Catálogo de libros Estrategia, Planificación E Investigación Defensivas

Julius Caesar

Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a defensive pre-emptive action, most historians agree that the wars were fought primarily to boost Caesar’s political career and to pay off his massive debts. Even so, Gaul was extremely important to Rome, as they had been attacked many times by the Gauls. Conquering Gaul allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine...

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28,03 €

Anabasis

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 €

The Complete Art of War

Sun Tzu

Collected here in this 4-in-1 omnibus are the most important books ever written on the art of war. The Art of War By Sun Tzu translated and commented on by Lionel Giles, On War by Carl von Clausewitz, The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli, and The Art of War by Baron De Jomini. These four books will give you as complete a view on the art of war as you can attain. ...

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40,89 €

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practises as he feels inclined. It is said the warrior’s is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways....

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20,16 €

Gettysburg and Leadership

James P. Osterhaus / James POsterhaus

Gettysburg is a defining moment in our history when two great armies were on a collision course with each other and with history. The Civil War is arguably the pivotal moment in American history. This great battle was crafted by leaders who would be the stuff of legend, even after 150 years. The struggle provides an excellent moment to study leadership in all of its complexity....

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21,89 €

Operation Barbarossa

Nigel Askey

Volume IIB is the second volume relating to (and completing) the Wehrmacht, and the German mobilisation and war-economy, from June to December 1941. It includes the most detailed Orders of Battle ever published on the German Heer, Luftwaffe, Waffen SS and Kriegsmarine, in all areas of the Reich, between 22nd June and 4th July 1941. Even small and obscure units are included, suc...

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133,44 €

With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other

Carol Reardon

When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini’s Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows, Jomini’s work was only one voice in what ultimately became a lively and con...

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35,87 €

Vårt fädernesland och dess försvar

Det fria Sverige (Förening)

Det är inte ett uttryck för en författares idéer och tankar; inte resultatet av en ordsmeds djupa funderingar. Det är en instruktionsbok i svensk nationalism. Läs inte bara denna skrift utan studera den och fundera över innehållet. Du kommer upptäcka att den har mer att ge än man tror vid första anblicken. ...

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11,32 €

Operation Barbarossa

Nigel Askey

Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation includes full analyses of the Axis and Soviet armed-forces organisation, weapons, equipment, personnel, transport, logistics, war-production, mobilisation and replacements during 1941. Uniquely, the work employs a sophisticated military simulation methodology extending from the t...

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180,02 €

#Fail

Jonathan G. Owen / Jonathan GOwen

Jonathan Owen, in his book "#Fail: Why the US Lost the War in Afghanistan," provides a military insider's look at why the US counterinsurgency strategy was doomed to failure. When Owen’s research was first released in 2010, it challenged the flawed strategy of senior leadership and was suppressed. However, since then, the accuracy and predictive power of Owen’s research wit...

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17,84 €

The Golden Lions of the Nosce Hostem

Charles L Valenti

My son had the fortune of growing up in Italy as a military dependent. There, he l earned t he sport of soccer through relationships made with his Italian friends. His book All-American reveals how he used his knowledge of American sports on the soccer eld in order to lead a team that would put together a streak of ten consecutive years of not losing a single regulation game b...

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13,44 €

Little Battles

Ron Emrick

Miniature Wargames have been with us in one form or another. There are many opportunities available, but Little Battles adheres to a simple philosophy – always have fun while capturing the feel of the period. These are simple rules using lots of dice, that offer a nuance for playing a period piece.These rules are designed to play across multiple periods. First is “Shock” that c...

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28,86 €

On Guerilla Warfare

Mao Tse-Tung / Mao Zedong / Samuel B. Griffith / Samuel BGriffith

2017 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In 1937, Mao was in retreat after ten years of battling the Nationalist troops of Chiang Kai-shek. During this period, he wrote a succinct pamphlet that remains one of the most influential documents on warfare to this date. This treatise, the first systemat...

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11,64 €

Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

Julian Stafford Corbett

Corbett looks at the theory of war, and then the theory of naval war: from grand strategy to strategy. He looks at how England, with an active naval policy, was able to prevent often stronger nations and navies from ever landing successfully, or cutting supply routes from colonies and empire. The object of naval warfare, which made the foregoing possible, depends upon control o...

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24,49 €

Stalingrad Battle Atlas

Anton Joly

“All this will go down in Military History as a brilliant example of the enemy's operational art.” Such were the words of Field-Marshal Friedrich Paulus, talking to his former staff members shortly after the end of the battle. None could better summarize the events that took place in the Stalingrad region in late November 1942.The Red Army defeated the Wehrmacht against all...

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25,05 €

Stalingrad Battle Atlas

Anton Joly

'I can see the Stalingrad sky glowing in the distance.” General Erhard Raus, 6th Panzer Division Commander, deploying his troops on the Myshkova River 50 km away from the 'cauldron'.The Red Army defeated the Wehrmacht against all odds in one of the most dramatic battles in History. How such a miracle has been made possible ? What exactly happened each single day of this titanic...

