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Sun Tzu on the Art of War (Fusaka Style)
ISBN: 9780966173178 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sun Tzu's The Art of War is among the oldest surviving books on military strategy. This reprint of Lionel Giles's classic 1910 English translation is typeset entirely in Adobe Fusaka, a font that causes the text to appear to be Chinese at first glance (it is actually quite readable English).
Sun Tzu's The Art of War is among the oldest surviving books on military strategy. This reprint of Lionel Giles's classic 1910 English translation is ...
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54,39 zł |
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John Company's Cavalryman: the Experiences of a British Soldier in the Crimea, the Persian Campaign and the Indian Mutiny
ISBN: 9781846774478 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The account of a brave and dashing cavalry officer during the turbulent years of the Victorian age
'Billy' Johnson came from a well known family in Lincolnshire. He chose the life of a soldier in the Honourable East India Company's Bombay Army and travelled to the sub-continent to serve with both the 6th Bombay Native Infantry and the Guzerat Horse. He was the consummate sportsman and his accounts of tiger hunting and pig-sticking make riveting period reading. Ever keen to be in action, Johnson took the opportunity to join British forces in the Crimea where his actions attached to the... The account of a brave and dashing cavalry officer during the turbulent years of the Victorian age
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70,56 zł |
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Nations at War: A Scientific Study of International Conflict
ISBN: 9780521621199 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nations at War provides a scientifically-derived explanation of war. It develops this explanation by reviewing data-based studies of international conflict, analyzing war from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, and identifying factors such as geography, regimes, military capabilities, alliances, and trade associated with both the onset and destructiveness of these conflicts. Two wars (the Iran/Iraq war of 1980, and World War I) are examined in detail in an effort to show how wars begin and sometimes expand to include other states. This unique book collates and synthesizes the findings...
Nations at War provides a scientifically-derived explanation of war. It develops this explanation by reviewing data-based studies of international con...
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669,73 zł |
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Japan and the Security of Asia
ISBN: 9780739102954 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Japan and the Security of Asia Louis Hayes studies modern Japan's frustrated search for national security. The book charts Japan's attempts to fashion its own place in the sun in the face of Great Power interventionism and national demands for regional hegemony: first through nascent internationalism and later disastrous totalitarianism that culminated in war in the Pacific. Hayes expertly tracks Japan's shifting foreign-policy goals up to the present day, moving from the preservation of the nation-state by force to the drive for economic self-aggrandizement as a Cold War client of the...
In Japan and the Security of Asia Louis Hayes studies modern Japan's frustrated search for national security. The book charts Japan's attempts to fash...
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540,75 zł |
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The Road to Total War
ISBN: 9780833042286 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the various factors that impelled leaders on both sides of the conflict in World War II to respond to immediate problems with actions resulting in effects that were often neither planned nor foreseen.
Examines the various factors that impelled leaders on both sides of the conflict in World War II to respond to immediate problems with actions resulti...
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129,65 zł |
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John Company's Cavalryman: the Experiences of a British Soldier in the Crimea, the Persian Campaign and the Indian Mutiny
ISBN: 9781846774485 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The account of a brave and dashing cavalry officer during the turbulent years of the Victorian age
'Billy' Johnson came from a well known family in Lincolnshire. He chose the life of a soldier in the Honourable East India Company's Bombay Army and travelled to the sub-continent to serve with both the 6th Bombay Native Infantry and the Guzerat Horse. He was the consummate sportsman and his accounts of tiger hunting and pig-sticking make riveting period reading. Ever keen to be in action, Johnson took the opportunity to join British forces in the Crimea where his actions attached to the... The account of a brave and dashing cavalry officer during the turbulent years of the Victorian age
'Billy' Johnson came from a well known family i... |
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122,30 zł |
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Vietnam Above the Treetops: A Forward Air Controller Reports
ISBN: 9780313360633 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is 1966, the war is escalating, and a young Air Force Academy graduate's assignment is to patrol unfriendly territory with six-man hunter-killer teams. As a Forward Air Controller, flying single engine spotter planes, Flanagan is the link between fighter-bomber pilots and ground forces. This autobiographical account recreates the period when Flanagan, assigned to Project Delta, was plunged into major operations in key combat areas. Spectacular airstrikes, team rescues, lost men, thwarted attempts to save comrades--all are recounted here with raw honesty. A factual combat history from... It is 1966, the war is escalating, and a young Air Force Academy graduate's assignment is to patrol unfriendly territory with six-man hunter-killer... |
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212,10 zł |
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Mogadishu!: Heroism and Tragedy
ISBN: 9780313361050 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every American should read this book in order to gain a clear insight about military combat and war. From the foreword by Ross Perot Recommended for readers who enjoy suspenseful accounts of close combat. Publishers Weekly Most Americans remember...the two troubling televised images that follwed the operation]....But there is more about that day that is told in this book and that should be known by Americans. The Wall Street Journal Among America's clearest memories of ongoing conflict in Somalia will... Every American should read this book in order to gain a clear insight about military combat and war. From the foreword by Ross Perot ... |
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212,10 zł |
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Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights
