wyszukanych pozycji: 7
The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781844674510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's "just war," the destination for an additional thirty thousand US troops in an effort to shore up an increasingly desperate occupation. Nick Turse brings together a range of leading commentators, politicians, and military strategists to analyze America's real motives and likely prospects. Through on-the-spot reporting, clear-headed analysis and historical comparisons with Afghanistan's previous occupiers--Britain and the Soviet Union, who also argued that they were fighting a just and winnable war--"The Case for...
Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's "just war," the destination for an additional thirty thousand US tr...
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108,98 zł |
Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan
ISBN: 9781608466481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A dramatic, true story of men and women trapped in the grip of war, Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead is modern crisis reporting at its best. For six weeks in the Spring of 2015, award-winning journalist Nick Turse traveled on foot as well as by car, SUV, and helicopter around war-torn South Sudan talking to military officers and child soldiers, United Nations officials and humanitarian workers, civil servants, civil society activists, and internally displaced persons-people whose lives had been blown apart by a ceaseless conflict there. In fast-paced and dramatic fashion,...
A dramatic, true story of men and women trapped in the grip of war, Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead is modern crisis reporting at its ...
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74,04 zł |
The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives
ISBN: 9780805089196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Fascinating, no matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum."--Wired Now in paperback, a stunning breakdown of the modern military-industrial complex--an omnipresent, hidden-in-plain-sight system of systems that penetrates all our lives. From iPods to Starbucks to Oakley sunglasses, historian Nick Turse explores the Pentagon's little-noticed contacts (and contracts) with the products and companies that now form the fabric of America. He investigates the remarkable range of military incursions into the civilian world: the Pentagon's collaborations... "Fascinating, no matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum."--Wired Now in paperback, a stunning breakdown of... |
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100,42 zł |
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
ISBN: 9781250045065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians |
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96,05 zł |
Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa
ISBN: 9781608464630 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. You won t see segments about it on the nightly news or read about it on the front page of America s newspapers, but the Pentagon is fighting a new shadow war in Africa, helping to destabilize whole countries and preparing the ground for future blowback. Behind closed doors, U.S. officers now claim that Africa is the battlefield of tomorrow, today." In Tomorrow s Battlefield, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking true story of the U.S. military s spreading secret wars in Africa.
" You won t see segments about it on the nightly news or read about it on the front page of America s newspapers, but the Pentagon is fighting a new sha...
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93,84 zł |
Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare
ISBN: 9781608463107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 107 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as military lite methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of global warfare predicated on special ops, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwarfare. It may sound like a safer, saner war-fighting. In reality, it will prove anything but, as Turse's pathbreaking reportage makes clear."
Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as military lite methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of ...
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65,30 zł |
Surviving Vietnam: Psychological Consequences of the War for Us Veterans
ISBN: 9780190904449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Uniquely using historical material and military records as well as personal interviews and clinical diagnoses, Surviving Vietnam focuses on veterans' war-zone experiences and the development in some of PTSD. It addresses controversies regarding reported rates of PTSD and the importance of exposure to traumatic events compared with pre-war personal vulnerability.
Uniquely using historical material and military records as well as personal interviews and clinical diagnoses, Surviving Vietnam focuses on veterans' ...
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279,69 zł |