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La guerra en México y el Caribe: lo inadvertido, lo oculto y lo olvidado es un trabajo conjunto de quince autores dedicados al estudio de las guerras irregulares desde diversas perspectivas y con el objetivo de ofrecer nuevas reflexiones e interpretaciones sobre el tema. El objetivo principal es tratar de deconstruir mitos nacionales e ir más allá de la tradicional historiografía militar nacionalista. En esta ocasión, la región de estudio se...
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A collection of military history essays examining the philosophical side of war and the meaning of "victory."
What does it mean to win a war? How does this differ from a simple military victory? How have different cultures and societies answered these questions through history, and how can we apply these lessons?
When considering how a war might be "won," there are three big ideas that underpin how success can be measured: ownership, intervention...
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Josef Stalin lideró la Unión Soviética con mano de hierro desde 1927 hasta 1953, en lo que se conoció como la Era Stalinista. Como secretario general del Partido Comunista de la Unión Soviética, llevó a cabo una transformación radical de la sociedad soviética. En pocos años, el rostro de la Unión Soviética cambió drásticamente debido a la colectivización de tierras y a la rápida industrialización llevada a cabo mediante varios ambiciosos...
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Up until now, there has been no extant book focusing on military virtues aimed at professionals. Like personnel in other professional organizations, service personnel at every stage of their careers need a complement of virtues (excellent traits) in order to navigate the stress, decisions, and temptations they face.
At a minimum, military professionals need to have a clear and working knowledge of the ethical decision-making process that underpin...
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Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The January 2024 issue (Volume 4) presents stories on a combat theme:
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• Joe Prosit, "Instant War"
• Lucas Enne, "Revival"
• Lesley L. Smith, "Wartime Telework"
• Henry McFarland, "Every Soldier's Right"
• Andrew Knighton, "The Sound of War"
• Daniel...
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The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By looking at the wide range of ways in which women have become involved in all the aspects of war, the authors open up this fascinating topic to wider understanding and debate. The discuss how, particularly in the two world wars, women have been increasingly mobilized in all the armed services,...
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Experience "a bold and daring experiment in fantasy storytelling" with the first three books in the bestselling Thieves' World® series (Fantasy-Faction).
Created by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Myth series, as well as the Phule's Company series, Thieves' World® brings together classic fantasy's finest authors to flesh out the shared world with their own unforgettable characters and epic worldbuilding.
The first three...
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This is a one-stop introduction to the multifaceted phenomenon of the 'Arab Spring', from the writers of Jadaliyya.
Covering the full range of issues involved in these historic events, from political economy and the role of social media, to international politics, gender, labour and the impact on culture, these firsthand accounts explore the inspirational uprisings in a way unavailable through mainstream Western and Arab media.
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10) Wings of Omen
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Sixth in the magical, action-packed shared-world series: "Thieves' World® has grown into a real presence in the fantasy genre" (Fantasy-Faction).
Under the rule of a humanoid race, the city of Sanctuary finds itself divided. Rebels and assassins stalk the shadows, bringing chaos to the streets-which is nothing new to the lawless locals. But even they will have to put aside their differences to unite against their common enemy. An accomplishment...
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A collection of personal letters from overseas that reveal in day-to-day detail what it was like to serve in World War II. Recounting victory and defeat, love and loss, this is a remarkable and frank collection of World War II letters penned by American men and women serving overseas. Here, the hopes and dreams of the greatest generation fill each page, and their voices ring loud and clear. "It's all part of the game but it's bloody and rough," writes...
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War looms over Sanctuary in the fifth Thieves' World® anthology compiled by the New York Times-bestselling author of the Phule's Company series.
The invasion by the Beysibs, an amphibious humanoid race, brings unusual prosperity to the city of Sanctuary. But underneath the glittering façade lies a ticking time bomb, for the nefarious residents of Sanctuary don't take kindly to an invasion-well-meaning or otherwise . . .
Join Janet Morris,...
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How would you clear a stoppage on a Bren Gun while in action? What is the most effective way to clear a wood of enemy forces? How best could you counter a landing by enemy airborne forces in your area? What measure can you take to help ensure accurate rifle fire at night? What qualities should you look for when selecting a patrol commander? Just a few of the practical questions posed — and answered — in the selection of publications included in...
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"A Project Syndicate Best Reads in 2023" Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His books include The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today.
The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world
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Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe argues for a more comprehensive understanding of what constitutes Nazi violence and who was affected by this violence. The works gathered consider sexual violence, food depravation, and forced labor as aspects of Nazi aggression. Contributors focus in particular on the Holocaust, the persecution of the Sinti and Roma, the eradication of "useless eaters" (psychiatric patients and Soviet prisoners of war), and the...
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The dead rise in the seventh volume of the shared-world fantasy, co-edited by the New York Times—bestselling author of the Myth Adventures series.
As winter descends on the fractured city of Sanctuary, it's expected that the rainy season will cool the air. But tensions are simmering. The Emperor is dead, and the rightful heir to the throne is in town. The city is a battlefield, and armed factions war for control of the streets. While the Rankan...
17) Soul of the City
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Dark magical forces are afoot in the eighth entry of the shared-world fantasy series.
An ominous black storm from hell rages down on the city of Ranke. Its streets are full of lethal hail, and its walls are coated with ash. As the new Emperor and his mercenary Tempus wonder what can be done to stop it, a shade manifests before them on behalf of the gods with a decree: Travel to the city of Sanctuary and destroy the globes of the Nisibisi power...
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18) First in Last Out: The Post-war Organisation, Employment and Training of Royal Marines Commandos
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The official document Amphibious Warfare Handbook No. 10a: The Organisation, Employment and Training of Commandos is a unique piece of postwar Royal Marines Commando doctrine, never before published, or quoted at length. Prepared in 1951 at the height of the Korean War by the Chief of Amphibious Warfare and the Commandant General Royal Marines, this seventy-page aide memoir is, in essence, the distillation of major lessons learned by the British wartime...
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From the launch of the "Shock and Awe" invasion in March 2003 through President George W. Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" two months later, the war in Iraq was meant to demonstrate definitively that the United States had learned the lessons of Vietnam. This new book makes clear that something closer to the opposite is true-that US foreign policy makers have learned little from the past, even as they have been obsessed with the "Vietnam...
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This memoir chronicles the Tennessee soldier's journey from conscientious objector to decorated World War I hero.
In the 1941 film Sergeant York, actor Gary Cooper played a real American soldier, Sgt. Alvin C. York, as he served in World War I. The film garnered an Academy Award for Cooper and further notoriety for York, an American hero. This book, Sergeant York and the Great War, chronicles York's early years in the backwoods of northern Tennessee...
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