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  • Information, Cyber and Space Domain and its Application in Future Land Warfare
    PK Mallick
    The ubiquity of information and the pace of technological change is transforming the character of warfare. Commercial technologies have disrupted the economics and character of warfare. They are cheaper, faster, lighter, smaller and stealthier.The domains of information, cyberspace and space have joined the conventional warfighting domains of land, sea and air. Although the doc...
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    68,82 €

  • The Rwanda Poems
    Andrew Kaufman
    The only book of poetry to date devoted to the Rwanda genocide and published in this country, this is a work of nonfictional poetry, a cousin in genre to the nonfictional novel. It is based not only on the poet’s observations and encounters during months spent in post-genocide Rwanda, but on his numerous extensive interviews with survivors, all of whom lost most if not all of t...
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    15,63 €

  • Proscribing peace
    Sophie Haspeslagh
    Proscribing peace shows how the listing of armed groups as terrorists has made pre-negotiations harder and more prolonged. Drawing on fieldwork in Colombia during the negotiation with the FARC, Sophie Haspeslagh introduces the concept of ’linguistic ceasefire’ which becomes a central pre-condition for the initiation of a peace process. ...
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    35,76 €

  • Cold War
    A.J. Kingston
    Discover the gripping story of the Cold War, a defining feature of global politics and diplomacy in the 20th century. In 'The Cold War: America vs. Soviet Union,' offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the complex and multifaceted nature of this defining conflict.Through a carefully researched and engagingly written narrative, readers will be taken on a journey thro...
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    24,74 €

  • Sustaining America’s Strategic Advantage
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    108,04 €

  • A Short History of Anger
    Joy Manesiotis
    Winner of the New Measure Poetry PrizeA multilayered book and performance, A Short History of Anger speaks through fragments, fractures, song, and the voices of a Greek Chorus. This lament confronts the massacre of Greek citizens in the 1922 Destruction of Smyrna, and the buried traces of this tragedy as they haunt the poet’s family history. Governed by its musical, rituali...
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    27,04 €

  • Cognizing the Chinese Coercion
    Jagath Jayaprakash
    A Report to the US Congress, 'a review of the Pentagon’s Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2021', worked as the basis for this book. It also acts as a warning to any Marxists who continue to portray the People’s Republic of China as being in any way socialist. In essence, this book serves as a clarion cry to tackle China’s challenge bef...
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    45,38 €

  • Drug smuggler nation
    Stephen Snelders
    Drug smuggler nation shows how and why the Netherlands developed into a central hub of international illegal drug trade in the 20th century. The book develops a model of ’criminal anarchy’ that is historically, socially, and culturally embedded in Dutch society to explain the failures of the state’s regulatory policies and law enforcement. ...
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    44,04 €

  • THE EVOLUTION OF THE TANK
    Rear-Admiral Sir Murray SUETER
    This is an important title from a noted pioneer of naval aviation and of the early development of the tank. Sueter became Secretary of the Landships Committee. He was one of the Naval officers most closely involved in the establishment of the first Armoured Car Force. Contains useful information including the performance of tanks in action, also covering post-WW1 development.Th...
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    27,71 €

  • Small Unit Tactics
    Matthew Luke
    The most popular book on infantry tactics. Over 10,000 copies sold!Small unit tactics is the art of using Soldiers in squads and platoons to conduct war. These tactics prioritize moving behind enemy lines with little to no footprint while maintaining tight security. Use tactics to destroy the enemy by executing a perfect ambush.Special operations veterans have written from thei...
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    58,39 €

  • Small Unit Raids
    Matthew Luke
    Small Unit Raiders utilize advanced tactics known as Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) and Close Quarters Battle (CQB). These tactics prioritize swiftly moving into and out of enemy terrain to destroy, seize, and conduct information warfare.Special Operations Veterans have written from their own experience with real-life examples, the step-by-step tactics that Soldier...
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    58,56 €

  • The Military Institutions of the Romans
    Flavius Vegetius Renatus / John Clarke
    The Military Institutions of the Romans is a classic treatise about Roman warfare and military principles. Its author emphasizes things such as training of soldiers as a disciplined force, orderly strategy, maintenance of supply lines and logistics, quality leadership and use of tactics and even deceit to ensure an advantage over the opposition. ...
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    7,14 €

  • How to Lose a War at Sea
    Bill Fawcett
    An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disastersFrom the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage, or miscalculations; others were caused by ideas that didn’t hold water in the first pl...
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    13,30 €

  • Trauma and Truth
    Elena Pedigo Clark
    The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen wars were not. Trauma and Truth examines key works about them by contemporary Russian-language authors, provides suggestions for teaching these challenging texts, and concludes with a discussion of what this trauma might mean for Russia today. ...
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    214,99 €

  • From Volyn To Kherson
    Frank Prem
    From Volyn To Kherson, tells the stories of hardship and suffering and bewilderment experienced by the people of Ukraine in the early weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion and war.The collection draws on news reports and social media postings during the most un-curated war the world has ever witnessed, interpreting and translating the raw emotion of this wartime experience.There i...
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    22,65 €

