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Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2010 Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment , account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From insi[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84614-238-3 Article en page(s) : 1 vol. (XX, 600 p.) Catégories : Index. décimale : 330.905 11 Tags : Financial crises--United States--History--21st century ; United States--Economic conditions--2001- ; Securities industry--United States ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Langues: Anglais Books
After September 11th , Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America's failed[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-311557-1 Article en page(s) : LVIII, 498 p. Index. décimale : 954.9105/3 Tags : Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001- ; Pakistan--Politics and government--1988- ; South Asia--Relations--United States Langues: Anglais Books
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-103625-0 Article en page(s) : 1 vol. (309 p.) Index. décimale : 316.47 Tags : Success Langues: Anglais Books
On 2 August 1944, in the wake of the complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre in Belorussia, Winston Churchill mocked Adolf Hitler in the House of Commons by the rank he had reached in the First World War. ‘Russian success has been s[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978141029283 Article en page(s) : 1 vol. (LVI, 711 p.) Tags : World War, 1939-1945 Langues: Anglais Books
What happens when science fiction becomes battlefield reality? An amazing revolution is taking place on the battlefield, starting to change not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-59420-198-1 Article en page(s) : 499 p. Catégories : 6.60 Equipements et installations > Véhicule > Véhicules autonomes
Index. décimale : 355.02/01/12 Tags : World politics--21st century ; Military weapons ; Military robots ; Robotics--Military applications Langues: Anglais Books
The death of the charismatic Brazilian chief of the U.N. Mission to Iraq in a 2003 terrorist bombing symbolized both the U.N.'s haplessness—he died because rescuers lacked the training and equipment to free him from the rubble—and its idealism. [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-59420-128-8 Article en page(s) : XVI, 622 p. Tags : Mello, Sergio Vieiro de, 1948-2003 ; Peace-building Langues: Anglais Books
Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of individuals and org[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-103123-1 Article en page(s) : XII, 484 Catégories : Index. décimale : 327.7305694 Tags : United States--Foreign relations--Israel ; Israel--Foreign relations--United States ; Pressure groups--United States Langues: Anglais Books
This book is about choices--how we make them and how we can make better ones. Authors Thaler and Sunstein offer a new perspective on preventing the countless mistakes we make-- including ill-advised personal investments, consumption of unhealthy[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-104001-1 Article en page(s) : X, 305 p. Index. décimale : 153.8/3 Tags : Choice (Psychology) ; Consumer behavior ; Decision making ; Economics--Psychological aspects Langues: Anglais Books
On 4 May 1980, seven terrorists holding twenty-one people captive in the Iranian Embassy in London's Prince's Gate, executed their first hostage. They threatened to kill another hostage every thirty minutes until their demands were met. Minutes [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-102652-7 Article en page(s) : XIII, 588 p. Index. décimale : 356.1670941 Tags : Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service--History ; Special operations (Military science)--Great Britain--History--20th century Langues: Anglais Books
On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning—the first of a new Muslim century—hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam’s holiest shr[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-103406-5 Article en page(s) : X, 301 p. Index. décimale : 953.8053 Tags : Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--History--Siege, 1979 Langues: Anglais Books
We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark, small oval-shaped package of misery, the size of a peach...[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-102901-6 Article en page(s) : XXII, 349 Index. décimale : 956.704 438 Tags : Iraq War, 2003--Personal narratives, British ; Snipers--Great Britain--Biography Langues: Anglais Books
The American military is a tightly sealed community, and few outsiders have reason to know that a great many senior officers view the Iraq war with incredulity and dismay. But many officers have shared their anger with renowned military reporter[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-303891-7 Article en page(s) : XX, 492 Index. décimale : 956.70443 Tags : United States--History, Military ; Iraq War, 2003- Langues: Anglais Books
'The Looming Tower' tells the story of Al-Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on interviews and first-hand sources, it investigates the extraordinary group of ideologues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them.
Mention d'édition : repr. ed. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-102935-1 Article en page(s) : 550 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 363.325088297 Tags : Qaida (Organization) ; Qaida (Organization)--History ; Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam ; Jihad (E) ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ; Terrorism--Government policy--United States ; Islam and politics--Middle East ; Terrorists--Middle East Langues: Anglais Books
As a former star reporter for NPR, Sarah Chayes developed a devoted listenership for her on-site reports on conflicts around the world. In The Punishment of Virtue, she reveals the misguided U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat o[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-311206-8 Article en page(s) : 386 p. Index. décimale : 958.104/7 Tags : Afghan War, 2001- ; War correspondents--Afghanistan ; Afghanistan--History--2001- Langues: Anglais Books
It was a natural disaster — but magnified enormously by government's crushing incompetence in both preparation and response. The storm leveled the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but man-made problems destroyed New Orleans. The catastrophic flooding the[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-311213-6 Article en page(s) : 326 Tags : Hurricanes ; Natural disasters Langues: Anglais