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From the author of NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO and BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO, a powerful story of war in our time, love of country, the experience of tragedy, and a platoon at the center of it all. This story might sound familiar at first: it is about a platoon of mostly nineteen-year-old boys sent...

“The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines.”—Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of...

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II—and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Goliath written by Sean McFate, read by Joe Knezevich. Everything you think you know about war is wrong. War is timeless. Some things change - weapons, tactics, leadership - but our desire to go into battle does not. We are in the midst of an age of...

Visit every major conflict through the ages. Trace the epic 5,000-year story of warfare from the earliest battles to the War on Terror. Explore the campaigns and conflicts, the warriors and commanders and the tactics, weapons and technology that have shaped human warfare. With fascinating...

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta—an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds. In 1940, Hitler had two choices when...

One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring raid on German dams conducted by the Royal Army Force’s 617 Squadron. The attack on Nazi Germany’s dams on May 17, 1943, was one of the most remarkable feats in...

The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a...

Aquel día de junio de 2017, en un complejo hotelero a las afueras de Bamako, pude repeler el ataque de un grupo de terroristas armados con AK-47 y salvar a la mayoría de las personas que estaban allí. En mis misiones en los Balcanes, en Oriente Próximo y en África, pero también en mi formación militar, en mi educación y en los principios que me inculcó mi familia, adopté gradualmente unos valores y una preparación que me han llevado a ser quien soy.

From founding member of Steely Dan and former guitarist with The Doobie Brothers, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, comes the astonishing true story of one of the most fascinating lives in American music, tracing his extraordinary journey from legendary rock and roll guitarist to cleared access...

Parallel Lives: Commanders — How Wars Speak to Each OtherParallel Lives: Commanders is not a timeline. It's a conversation across centuries. Each chapter pairs two commanders who never met, yet seem to answer one another through the language of war: Achilles and Alexander, Hannibal and Scipio, Saladin and Richard, Napoleon and Wellington, Nelson and Tōgō, Grant and Lee, Atatürk and Hector, and many more, spanning continents from the ancient Mediterranean to the age of empires and total war.

Los servicios especiales de Rusia y su lucha por la dominación mundial La Rusia de Putin no es un Estado, es una organización mafiosa Vladimir Putin es el dirigente ruso más longevo después de Stalin, figura en la que se refleja para alcanzar los 30 años en el poder: Putin prevé ser...

Un libro que desvela cómo funcionan las guerras y los servicios militares en el siglo XXI El libro plantea un importante debate sobre la privatización de los recursos militares. Desde la guerra de Irak y hasta la de Ucrania, hemos visto como empresas militares privadas como Blackwater o el...

Bloomsbury presents Rescue Pilot by Jerry Grayson, read by David Thorpe Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. For...

The United States Army Rangers occupy a distinctive place in the long arc of American military history, not simply because of the operations they have carried out, but because of the idea they represent. Across centuries, wars, and shifting technologies, the Ranger identity has persisted as a practical answer to a recurring challenge: how to solve the hardest problems of warfare quickly, decisively, and often with limited resources. These problems are rarely neat or predictable.

THE TRUE STORY OF JOURNALISTS WHO UNCOVERED A NEW SECRET WEAPON THAT CAN STRIKE THROUGH WALLS WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE... In the fall of 2017, reports of mysterious 'sonic' attacks on U.S. diplomats began emerging from Havana, Cuba. Victims were struck down in their homes and offices. They...

THE FASCINATING AND UNEXPECTED STORY OF THE ICONIC HARRIER JUMP JET, AND THE BRITISH ENGINEER WHO BUILT IT Victory in the Falklands War made the Harrier’s name as a world-beating British icon, as capable of giving the enemy a bloody nose as it was of thrilling the crowds at airshows with its...

Before his death in 1645, the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi retired to live as a hermit in a cave. There, he wrote five scrolls containing the «true principles» necessary for victory, both in martial arts and on the battlefield. Based on his experience, observation, and reasoning, Musashi describes the tactics that allowed him to remain undefeated. Published as The Book of Five Rings, this text has not only captivated the martial arts world but has also gained international recognition in the business field as a key tool for resolving conflicts and achieving success.

In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction, Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of the GPS satellite system – in a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pockets This is the story of the...

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