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Siren's Song: The Allure of War
ISBN: 9781944193027 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,83 |
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Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780226265650 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first rule of warfare is to know one's enemy. The second is to know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a trillion dollars after the US invasion of Afghanistan, it's clear that the United States followed neither rule well. America's goals in Afghanistan were lofty to begin with: dismantle al Qaeda, remove the Taliban from power, remake the country into a democracy. But not only did the mission come completely unmoored from reality, the United States wasted billions of dollars, and thousands of lives were lost. Our Latest Longest War is a chronicle of how,...
The first rule of warfare is to know one's enemy. The second is to know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a trillion dollars afte...
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132,95 |
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A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror
ISBN: 9780700624072 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Afghanistan is largely military history. From the Persians and Greeks of antiquity to the British, Soviet, and American powers in modern times, outsiders have led military conquests into the mountains and plains of Afghanistan, leaving their indelible marks on this ancient land at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In this book Ali Ahmad Jalali, a former interior minister of Afghanistan, taps a deep understanding of his country's distant and recent past to explore Afghanistan's military history during the last two hundred years. With an introductory chapter...
The history of Afghanistan is largely military history. From the Persians and Greeks of antiquity to the British, Soviet, and American powers in moder...
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276,90 |
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The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province
ISBN: 9781476668642 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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165,68 |
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Sangin: Surviving Green on Blue
ISBN: 9781491275368 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a British Army Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers Toby Woodbridge twice deployed to Afghanistan's Helmand Province, and spent a total of eight months in the notorious District of Sangin. Employed as mentor to the Afghan National Police during his last tour in the town Woodbridge spent over six months living, working and fighting alongside members of that much maligned but critically important force, gaining a rare insight into their world and way of life. His experiences from those two tours provide the background for this unique perspective on the difficulties and dangers experienced...
As a British Army Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers Toby Woodbridge twice deployed to Afghanistan's Helmand Province, and spent a total of eight...
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59,87 |
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
ISBN: 9781101984338 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. "'It doesn't get better.' To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating b...
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79,82 |
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Airpower in Afghanistan 2005-10 The Air Commanders' Perspectives
ISBN: 9781543116724 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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119,69 |
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12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
ISBN: 9781501178511 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A thrilling action ride of a book" (The New York Times Book Review)--now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer and Lionsgate--the New York Times bestselling, true-life account of a US Special Forces team deployed to dangerous, war-ridden Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11. Horse Soldiers is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a...
"A thrilling action ride of a book" (The New York Times Book Review)--now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer and Lionsgate--the N...
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68,42 |
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The Politics of War: Canada's Afghanistan Mission, 2001-14
ISBN: 9780774836272 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Politics of War analyzes the impact of political elites, parliament, and public opinion on Canada's mission in Afghanistan to demonstrate how much of Canada's involvement was shaped by the vagaries of domestic politics.
The Politics of War analyzes the impact of political elites, parliament, and public opinion on Canada's mission in Afghanistan to demonstrate how much...
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383,76 |
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After: The Battle Has Just Begun
ISBN: 9780996623544 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,84 |
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We Answered the Call: Building the Crown Jewel of Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781546908128 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2004, University professor, Dr. James Wilhite was called to active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom and became Colonel James Wilhite. Given a mission to build a four year university for Afghan students, that modeled West Point, Wilhite was given no money, no full time staff and only ten months to complete what was believed to be an impossible assignment. With only a dream and a group of volunteers from West Point Colonel Wilhite embarked on a journey that changed his life forever. Follow along with Colonel Wilhite as he and his group of volunteers produce what has been called the Crown...
In 2004, University professor, Dr. James Wilhite was called to active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom and became Colonel James Wilhite. Given a mi...
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39,87 |
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How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan: Two Years in the Pashtun Homeland
ISBN: 9781612349541 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,84 |
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The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780306903182 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of one of the Afghanistan war's most decorated units and their fifteen-month ordeal, culminating in the Battle of Wanat, the deadliest battle of the war
The story of one of the Afghanistan war's most decorated units and their fifteen-month ordeal, culminating in the Battle of Wanat, the deadliest battl...
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119,68 |
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Modern Afghanistan: The Impact of 40 Years of War
ISBN: 9780253030054 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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174,88 |
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Modern Afghanistan: The Impact of 40 Years of War
ISBN: 9780253029775 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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325,48 |
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The Politics of War: Canada's Afghanistan Mission, 2001-14
ISBN: 9780774836289 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Politics of War analyzes the impact of political elites, Parliament, and public opinion on Canada's mission in Afghanistan to demonstrate how much of Canada's involvement was shaped by the vagaries of domestic politics.
The Politics of War analyzes the impact of political elites, Parliament, and public opinion on Canada's mission in Afghanistan to demonstrate how much...
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145,69 |
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First Afghan War: To Herat and Kabul
ISBN: 9781979166744 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,02 |
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On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars
ISBN: 9781788314169 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years.
Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a...
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86,88 |
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Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780226598567 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A group of veterans of the war explain how we misjudged our ability, ignored Afghan culture, and set ourselves up to fail.
A group of veterans of the war explain how we misjudged our ability, ignored Afghan culture, and set ourselves up to fail.
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122,72 |
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America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy and Decision Making from Bush to Obama to Trump
ISBN: 9781784539986 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Afghanistan has been a theatre of civil and international conflict for much of the 20th Century - stability is essential if there is to be peace in the Middle East. Yet policymakers in the West often seem to forget the lessons learned from previous administrations, whose interventions have contributed to the instability in the region. Here, Afshan Dorani focuses on the process of decision-making, looking at which factors influenced American policy-makers in the build-up to the second Afghan War, and how reactions on the ground in Afghanistan have influenced events since then. America in...
Afghanistan has been a theatre of civil and international conflict for much of the 20th Century - stability is essential if there is to be peace in th...
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534,37 |