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The sixth-century AD witnessed a remarkable turn-around in the Roman Empire's fortunes. Justinian's general, Belisarius, recovered North Africa and Italy from the barbarians. An impressive new law code was inaugurated that would endure to this day. Astonishing building projects rivalled the great monuments of Old Rome.

A defense technology expert and military leader reveals the future of robotic warfare, and illuminates the path to navigate the approaching storm of global change.

The Roots of Military Science: Understanding the Intersection of Conflict, Mental Health and Wellness is about the psychology of conflict, the scars conflict leaves behind, and the generational healing that must follow. It is a plea for empathy, a call to learn from the past, and an optimistic blueprint for a future where the pen is mightier than the sword.

The central character of the book is Ralph Hall. Ralph grew up on a small farm, and after getting in trouble at high school, he runs away from home and enlists in the Army at age 15. He then is sent to help chase Pancho Villa down during a border dispute with Mexico. He returns to Fort Riley, Kansas, and is sent overseas with the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Army Division: the Big Red One. He contracts the Spanish Flu while on the ship going to France but survives.

The Story of Las Carpetas plunges readers into the hidden yet pervasive history of Puerto Rico’s surveillance era, a period where the government maintained secret "files" or "carpetas" on thousands of citizens. These files meticulously recorded personal, political, and cultural lives, leading to deep societal rifts and a legacy of fear and mistrust. Alex Alicea brings this dark chapter to life, beginning with a powerful narrative of María Rodriguez opening her file in 1987—a moment that forever altered her understanding of herself and her country.

In the evolving landscape of modern warfare, where the enemy may not wear a uniform and the battlefield may be a city street, surveillance has become not just important, but indispensable. At the heart of Britain’s response to this new reality stands one of its most elusive and misunderstood special forces units: the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR). In The SRR: Britain’s Covert Surveillance Regiment, former military intelligence officer and historian Mick Trenlow-Symes pulls back the curtain—if only slightly—on this shadowy arm of UK Special Forces.

Num de seus trabalhos mais ambiciosos e impressionantes, Ruy Castro levanta uma história que nunca tinha sido contada: a dos espiões, refugiados, quintas-colunas, diplomatas e artistas na capital federal do Brasil durante a Segunda Guerra. Foi um período marcado por reviravoltas, segredos e tramas que mudaram a vida dos brasileiros para sempre. Muito antes de o Brasil declarar guerra ao Eixo em 1942, a Segunda Guerra já estava entre nós.

Discover the hidden stories of courage, resilience, and ingenuity that defy the silence surrounding Jewish survival during the Holocaust. This groundbreaking book uncovers the lesser-known strategies Jewish individuals and families used to endure unimaginable horrors and sustain hope against all odds.

Hommage an einen lieben Freund, der in Lebensgefahr schwebt - tiefes Mitgefühl und das eigene Erleben des Krieges, des Widerstandes und der Flucht verarbeitet der Autor in einem Brief an seinen Freund Léon Werth, was ein intensives und nachfühlbares Zeitzeugnis schafft; das Reale an diesen Erlebnissen des Autors ist immer wieder beeindruckend; die tiefe Freundschaft ist spürbar; Kino im Kopf - Film im Kopf mit viel Gefühl

In Ancient Battles That Changed the Course of History, military historian Korey Blathewick delivers a sweeping, gripping account of ten legendary clashes that shaped the destiny of civilizations. This book explores the pivotal turning points of the ancient world—where strategy, courage, geography, and sheer willpower decided the fate of empires, the rise of new political orders, and the values that would echo into modern history.

Dutch law school graduate Philip Winckel manages to escape Nazi-occupied Holland in February 1944. Germany still had the Country in its deadly grip, its long coastline included. Joined by a radio engineer plus three geology students, Philip miraculously slips through the enemy’s Atlantic Wall fortifications by sailing away in a small, repurposed fishing vessel. Powered by a Chevy truck engine, the five men crossed the perilous North Sea to reach England. Many had tried before but failed resulting in their imprisonment and execution.

