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Airborne
ISBN: 9780891416883 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The combat history of the elits soldiers in America's airborne force makes for exciting reading.
The combat history of the elits soldiers in America's airborne force makes for exciting reading.
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122,44 |
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The Politics of Security in Modern Russia
ISBN: 9780754674085 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Putin era saw a striking 'securitization' of politics, something that he has bequeathed to his chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev. The omens from the early days of the Medvedev presidency have been mixed, marked both by less confrontational rhetoric towards the West and by war with Georgia and continued re-armament. Has the Medvedev generation learned the lessons not just from the Soviet era but also from the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies, or will security remain the foundation of Russian foreign and domestic policy? Fully up-to-date to reflect the evolving Medvedev presidency, the 2008...
The Putin era saw a striking 'securitization' of politics, something that he has bequeathed to his chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev. The omens from t...
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734,66 |
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Military Leadership for Tomorrow
ISBN: 9788187966586 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A leader, military, political or in any other profession, is inevitably a lonely person, and yet a successful leader, especially in the military profession, must be a very sensitive person to be able to lead successfully through the motivation, dedication and loyalty of those he leads. In the military profession, of course, this acquires even greater salience since the profession, at one level, demands a willingness and readiness to make the supreme sacrifice, and, at another, involves victory or defeat of the country that nurtures its military power. According to an American saying, "There...
A leader, military, political or in any other profession, is inevitably a lonely person, and yet a successful leader, especially in the military profe...
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280,49 |
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Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1919-1939
ISBN: 9781409400936 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second in a projected set of five volumes dealing with Anglo America Naval Relations, this volume brings together documents from the period 1919-1939 which was dominated by a series of naval arms limitation and disarmament conferences. The book also includes a section of documents that deal with encounters of serving officers and men of the two navies and their observations on each other's navy, while the final section details the hesitant and limited steps towards co-operation during 1937-1939 when the prospect of a second world war looked increasingly likely. Drawing on a wide range of...
The second in a projected set of five volumes dealing with Anglo America Naval Relations, this volume brings together documents from the period 1919-1...
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721,77 |
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The Soviet Defence Enigma: Estimating Costs and Burden
ISBN: 9780198291183 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although a realistic appraisal of Soviet defense efforts is crucial to strategic planning and foreign policy analysis, knowledge in this area is limited to incomplete Soviet figures and unsatisfactory U.S. estimates. Using newly available sources of economic, scientific, and technical military information, an international team of defense authorities here reviews the current knowledge of Soviet defense expenditure, and introduces the most recent and original alternative methods of understanding and appraisal. What emerges is a fascinating account of what is perhaps the single most important...
Although a realistic appraisal of Soviet defense efforts is crucial to strategic planning and foreign policy analysis, knowledge in this area is limit...
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382,14 |
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Human Security and International Insecurity
ISBN: 9789086860166 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human security is about everyday realities of violent conflict and poverty, humanitarian crises, epidemic diseases, injustice and inequality. It is about freedom from fear and freedom from want. It is much different from state-related security with its emphasis on military force, territory and sovereignty. Human security places the security of individuals, communities and global humanity ahead of the security concerns of the state. How does human security relate to international security? Can human security still be advanced in a global climate of intrastate conflict, the war on terror and...
Human security is about everyday realities of violent conflict and poverty, humanitarian crises, epidemic diseases, injustice and inequality. It is ab...
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318,71 |
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Introduction to RF Stealth
ISBN: 9780863413490 / Angielski / Twarda / 587 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This practical reference focuses on the complete aspects of RF stealth design by explaining first order methods for the design of active and passive stealth properties. Necessary requirements of security has kept this material from becoming widely known but this book treats topics which were classified until the 1990s.
This practical reference focuses on the complete aspects of RF stealth design by explaining first order methods for the design of active and passive s...
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702,29 |
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The Politics of German Defence and Security: Policy Leadership and Military Reform in the post-Cold War Era
ISBN: 9781845453923 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force. However, in comparison with its EU and NATO partners, Germany has been reticent to transform its military to meet the challenges of the contemporary security environment. Until 2003 territorial defence rather than crisis-management remained the armed forces' core role and the Bundeswehr continues to retain conscription. The book argues that 'strategic culture' provides only a partial explanation of German military reform. It demonstrates how domestic... The post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force. However,... |
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509,37 |
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Strategic Stability in Asia
ISBN: 9780754672432 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do the major states of Asia view as the emerging challenges in their immediate security environment as well as in the broader Asian region? What future security outcomes would make them believe that strategic stability had been achieved in the Asian continent? Central to the latter question is China and the path it will take to rise to superpower status. While all the major Asian states increasingly are both economically and politically engaged with China, doubts remain about China's long-term intentions. This volume discusses the military, diplomatic and economic measures being taken by...
What do the major states of Asia view as the emerging challenges in their immediate security environment as well as in the broader Asian region? What ...
