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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 €

  • 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 €

  • For Faith and Freedom
    Walter Besant
    'For Faith and Freedom' is a historical novel written by Walter Besant. The book was first published in 1889 and is set in the late 17th century during the Monmouth Rebellion, a Protestant uprising against the Catholic rule of James II in England. The novel follows the story of Richard Coppinger, a young man who becomes involved in the Monmouth Rebellion due to his commitment t...
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    21,20 €

  • Worrying Won’t Win
    Montague Glass
    'So you see, Abe, them fellers, including Mr. Roosevelt, is willing to let no personal modesty stand in the way of a plain patriotic duty, at least so far as thirty-three and a third per cent. of his answer was concerned. But at that, it wouldn’t do him no good, Abe, because, owing to what Mr. Roosevelt maintains is an oversight at the time the Constitution of the United States...
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    14,33 €

  • Austria-Hungary’s Last War, 1914-1918 Vol 2 (1915)
    Stan Hanna
    The Final War of a Great Empire'The official history of the Habsburg empire in the First World War ought to enjoy a better reputation than it does.'   - Sir Hew StrachanIn August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in response to the assassination of their heir to the throne, declared war against Serbia. Their army was multi-national and multi-lingual. Backed by Germany and oppo...
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    57,03 €

  • Austria-Hungary’s Last War, 1914-1918 Vol 2 (1915)
    Stan Hanna
    The Final War of a Great Empire'The official history of the Habsburg empire in the First World War ought to enjoy a better reputation than it does.'   - Sir Hew StrachanIn August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in response to the assassination of their heir to the throne, declared war against Serbia. Their army was multi-national and multi-lingual. Backed by Germany and oppo...
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    29,38 €

  • General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
    General Sir Ian Hamilton
    Russia’s humiliating defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 had profound effects. Domestically, it accelerated revolutionary discontent in Russia and enhanced Japan’s national image as a modern state. Internationally, it shattered long-standing beliefs in European military dominance; it also marked a significant step on the road to the First World War. For these reasons ...
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    88,51 €

  • General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
    General Sir Ian Hamilton
    Russia’s humiliating defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 had profound effects. Domestically, it accelerated revolutionary discontent in Russia and enhanced Japan’s national image as a modern state. Internationally, it shattered long-standing beliefs in European military dominance; it also marked a significant step on the road to the First World War. For these reasons ...
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    70,70 €

  • General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
    General Sir Ian Hamilton
    Russia’s humiliating defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 had profound effects. Domestically, it accelerated revolutionary discontent in Russia and enhanced Japan’s national image as a modern state. Internationally, it shattered long-standing beliefs in European military dominance; it also marked a significant step on the road to the First World War. For these reasons ...
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    86,92 €

  • Cannae
    Alfred von Schlieffen
    The controversial classic of German military theoryIn 1891 Count Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913) was thrust into the position of Chief of Germany’s Great General Staff. He was given an impossible task: figure out how to win a war on two fronts in which Germany would be outnumbered and outgunned. Long after his retirement in 1905, his efforts would define the German strategy u...
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    59,35 €

  • Tácticas de combate
    Matthew Luke / New England Language Academy
    Las tácticas de combate son el arte de utilizar escuadras y pelotones de soldados en el combate. Estas tácticas priorizan moverse detrás de líneas enemigas dejando pocas o ninguna huella mientras se mantiene una seguridad estrecha. Utiliza tácticas para destruir al enemigo ejecutando una emboscada perfecta.Veteranos de operaciones especiales han escrito desde su propia experien...
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    22,60 €

  • Tácticas de Combate
    Matthew Luke / New England Language Academy
    Las tácticas de combate son el arte de utilizar escuadras y pelotones de soldados en el combate. Estas tácticas priorizan moverse detrás de líneas enemigas dejando pocas o ninguna huella mientras se mantiene una seguridad estrecha. Utiliza tácticas para destruir al enemigo ejecutando una emboscada perfecta.Veteranos de operaciones especiales han escrito desde su propia experien...
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    33,61 €

  • Ucrania, el precio de la libertad
    John Mario González
    ¿Qué precio está dispuesto a pagar el pueblo ucraniano por su libertad? Este libro, Ucrania, el precio de la libertad. Viaje por un país en guerra, es un ensayo histórico-político esencial para entender las raíces de la guerra, la lucha existencial del pueblo ucraniano por su identidad, por defender su libertad y la democracia, y por recuperar la historia que la propaganda sovi...
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    21,47 €

  • Unshackled
    Sana Malim
    Unshackled is Sana Malim’s debut poetry collection reflecting on the heartbreak, disappointment, and grief over genocide in Gaza. It is a testimony of unshakeable faith, hope in divine justice, and the firm belief that one day, Palestine will be unshackled from the grips of cruelty. ...
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    14,50 €

  • Red Team, Blue Team
    Black Hat Kathy
    'Red Team, Blue Team: A White Hacking Reference' is a comprehensive guide that takes readers on a journey through the world of ethical hacking. Written in an engaging and informative style, the book covers a wide range of topics including network and operating system security, essential hacking tools, basic and advanced hacking techniques, red teaming and blue teaming strategie...
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    103,32 €

  • Tactiques de combat
    Matthew Luke / Jacques Stéphan
    Le livre le plus populaire sur les tactiques d’infanterie. Plus de 10 000 livres vendus !Tactiques de combat traite des actions d’infanterie menées au niveau du groupe et de la section. Les tactiques présentées décrivent les manœuvres optimales pour opérer en sûreté et en discrétion derrière les lignes ennemies afin de conduire la mission et d’atteindre les objectifs. Mettez en...
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    45,33 €

  • Tactiques de combat
    Jacques Stéphan / Matthew Luke
    Le livre le plus populaire sur les tactiques d’infanterie. Plus de 10 000 livres vendus !Tactiques de combat traite des actions d’infanterie menées au niveau du groupe et de la section. Les tactiques présentées décrivent les manœuvres optimales pour opérer en sûreté et en discrétion derrière les lignes ennemies afin de conduire la mission et d’atteindre les objectifs. Mettez en...
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    33,62 €

  • The Gulf monarchies after the Arab Spring
    Cinzia Bianco
    This book applies an original theoretical framework to unpack the threat perceptions and strategic calculus driving the behaviour of the Gulf monarchies, which emerged after the Arab Spring as major geopolitical players in the Middle East and North Africa region and as middle powers destined to play an oversized role in the new multipolar world. ...
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    157,50 €

  • The Borgias
    Alexandre Dumas
    This novel comes from the famous crimes of Alexandre Dumas (1839-1840), one of the first collections of Dumas. Model of the Prince of Machiavelli (one of the readings of Dumas), Caesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, extends his power over Rome. All means are good to ward off enemies and rivals. His crimes will have no limit, since he goes so far as to eliminate, by poison or...
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    12,60 €

  • The Climate General
    Antonie van Campen / Tom Middendorp
    'We recommend The Climate General to anyone keen on understanding the multifaceted challenges posed by climate change and more importantly, the solutions and strategies that can lead us to a better tomorrow.'Ban Ki-moon and Feike Sijbesma, Co-Chairs Global Center on Adaptation.Following a speech in December 2016, the Dutch Chief of Defence, Tom Middendorp, hit the headlines in ...
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    25,77 €

  • BRICS Emerging Markets, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth
    FD Wuriee
    The BRICS group comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and has become a significant geopolitical and economic force in the international arena. Its aim is to promote sustainable development, economic growth, and inclusive prosperity, which has garnered attention worldwide for its potential to reshape the existing world order. Each member nation has different ...
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    61,22 €