  • Coping with China-India Rivalry
    Although China has been an important external actor in South Asia since the middle of the last century, it is only in the 21st century that China became a decisive influence on the region’s evolution. The emergence of China as the world’s second largest economy had naturally made it the largest trading partner for most of the South Asian countries. China’s rapid military modern...
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    81,67 €

  • Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America
    Carlos Solar
    Explores the effects of the cyber revolution for security in the Americas. ...
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    121,38 €

  • The United States Space Force
    Lamont Colucci
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    108,97 €

  • Grown Men Cry Out at Night
    Karl Wegener
    Grown Men Cry Out at Night is set in 1946 and it is a story about three people whose lives are thrown together in post-war Germany as they work together to track down a Gestapo officer accused of war crimes.Caspar Lehman is a battle-weary U.S. Army Counterintelligence agent assigned to lead a counterintelligence detachment in Bremen Enclave. His service during the war has left ...
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    12,19 €

  • China and the Ports of the Indian Ocean
    Richard T. Griffiths
    Ports play an integral part in the global supply chain. They form the backbone of global economy as well as gateway to international trade. The Indian Ocean is of immense strategic importance as it carries half of the world’s container traffic, one third of its cargo and eighty per cent of its maritime oil shipments. About forty per cent of global trade transits the Indian Ocea...
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    25,78 €

  • National Security Strategy
    Joseph R. Biden
    In a world that is ever-changing and increasingly interconnected, this Strategy argues tht the United States must work with other nations to address shared challenges and improve the lives of people around the world. By doing so, we not only ensure our own future, but also make a better world for all. In a globalized world, the United States cannot go it alone. This Strategy co...
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    24,65 €

  • The Protectors
    Kunwar Vikram Singh
    ’The Protectors’ ardently explores the journey of the Indian Private security industry through the life events of one man who was chosen by destiny to become the harbinger of change. The story of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) which has been around for more than a decade, has been passionately written about for the first time since its inception. W...
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    56,95 €

  • Private Military Companies
    Daniel B. Smith
    The need for security expressed by various actors has resulted in both the private military companies and private security companies. I consider those actors being very important in the overall design of the security, taking into account their capabilities, and the ability to act in contexts ranging from high-level to the individual level. The totality of private security actor...
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    22,01 €

  • Uneasy Warriors
    Sabine Frühstück / Olga Chumicheva
    Uneasy Warriors presents a rare and intimate view into the psychological and social workings of the Self-Defense Forces. As the first scholar permitted to participate in basic Self-Defense Forces training, Frühstück offers a firsthand look at an army trained for combat that nevertheless serves nontraditional military needs. She expertly describes their ambiguous status, reveali...
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    40,79 €

  • AFV Alphabet
    Russell Phillips
    Russell Phillips wrote an 'A to Z' series of blog posts around the theme of AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles). They have been edited and collated into this ebook. ...
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    4,68 €

  • Afghanistan
    Michael Cox
    Afghanistan has been in the headlines for many years - but tragically for all the wrong reasons. First invaded by the Soviets in 1979, the country then experienced the trauma of civil war followed by yet another intervention, this time by the United States and allies, which ended with the West’s ignominious withdrawal in August 2021. Afghanistan: Long War, Forgotten Peace exami...
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    25,29 €

  • The Military Strategy Collection
    Carl von Clausewitz / Niccolò Machiavelli / Sun Tzu
    The three most fundamental works on the nature of war are Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Machiavelli’s The Prince, and Clausewitz’s On War. This collection is the ultimate guide to military strategy for strategic thinkers, generals, and heads of state. The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. It has...
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    70,91 €

  • The Art of War
    Sun Tzu / Filibooks
    The Art of War dates to the fifth century B.C and is arguably the most famous military treatise ever written.Throughout its history, The Art of War has been highly influential. Figures as diverse as Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen, Chinese communist Mao Tse-Tung, and Finnish field marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim have cited the book as inspirational.During the Vietnam War the...
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    4,73 €

  • Wie der Westen den Krieg in die Ukraine Brachte
    Benjamin J Abelow
    Das westliche Narrativ zeichnet Wladimir Putin als unersättlichen, mit Hitler vergleichbaren Expansionisten, der grundlos in die Ukraine eindrang, um Land einzunehmen. Diese Darstellung ist jedoch falsch. In Wirklichkeit tragen die Vereinigten Staaten und die NATO eine erhebliche Verantwortung für die Ukraine-Krise. Durch eine fehlgeleitete Politik brachten Washington und seine...
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    7,82 €

  • War, Genocide and Cultural Memory
    Claus Bundgård Christensen / Niels Bo Poulsen / Peter Scharff Smith
    This book presents the most comprehensive study of the Waffen-SS until this date. Based on archival studies done in more than 20 archives in 13 different countries over a period of 5 years the book covers the entire history of the Waffen-SS and follows the post-war fate of the SS-veterans as well. ...
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    179,69 €


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