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L’histoire du monde à travers ses plus grandes batailles, de l’Antiquité à nos jours Hasting, Azincourt, Marignan, Austerlitz, Gettysburg, Verdun, Stalingrad, la guerre des Six-Jours… Des premiers grands conflits de l’Antiquité aux fronts [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-2-03-600817-5 Article on page: 288 p. Descriptors: 6.45 Civil, military and mining engineering > Military engineering > Military operations
Class number: 355.402 23 Tags: Batailles -- 1500-1800 -- Cartes ; Batailles -- 19e siècle -- Cartes ; Cartes militaires -- Fac-similés. Languages: French Books
Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-98969-2 Article on page: 365 p. Descriptors: Class number: 909.08 Tags: Civilization, Modern ; Globalization ; World politics Languages: English Books
The British Army stands or falls on the quality of its leadership. The stakes couldn't be higher. In The Habit of Excellence, Lieutenant Colonel Langley Sharp MBE - head of the Centre for Army Leadership, part of the Royal Military Academy Sandh[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-50750-6 Article on page: XV, 320 p. Descriptors: 6.15 Politics and government > Internal politics > Political leadership
6.20 International relations > State security > Armed forces
Class number: 303.34 Tags: Great Britain ; Army ; Command of troops--Psychological aspects ; Leadership Languages: English Books
"When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we ar[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-7352-1755-3 Article on page: XIV, 273 p. Descriptors: Class number: 153.4 Tags: Cognition.,Skepticism.,Critical thinking.Decision making--Psychological aspects Languages: English Books
This is a bold book. Nick Lloyd has written a tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration . . . Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War' Lawrence James, The Times In the annals of military hist[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-34716-4 Article on page: XXIV, 657 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.414 4 Tags: Military campaigns ; Western Front (World War) Languages: English Books
What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-198914-3 Article on page: 313 p. Descriptors: Class number: 510 (Mathématiques) Tags: Mathematics--Miscellanea ; Mathematics--Humor ; Mathematics Languages: English Books
"From the acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around!, former US Navy Captain David Marquet, comes a radical new playbook for empowering your team to make better decisions and take greater ownership. You might imagine that an effective leader is s[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-37366-8 Article on page: 336 p. Descriptors: Class number: 658.409 2 Tags: Leadership (E) ; Transformational leadership ; Communication in management ; Teams in the workplace ; Teams in the workplace--Management Languages: English Books
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-33870-4 Article on page: 264 p. Class number: 612.823 Tags: Brain ; Brain -- Popular works ; Brain--Research Languages: English Books
Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There's never before been a company like Netflix. Not only because it has led a re[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-984877-86-4 Article on page: 293 p. Class number: 384.555 065 73 Tags: Corporate culture Languages: English Books
On 26 April 1986 at 1.23 am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. The blast put the wor[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-198835-1 Article on page: XVI, 404 p. Descriptors: 6.50 Manufacturing and transport engineering > Nuclear engineering > Nuclear safety
Class number: 363.1799094777 Tags: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986 ; Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Ukraine--Chornobylʹ ; Nuclear energy--Political aspects ; Radioactive pollution--Ukraine--Chornobylʹ Region ; Ukraine--Chornobylʹ Region Languages: English Books
Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible? If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pin[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-311138-2 Article on page: XVII, 556 p. Class number: 303.44 306 Tags: Civilization, Modern--21st century ; Progress ; Social change ; Humanism ; Quality of life ; Enlightenment ; Reason Languages: English Books
When he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper had been President Obama's senior intelligence adviser for six and a half years, longer than his three predecessors combined. He le[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-525-55866-8 Article on page: 440 p. Descriptors: Class number: 327.127 300 92 Tags: Clapper, James Robert, 1941- ; Intelligence service--United States--Biography ; Official secrets--United States ; Elections--Corrupt practices--United States ; Cyberterrorism ; National security--United States ; United States--Politics and government--2009-2017 ; Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--United States Languages: English Books
Gandhi lived one of the great 20th century lives. He inspired and enraged, challenged and delighted many million men and women around the world. He lived almost entirely in the shadow of the British Raj, which for much of his life seemed a perma[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-104423-1 Article on page: XX, 1129 p. Class number: 954.035 092 Tags: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 ; Statesmen--India--Biography ; Political activists--India--Biography ; Pacifists--India--Biography ; India--Politics and government--1919-1947 Languages: English Books
Discusses the failure of America's political elites to recognize how group identities drive politics both at home and abroad, and outlines recommendations for reversing the country's foreign policy failures and overcoming destructive political t[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-399-56287-7 Article on page: 293 p. Descriptors: Class number: 327 Tags: International relations ; Ideology ; Identity politics ; Group identity--Political Aspects Languages: English Books
Europe has for two millennia been a remarkably successful continent. In this dazzling new history, Simon Jenkins tells the story of its evolution from a battlefield of warring tribes to peace, wealth and freedom - a story that twists and turns f[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-35252-6 Article on page: XV, 353 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940 (Histoire de l'Europe) Tags: Europe--History Languages: English