ilość książek w kategorii: 266
The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991
ISBN: 9780826221186 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East. From the author's introduction:
"My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division from 1970 through the Operation Desert Storm celebration held 4th of July 1991. This story is an account of the revolutionary changes in the late Cold War. The Army that overran Saddam Hussein's Legions in four days was the product of important changes stimulated both by social changes and... This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding ...
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230,44 zł |
Common Cents: Media Portrayal of the Gulf War and Other Events
ISBN: 9781895431254 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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257,54 zł |
Storming the Desert: A Marine Lieutenant's Day-By-Day Chronicle of the Persian Gulf War
ISBN: 9780786473069 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On December 15, 1990, Lieutenant Sean T. Coughlin left Norton Air Force Base, California. His destination: Saudi Arabia. For nearly six months, he served as a special staff officer with Marine Wing Support Group 37 (MWSG 37), Headquarters element.
On December 15, 1990, Lieutenant Sean T. Coughlin left Norton Air Force Base, California. His destination: Saudi Arabia. For nearly six months, he ser...
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126,19 zł |
The Baghdad Pact: Anglo-American Defence Policies in the Middle East, 1950-59
ISBN: 9780415654401 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores the formation of the Baghdad Pact and Anglo-American defence policies in the Middle East, 1955-59. It is based on a variety of sources, primarily the British and American Archives.
This study explores the formation of the Baghdad Pact and Anglo-American defence policies in the Middle East, 1955-59. It is based on a variety of sou...
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219,12 zł |
9 Lives of a Fighter Pilot: One Pilot's Personal Story as an American Patriot
ISBN: 9780615740492 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A pilot's life is never dull, especially when you're a jet fighter pilot in the Marines flying assault missions in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's reign and then when you work at the White House under President Clinton In training and in war, in the air and on the grounds sometimes you have close calls with Death. And sometimes you get nine lives. You better live the ninth to its fullest This is Colonel Greg Raths' tale... from the cradle through his Mayberry-like upbringing through his wild college days and wilder air training days to his time in the war, at the White House and beyond. Raths...
A pilot's life is never dull, especially when you're a jet fighter pilot in the Marines flying assault missions in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's reign ...
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126,19 zł |
Jugendbewegung, Antisemitismus Und Rechtsradikale Politik: Vom "Freideutschen Jugendtag" Bis Zur Gegenwart
ISBN: 9783110306224 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year 2013 marks the centennial of the first Free-German Youth Day that took place on the Meissner massif. Anti-Semitic outbursts erupted at the margins of this historical gathering. In its wake, a right-wing populist faction of the youth movement arose for the first time. This collected volume examines the interface between the youth movement, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. "The year 2013 marks the centennial of the first Free-German Youth Day that took place on the Meissner massif. Anti-Semitic outbursts erupted at the... |
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522,87 zł |
The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution
ISBN: 9780521128841 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many saw the United States decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmation of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). Just as information-age technologies were revolutionizing civilian life, the Gulf War appeared to reflect similarly profound changes in warfare. A debate has raged ever since about a contemporary RMA and its implications for American defense policy. Addressing these issues, The Iraq Wars and America s Military Revolution is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the RMA debate....
Many saw the United States decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmat...
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122,28 zł |
The Gulf War Did Not Take Place
ISBN: 9780909952235 / Angielski / Miękka / 87 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprised of three essays written by Baudrillard in the lead-up to, during, and after the military clash in the Gulf in 1992, this book is a penetrating and provocative analysis of the unfolding drama using the author's well-known concepts of simulation and the hyperreal. Paul Patton's introduction surveying the debate aroused by the conflict argues that Baudrillard, more than any other critic of the events, correctly identified the political stakes involved in the gestation of the New World Order. Comprised of three essays written by Baudrillard in the lead-up to, during, and after the military clash in the Gulf in 1992, this book is a penetr... |
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170,93 zł |
The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War
ISBN: 9780748693023 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What were the causes of the Iraq War? Who were the main players? How was the war sold to the decision makers? Despite all that has been written on the Iraq war the myriad scholarly, journalistic and polemical works the answers to these questions remain shrouded in an ideological mist. The Road to Iraq is an empirical investigation that dispels this fog.
Discover how a small but ideologically coherent and socially cohesive group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to overwhelm a skeptical foreign policy establishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus. What were the causes of the Iraq War? Who were the main players? How was the war sold to the decision makers? Despite all that has been written on the...