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25,20 €

Golden Arms, aka Test Pilots

Michael Williams

From 1989 to 1995, a small group of individuals with unique skill sets came together to support air-to-air/air-to-ground weapons testing over the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. Unwilling to maintain the status quo, they came up with innovative solutions to support test missions and became the best at what they did. One of the squadron’s pilots used to say, “We ...

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52,97 €

Illustrated Battles of the Continental European Nations 1820-1900

Arthur Griffiths / Herbert Russell / John Augustus O'Shea / John Augustus O’Shea

The first volume of a three volume setThe conflicts of the nineteenth century did much to create the modern world. Following the defeat of the First Empire of the French, most of Europe was in perpetual turmoil and became the stage for many small wars. The turn of the twentieth century brought even greater catastrophes, since the century that had just passed had sown the seeds ...

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28,55 €

Illustrated Battles of the Continental European Nations 1820-1900

Arthur Griffiths / Herbert Russell / John Augustus O'Shea / John Augustus O’Shea

The first volume of a three volume setThe conflicts of the nineteenth century did much to create the modern world. Following the defeat of the First Empire of the French, most of Europe was in perpetual turmoil and became the stage for many small wars. The turn of the twentieth century brought even greater catastrophes, since the century that had just passed had sown the seeds ...

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19,60 €

Illustrated Battles of the Continental European Nations 1820-1900

A. Hilliard Atteridge / AHilliard Atteridge / Charles Lowe / John Augustus O'Shea / John Augustus O’Shea

Volume two of the conflicts of the continental European nationsThe conflicts of the nineteenth century did much to create the modern world. Following the defeat of the First Empire of the French, most of Europe was in perpetual turmoil and became the stage for many small wars. The turn of the twentieth century brought even greater catastrophes, since the century that had just p...

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28,55 €

Illustrated Battles of the Continental European Nations 1820-1900

A. Hilliard Atteridge / AHilliard Atteridge / Charles Lowe / John Augustus O'Shea / John Augustus O’Shea

Volume two of the conflicts of the continental European nationsThe conflicts of the nineteenth century did much to create the modern world. Following the defeat of the First Empire of the French, most of Europe was in perpetual turmoil and became the stage for many small wars. The turn of the twentieth century brought even greater catastrophes, since the century that had just p...

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19,60 €

Illustrated Battles of the Continental European Nations 1820-1900

Archibald Forbes / John Augustus O'Shea / John Augustus O’Shea / William Herbert

The final volume of a unique three volume setThe conflicts of the nineteenth century did much to create the modern world. Following the defeat of the First Empire of the French, most of Europe was in perpetual turmoil and became the stage for many small wars. The turn of the twentieth century brought even greater catastrophes, since the century that had just passed had sown the...

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28,58 €

Illustrated Battles of the Continental European Nations 1820-1900

Forbes Archibald / John Augustus O'Shea / John Augustus O’Shea / William Herbert

The final volume of a unique three volume setThe conflicts of the nineteenth century did much to create the modern world. Following the defeat of the First Empire of the French, most of Europe was in perpetual turmoil and became the stage for many small wars. The turn of the twentieth century brought even greater catastrophes, since the century that had just passed had sown the...

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19,64 €

Stalingrad Battle Atlas

Anton Joly

This is the New 2017 Revised Edition“We realized that the decisive battle had come, and that if we can survive it, the Germans were unlikely to muster such powerful forces again.'Thus wrote Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov, 62nd Army Commander, about 14 October 1942. As hundreds of tons of steel where hurled against the Soviet defenders, the Germans unleashed a critical onslaugh...

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29,09 €

Stalingrad Battle Atlas

Anton Joly

This is the New 2017 Revised Edition 'Flames reached hundreds meters high, buildings collapsed and steel melted down: it seemed everything would be destroyed in this inferno, yet men kept on fighting.'This depiction by Major-General Aleksandr Rodimtsev, 13th Guards Division Commander, refers to the first German assault in the city on 14 September 1942. The fighting in Stalingr...

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26,98 €

Why Custer Was Never Warned

Phillip Thomas Tucker

For the first time, this ground-breaking book tells the forgotten story of the true genesis of the June 25, 1876 disaster along the Little Bighorn, "Custer's Last Stand." The failure of the southern column to continue to advance north after the battle of the Rosebud set the stage for the annihilation of George Armstrong Custer and his five companies of the 7th Cavalry at th...

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32,97 €

Why Custer Was Never Warned

Phillip Tucker

For the first time, this ground-breaking book tells the forgotten story of the true genesis of the June 25, 1876 disaster along the Little Bighorn, "Custer's Last Stand." The failure of the southern column to continue to advance north after the battle of the Rosebud set the stage for the annihilation of George Armstrong Custer and his five companies of the 7th Cavalry at th...

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57,74 €

The Grand Strategy that Won the Cold War

This book demonstrates that under the leadership of President Ronald Reagan and through the mechanism of his National Security Council staff, the United States developed and executed a comprehensive grand strategy, involving the coordinated use of the diplomatic, informational, military, and economic instruments of national power, and that grand strategy led to the collapse of ...

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67,98 €

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