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Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world and her anecdotes about encounters with figures like Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-78470-395-0 Article en page(s) : XVI, 400 p. Index. décimale : 070.4/3332092 Tags : War correspondents--United States--Biography ; Foreign correspondents--United States--Biography ; Journalists--United States--Biography ; Women journalists--United States--Biography Langues: Anglais Books
Future war is almost here: battles fought in cyberspace; biologically enhanced soldiers; autonomous systems that can process information and strike violently before a human being can blink. A leading expert on the place of technology in war and [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-101-97180-2 Article en page(s) : 192 p. Index. décimale : 355.0201/12 Tags : Military art and science--United States--History--21st century ; Military art and science--Moral and ethical aspects ; War--Moral and ethical aspects ; War--Forecasting Langues: Anglais Books
After the horror of the Second World War, the Nuremberg Tribunal became a symbol of the ‘free world’s’ choice of justice in the face of tyranny, aggression and atrocity. But it was only a fragment of retribution as, with their Allies, the Britis[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-959326-3 Article en page(s) : 486 p. Index. décimale : 341.690 268 Tags : War crime trials--Germany--History ; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States ; International criminal law--History ; Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Langues: Anglais Books
It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Catholic nun and one of our foremost scholars of religion, speaks out to disprove the link between r[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-956498-0 Article en page(s) : 518 p. Index. décimale : 201.76332 Tags : Violence--Religious aspects ; Religions--History Langues: Anglais Books
In 1839, nearly 20,000 British troops poured through the mountain passes into Afghanistan and installed the exiled Shah Shuja on the throne as their puppet. But after little more than two years, the Afghans exploded into rebellion. The British w[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-307-94853-3 Article en page(s) : XXXVIII, 515 p. Index. décimale : 958.103 Tags : British--Afghanistan--History--19th century ; Afghanistan--History--British Intervention, 1838-1842 ; Afghanistan--History, Military--19th century Langues: Anglais Books
To those who have heard of him, Fox Conner's name is synonymous with mentorship. He is the "grey eminence" within the Army whose influence helped to shape the careers of George Patton, George Marshall, and, most notably, President Eisenhower. Wh[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-947782-2 Article en page(s) : XV, 297 p. Index. décimale : 944.032092 Tags : Joseph pére, 1577-1638 ; Diplomats--France--Biography ; Monks--France--Biography Langues: Anglais Books
Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-4000-7539-3 Article en page(s) : 1 vol. (XXXV, 727 p.) Index. décimale : 956.704 43 Langues: Anglais Books
J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of sc[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-375-72626-2 Article en page(s) : XIII, 721 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 530.092 Tags : Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 ; Physicists--United States--Biography ; Atomic bomb--United States--History ; Science--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century ; United States--History--20th century Langues: Anglais Books
Why do we try to use military force to solve our political problems? And why, when our forces win the military battles does this still fail to solve those problems? It is because the force lacks utility. From Iraq to the Balkans, and from Afghan[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-102044-0 Article en page(s) : XVI, 428 p. Index. décimale : 355.02 Tags : Military policy ; War ; Military art and science ; World politics--21st century Langues: Anglais Books
In this landmark book, Robert D. Kaplan, veteran correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and author of Balkan Ghosts, shows how American imperialism and the Global War on Terrorism are implemented on the ground, mission by mission, in the most ex[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-4000-3457-4 Article en page(s) : 1 vol. (XIII, 421 p.) Index. décimale : 973.931 Tags : World politics--1995-2005 ; Soldiers--United States--History--21st century Langues: Anglais Books
Drawing on complete, unprecedented access to West Point and its cadets, David Lipsky explores the academy's rich history, describes the demanding regimen that swallows students' days, and examines the Point as a reflection of our society. Is it [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-4000-7693-2 Article en page(s) : XV, 337 Tags : United States Military Academy--History Langues: Anglais Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-375-41215-8 Article en page(s) : 389 Catégories : Index. décimale : 327.73 Tags : United States--Foreign policy ; International relations Langues: Anglais Books
Refuting the conventional wisdom that the end of the Cold War cleared the way for an era of peace and prosperity led solely by the United States, Charles A. Kupchan contends that the next challenge to America’s might is fast emerging. It comes n[...]
Mention d'édition : 1st Ed. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-375-72659-0 Article en page(s) : 391 p. Catégories : 6.20 Relations internationales > Relations internationales > Relations extérieures > Diplomatie
Index. décimale : 327. 73 Tags : Diplomatic relations ; United States Langues: Anglais Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-997220-4 Article en page(s) : 158 Index. décimale : 306.4 Langues: Anglais Books
Tom Peters--brilliant, original, and perhaps the most inspiring and listened-to business thinker of our time--has a lot on his mind these days. And he wants to share it in The Circle of Innovation. The world of business is in a permanent state o[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-679-75765-8 Article en page(s) : 1 vol. (XXI, 518 p.) Index. décimale : 658 Tags : Creative ability in business ; Organizational change--Management Langues: Anglais