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356,81 zł |
Humanitarian Operations in Northern Iraq, 1991 - With Marines in Operation Provide Comfort
ISBN: 9781477686058 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph tells the story of more than 3,600 U.S. Marines who supported Operation Provide Comfort, an international relief effort in northern Iraq from 7 April to 15 July 1991. The author presents historical glimpses of the Kurds, modern Iraq, and non-marine activities in order to provide background information. This work is one of a series about U.S. Marine operations in the Persian Gulf.
This monograph tells the story of more than 3,600 U.S. Marines who supported Operation Provide Comfort, an international relief effort in northern Ira...
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76,43 zł |
Eyewitness to War Volume III: US Army Advisors in Afghanistan: Oral History Series
ISBN: 9781470074210 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,91 zł |
Breaking the Mold: Tanks in the Cities
ISBN: 9781470093389 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,92 zł |
Unmanned Aerial Systems: A Historical Perspective
ISBN: 9781470093518 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,42 zł |
In Contact! Case Studies from the Long War
ISBN: 9781470142032 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With In Contact Case Studies from the Long War, Volume I, the his-torians of the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) have produced a historical anthology to support Army schools, to promote general professional devel-opment in the field, and to inform the American people about the missions performed by their Army in this "long war." These case studies include both lethal and nonlethal missions per-formed by Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The events chronicled herein span the spectrum of participants from officers to noncommissioned offi-cers and from combat units to support personnel, all in...
With In Contact Case Studies from the Long War, Volume I, the his-torians of the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) have produced a historical anthology ...
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112,41 zł |
The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War
ISBN: 9780748693030 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What were the causes of the Iraq War? Who were the main players? How was the war sold to the decision makers? Despite all that has been written on the Iraq war the myriad scholarly, journalistic and polemical works the answers to these questions remain shrouded in an ideological mist. The Road to Iraq is an empirical investigation that dispels this fog.
Discover how a small but ideologically coherent and socially cohesive group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to overwhelm a skeptical foreign policy establishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus. What were the causes of the Iraq War? Who were the main players? How was the war sold to the decision makers? Despite all that has been written on the...
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101,89 zł |
Constructing Nationalism in Iran: From the Qajars to the Islamic Republic
ISBN: 9781138213227 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nationalism has played an important role in the cultural and intellectual discourse of modernity that emerged in Iran from the late nineteenth century to the present, promoting new formulations of collective identity and advocating a new and more active role for the broad strata of the public in politics. The essays in this volume seek to shed light on the construction of nationalism in Iran in its many manifestations; cultural, social, political and ideological, by exploring on-going debates on this important and progressive topic. Nationalism has played an important role in the cultural and intellectual discourse of modernity that emerged in Iran from the late nineteenth cent... |
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688,13 zł |
Wilsonian Approaches to American Conflicts: From the War of 1812 to the First Gulf War
ISBN: 9781138226692 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores US foreign policy, specifically the history of America's entry into the War of 1812, the First World War, the Korean War and the First Gulf War. Using a historical case study approach, it demonstrates how the Wilsonian Framework can give us a unique understanding of why the United States chose to go to war in those four conflicts. Cox argues that the Wilsonian Framework is an important concern for decision makers in the US and that democracy promotion and the concept of international law are driving factors in each of these decisions to go to war. The... This book explores US foreign policy, specifically the history of America's entry into the War of 1812, the First World War, the Korean War and the... |
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688,13 zł |
Gulf War Journal: Book Two - Ground War
ISBN: 9781635299885 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Desert Storm Journal comic series and brings back his central character from his critically acclaimed VIETNAM JOURNAL books. January 1991. The ground war to oust Saddam Hussein by United States and coalition forces from Kuwait has begun. Scott 'Journal' Neithammer has come out of retirement and finds himself and his photographer lost in the desert and many miles behind enemy lines. It soon becomes evident that danger takes more than one form as they are captured by Iraqi forces. But with escape comes the realization that...
HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Desert Storm Journal comic series and brings back his central character from his ...
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76,43 zł |
Magnum! The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm: The Elimination of Iraq's Air Defence
ISBN: 9781473899001 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First-hand accounts of opening the air attack against dictator Saddam
First-hand accounts of opening the air attack against dictator Saddam
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107,26 zł |
The Post Cold War World: Turbulence and Change in World Politics Since the Fall
ISBN: 9780815351696 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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688,13 zł |