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734,66 |
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Security Versus Freedom?: A Challenge for Europe's Future
ISBN: 9780754648321 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the viewpoint of migration and asylum policy and the fight against terrorism, justice and home affairs is a key policy area. It is also an area that raises important challenges and questions with regard to the preservation of fundamental freedoms. This engaging volume examines the emerging European Union area of freedom, security and justice at a time when key policy priorities are taking shape within the EU. Bringing together contributors from different backgrounds, the volume is ideal for students and scholars of European studies, law, political science, political theory and...
From the viewpoint of migration and asylum policy and the fight against terrorism, justice and home affairs is a key policy area. It is also an area t...
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734,66 |
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Security and Development
ISBN: 9780857451774 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, impacts, and outcomes of the numerous policy statements made by northern governments, NGOs, and international institutions that view the merging of security with development as both unproblematic and progressive. This volume addresses this new security-development nexus and investigates internal institutional logics, as well as the operation of policy, its dangers, resistances and complicity with other local and national social processes.... Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, ... |
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58,53 |
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Acquisitions of Defense Systems
ISBN: 9781563470691 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This valuable textbook describes the step-by-step defense system acquisition process.
This valuable textbook describes the step-by-step defense system acquisition process.
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274,27 |
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United States Military Forces and Installations in Europe
ISBN: 9780198291329 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining the size and nature of the United States military presence in Europe, this book describes the location of United States forces and details the arsenals and equipment installed in each individual facility. It also traces the history of the bases in each of the fourteen European countries that host the various forms of United States facilities, and analyzes all publicly available basing agreements between the United States and its host nations.
Examining the size and nature of the United States military presence in Europe, this book describes the location of United States forces and details t...
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771,90 |
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EU Security Policy : What it is, How it Works, Why it Matters
ISBN: 9781588267993 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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110,20 |
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The Uncertain Course : New Weapons, Strategies and Mind-Sets
ISBN: 9780198291152 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the strategic, military, and technological forces that are changing the nature and likelihood of war during the post-nuclear age. The contributors examine a range of exotic new weapons and assess the unique challenges facing international security in a world that has 21st-century weapons and 19th-century ways of thought, concluding that while the risk of deliberate war may be decreasing, inadvertent war has become more likely.
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the strategic, military, and technological forces that are changing the nature and likelihood of war durin...
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899,49 |
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Modern Weapons & Warfare, Volume 2: Since 1500
ISBN: 9781587650024 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Weapons and Warfare covers the weapons and strategies of warfare from ancient civilizations to the present. This two-volume set is ideal for high school and college students and military enthusiasts. Arranged chronologically, with alphabetical and categorized lists of all entries for fast, easy reference. Written with the needs of students and general readers in mind, the articles present clear discussions of the topics. The focus?more on the technical and strategic development of weapons and tactics than on a narrative chronological history of events?allows students of history, political...
Weapons and Warfare covers the weapons and strategies of warfare from ancient civilizations to the present. This two-volume set is ideal for high scho...
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377,13 |
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Cohors 2: The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army
ISBN: 9781841710464 / Angielski / Miękka / 581 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a second study of the auxiliary units of the Roman Imperial Army, listing all the known cohortes. The study expands and updates the work of Conrad Cichorius that first appeared one hundred years ago. Each known unit is listed with the bulk of the evidence for the unit's name and personnel who served in it. The lists are compiled from military diplomas, stone inscriptions, papyri, wood, tile and other materials. This is a second study of the auxiliary units of the Roman Imperial Army, listing all the known cohortes. The study expands and updates the work of... |
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818,43 |
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Theoretical Aspects of Roman Camp and Fort Design Bar S1321
ISBN: 9781841713908 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprising a rectangular enclosure bounded by a rampart and ditch, the Roman camp displayed the skills of the Roman military engineers in assessing and deploying human and other resources. This study of Roman camps, forts, fortlets and legionary fortresses examines the logistics and ergonomics of their construction, from surveying the landscape and siting the camp, to calculating its dimensions and the manpower required. Information from ancient sources, such as Polybius, Josephus and Hyginus, is used for some of the calculations and examples from Britain, including the forts along Hadrian's...
Comprising a rectangular enclosure bounded by a rampart and ditch, the Roman camp displayed the skills of the Roman military engineers in assessing an...
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186,89 |
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The Towers of Ras al-Khaimah
ISBN: 9780860547785 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study describes and illustrates, with plans, drawings and photographs, 75 of the defensive towers in the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, which occupies the western side of the Musandam peninsula at the entrance to the Arabian Gulf. The material comes from a survey undertaken between December 1991 and January 1992, and includes an introduction discussing geography, history, typology and distribution, and construction techniques and features.
This study describes and illustrates, with plans, drawings and photographs, 75 of the defensive towers in the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, which occupie...
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360,89 |
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Western Warfare, 1775-1882
ISBN: 9781902683294 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work looks at the subject of western warfare, covering the period from the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War to the last of the European conflicts in Egypt and Tunis before the descent into world war in 1914.
This work looks at the subject of western warfare, covering the period from the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War to the last of the European...
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195,86 |