An account of the undeclared wars in American history, including those fought in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, argues their role in American international affairs and profiles such figures as Stephen Decatur and Army Lieutenant George S. Patton. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.[...]
Hear about the judge who got busted for selling crack? What about the judge who released from jail a felon who then promptly killed a rookie cop? Or the one who ordered a prison to supply its inmates with hot pots?In Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption, and Incompetence on the Bench, investigative r[...]
Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world - when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies - Max Boot, a best-selling author and US military advisor in Iraq and Afghanistan, masterfully guides us from the Jewish rebellion[...]
A monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefield
Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, "War Made New" focuses on four ?revolutions? in military affairs and describes how invent[...]
Lukemisia kaseille -kirjan novellit, kertomukset ja modernit sadut käsittelevät elämän moninaisuutta, erilaisuutta ja eettisiä kysymyksiä. Kirjassa paneudutaan myös kirjallisuuden lajityyppeihin, erityisesti salapoliisi-, tieteis-, fantasia- ja kauhukertomuksiin.Mukana on sekä vanhaa että u[...]
The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping true story of the world's most controversial military contractor. In 1997, former Navy SEAL Erik Prince started a business that would recruit civilians for the riskiest security jobs in the world. As Blackwater's reputation grew, demand for its services [...]