Shaking Up the World is a collection of stories by the members of the Naval Academy Class of 1957. Jim Paulk organized this collection, as classmates offered their individual stories. The Shaking, and shaping, of four years at Annapolis molded men who would spend their lives Shaking Up the World, in large ways and small, in uniform and as civilians. Brad Parkinson’s Architecture of the Global Positioning System (GPS) was monumental. Charlie Duke, an astronaut, spent 72 hours on the surface of the moon. Jerry Barczak tells about being hijacked by Hezbollah terrorists in a fatal event.

Born in 1923 in Buffalo, New York, Robert Joseph Hirsch, nicknamed "The Blonde Bombshell" for his dominating play as a Cornell football lineman, lived a remarkable life of valor and achievement. This intimate biography by retired Marine Colonel Daniel Hunter Wilson chronicles Bob’s journey from a South Buffalo youth, excelling in sports, to a World War II hero and influential civic leader. At 18, inspired by his older brother’s example, Bob joined the Army Air Corps.

The Day Before I Died is a memoir of an innocent Irish Catholic boy on his journey from the quiet New England coast and the apple orchards of Pennsylvania to Vietnam and, ultimately, to the brink of suicide. Traversing minefields both at home and abroad, the author shares these intensely personal stories of overcoming the scars of war, disfigurement, emotional abuse, sexual orientation, and bullying. It is an intimate look at the many triggers that led him to consider suicide and the path of resilience and strength that kept him alive.

What began as a scientific breakthrough ended as a blueprint for annihilation. In The Atom Unleashed, James Johnson unpacks the explosive history of nuclear discovery—from Einstein’s quiet equations to Chernobyl’s glowing ruins. This is not just the story of a bomb, but the story of how we turned theoretical physics into geopolitical theology, and how one equation rewrote the rules of power, fear, and what it means to be human. With precision and relentless clarity, JJ turns the nuclear story into a mirror—one that forces us to ask not just what we’ve done, but who we became while doing it.

In this heartfelt autobiography, Emigdio Sandoval Jr. shares his incredible journey from a poor, segregated town in Texas to serving in the United States Air Force during some of the world’s most challenging times.

When author Linda Farell learned that her neighbor, Ron Latham, had been given only a few weeks to live, she asked to interview him about his service in the Vietnam War. At first hesitant to share, Latham eventually consented to twenty-one interviews, sharing incredibly vivid, honest, and poignant memories about his time as a Green Beret. Latham died on the day their twenty-second interview was scheduled. Farell transcribed and edited the stories, leaving the voice, sequence, and content of the stories intact.

The book blends memoir, investigative nonfiction, and family history into a poignant and suspenseful journey. Through letters, military records, census and newspaper archives and outreach to strangers-turned-allies, the author pieces together the life of a boy nearly lost to time. Along the way, the story explores themes of memory, intergenerational connection, and the lasting impact of wartime experiences. In Search of a Boy Named Chester is a story that shows us how even the most fleeting encounters can reveal who we are and who we may become.

Take a journey through the eyes of a Marine scout sniper as he unveils the horrors of the mean streets of Ramadi, Iraq, in 2005 from losing fellow Marines, escaping death's grasps as you silently move through the streets, and dodging improvised explosive devices, enemy snipers, and the chaos associated with a country's first election. Continue the journey through Fallujah, Iraq, in 2007, where the fighting turns more inward, and the struggles faced when balancing the losses in war and at home.

Sinônimo de eficiência e seriedade, a Polícia Federal faz tremer os mais temidos e audazes criminosos, como mostra Luiz Antonio da Cruz Pinelli aqui em sua autobiografia, Agente 114, o Caçador de Bandidos. Com 40 anos de intensa e exemplar atuação na PF, ele tem muitas histórias extraordinárias para contar. Policial incorruptível, Pinelli atuou, nas últimas décadas, na solução dos mais difíceis, delicados e cinematográficos casos de tráfico de drogas, sequestros e roubos no País, como no Banco Central em Fortaleza.