and to ignore one imperils the other.  Few book-length works have been written specifically on logistics, which are often overlooked by historians who instead...
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    73,30 €

  • War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century
    Jim Storr
    What can we learn from war, and warfare, in the twentieth century? What observations and deductions can we make, and what lessons can we draw? ’War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century’ examines both a clearly delineated period in the past, and the century which offers us the most (and the most relevant) material to examine. Deliberately looking through the prism of strategy, o...
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    73,25 €


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