ISBN: 9780313361579 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are we prepared to meet the challenges of the next war? What should our military look like? What lessons have we learned from recent actions in Afghanistan and Iraq? Macgregor has captured the attention of key leaders and inspired a genuine public debate on military reform. With the dangerous world situation of the early 21st century-and possible flashpoints ranging from the Middle East to the Far East-interservice cooperation in assembling small, mobile units and a dramatically simplified command structure is essential. MacGregor's controversial ideas, favored by the current Bush... Are we prepared to meet the challenges of the next war? What should our military look like? What lessons have we learned from recent actions in Afg... |
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212,10 zł |
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Uncomfortable Wars Revisited
ISBN: 9780806139883 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11, 2001, the United States has faced daunting challenges in the areas of foreign policy and national security. Threatened by failing states, insurgencies, civil wars, and terrorism, the nation has been compelled to re-evaluate its traditional responses to global conflict. In this timely book, John T. Fishel and Max G. Manwaring present a much-needed strategy for conducting unconventional warfare in an increasingly violent world. In the early 1990s, Manwaring introduced a new paradigm for addressing low-intensity conflicts, or... Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11, 2001, the United States has faced daunting challenges in the areas of foreign pol... |
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182,41 zł |
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The Us, NATO and Military Burden-Sharing
ISBN: 9780415356077 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study establishes that the political, economic and military-technological changes that transform the international system also alter the way in which a state views its and others' responsibilities and burdens for responding to international crises. It assesses the distribution of the costs of raising and supporting arms of service, the risks of deploying them overseas and using them in combat or peace operations, and the extent to which members have a responsibility for maintaining international order in the context of three instances of multinational military intervention: the...
This study establishes that the political, economic and military-technological changes that transform the international system also alter the way in w...
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744,88 zł |
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Field Artillery and Fire Power
ISBN: 9780850668117 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everything you would ever want to know about the history and use of artillery Extremely detailed and not meant for the amateur. Cloth edition, $49. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Everything you would ever want to know about the history and use of artillery Extremely detailed and not meant for the amateur. Cloth edition, $49. An...
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205,43 zł |
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Security Sector Reform - Issues, Challenges and Prospects
ISBN: 9780198516743 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last decade, the failure of countries to emerge from conflict and the rise of 'failed states' has focused attention on state security sectors. External actors involved in 'protectorates' such as Kosovo and East Timor and peace agreements such as Cambodia, El Salvador or Bosnia have come face to face with the problems exposed by factionalised, wrong-sized, dictatorial and non-professional security sectors. Consequently, international institutions, the UN or World Bank, for example, and individual government ministries in countries such as the UK, USA and Germany have been... Over the last decade, the failure of countries to emerge from conflict and the rise of 'failed states' has focused attention on state security sect... |
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128,37 zł |
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Survival 49.2: Survival 49.2 Summer 2007
ISBN: 9780415440288 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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169,47 zł |
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Survival 49.3: Survival 49.3 Autumn 2007
ISBN: 9780415440295 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Survival, the Institute of Strategic Studies' quarterly journal, is a leading forum for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs. With a diverse range of authors, eight to ten articles per issue, plus thoughtful reviews and review essays, Survival is scholarly in depth while vivid, well-written and policy-relevant in approach. Shaped by its editors to be both timely and forward-thinking, the journal encourages writers to challenge conventional wisdom and bring fresh, often controversial, perspectives to bear on the strategic issues of the... Survival, the Institute of Strategic Studies' quarterly journal, is a leading forum for analysis and debate of international and strategic... |
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154,07 zł |
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Understanding Contemporary International Arms Transfers
ISBN: 9781857531268 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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128,37 zł |
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European Security After the Cold War: Part II
ISBN: 9781857531558 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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118,10 zł |
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Survival: 48.2
ISBN: 9780415409315 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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200,30 zł |
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S.I.O.P: The Secret U.S. Plan for Nuclear War
ISBN: 9780393335163 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How was it put together? Who decides what targets to hit and why? When and where would it be put into action? Using recently declassified documents and interviews with government officials and military planners, the authors have pieced together an absorbing history of the Pentagon's most secret war plan. They have unraveled the huge, hidden network of satellites, computers, radar, and microwave links that gathers intelligence on the Soviet Union and would help to execute the S.I.O.P. in time of war. They compare Washington's rhetoric to the cold reality of the actual war plans on the... How was it put together? Who decides what targets to hit and why? When and where would it be put into action? Using recently declassified documents... |
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100,59 zł |
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The Book of Five Rings
ISBN: 9781604593709 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practises as he feels inclined. It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way. Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as ...
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44,64 zł |