Catálogo de libros: Guerra y defensa

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  • Forward Observer
    Edwin Westrate
    Forward Observer is the account of a U.S. Army artillery observation crew in World War Two. Fast-paced and filled with action, the book depicts the soldiers’ lives from training at the Army’s Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, a short stay for more training in England, and then the unit’s transfer to Tunisia where they occupy the frontlines as forward observers for ...
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    31,45 €

  • The Security Sector Governance-Migration Nexus
    Sarah Wolff
    The main argument is that improving migrants’ rights and conceptual linkages between SSG/R and migration is best achieved, by decentring our gaze, namely going beyond the ’national’ and ’state-centric’ view that characterizes traditionally SSG/R and to consider the agency of both migrants and SSR actors. First from a migrants’ perspective, it is key for SSR actors to go beyond ...
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    17,72 €

  • Political, Social and Religious Studies of the Balkans - Volume II - Radical Islam in the Western Balkans
    Raphael Israeli and Ana Dimitrovska
    This volume explores the roots and centennial development of radical Islam in the Balkans since the rise of early Muslim fundamentalists in the Muslim world in the early 20th century. It also follows current militant Muslim movements, which have grown in the world and were the direct trigger of the Bosnia war (1992-5).The book also clarifies the parallels between the predominan...
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    23,25 €

  • From Human to Post Human Security in Latin America
    From Human to Post Human Security in Latin America provides a fresh look to some acute problems regarding human security in Latin America: human rights and dignity, water, food and health insecurities. This is essential reading for professionals, practitioners, and those interested in human security in Latin America. ...
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    136,33 €

  • Trial and Triumph
    Stephen Leal Jackson
    Ernie Plantz responded to his country’s call, accepted duty in the American Submarine Service, developed a place of worth and comradeship, and found himself a prisoner of the enemy for three and a half grueling years; 1297 days. This is his story. A farm boy from rural West Virginia, Plantz served on the USS Perch during the opening days of World War II and was stationed in the...
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    14,97 €

  • Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide
    Israel W. Charny / Israel WCharny
    When the Turks demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate, the Israeli government followed suit, demanding the same of the then forthcoming First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide. This book follows the author’s gutsy campaign against the Israeli government and his quest to su...
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    97,84 €

  • Illusions of Location Theory
    'Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa' questions the relevance of ’location theory’ in explaining the coastal-hinterland continuum and the implications for the utilization of blue economy ecosystem in such a contested space in Africa. It pays more attention to territorial contestations, maritime disputes, vulnerabilities of landlocked states, an...
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    65,47 €

  • Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States
    Michael P. Noonan / Michael PNoonan
    Michael P. Noonan examines U.S. capabilities to conduct foreign internal defense and unconventional warfare. Using a newly developed typology and nine case studies, he places campaigns within broader contexts of military culture and history, offering 3 findings and 6 policy recommendations for considering when or not to use such capabilities. ...
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    122,36 €

  • Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States
    Michael P. Noonan / Michael PNoonan
    Michael P. Noonan examines U.S. capabilities to conduct foreign internal defense and unconventional warfare. Using a newly developed typology and nine case studies, he places campaigns within broader contexts of military culture and history, offering 3 findings and 6 policy recommendations for considering when or not to use such capabilities. ...
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    54,55 €

  • Zinkov Memorial Book
    The Yizkor Book captures the history of Zinkov in good times and bad, of vibrant life in the town, and of the efforts by some to make aliyah to Israel or to depart for the west. Describing the living town of Zinkov - however briefly - brings into focus what was lost during the nightmare years when the Jews in Zinkov were systematically murdered, bringing over 300 years of histo...
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    43,14 €

  • Sea Dog
    Yates Stirling
    Sea Dog is the autobiography of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr. (1872‑1948), a long-serving sea officer noted for his controversial views on a variety of subjects, and his outspoken defense of them. His memoirs cover a broad swath of naval history from the late nineteenth century leading up to World War 2-the Philippine insurrection in which the United States was embroiled on ...
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    25,10 €

  • Sea Dog
    Yates Stirling
    Sea Dog is the autobiography of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr. (1872‑1948), a long-serving sea officer noted for his controversial views on a variety of subjects, and his outspoken defense of them. His memoirs cover a broad swath of naval history from the late nineteenth century leading up to World War 2-the Philippine insurrection in which the United States was embroiled on ...
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    39,14 €

  • ROMMEL IS DEAD
    Merrill Hardy
    As 1941 comes to a close, Europe is at war. Meet German General Heinz Guderian as he battles a resurgent Soviet Army at the very gates of Moscow during the worst winter in 100 years. Owing to General Erwin Rommel’s providential battlefield death in Africa, Heinz is able to personally avoid dismissal by Hitler and the thrashing the Soviets subsequently dish out to the hated Germ...
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    26,79 €

  • A Boy Called Hyppo
    Andrew Crofts / Hyppolite Ntigurirwa
    This is the shocking and inspirational memoir of a boy who survived the genocide against the Tutsi. When he was seven years old Hyppolite lost many members of his extended family and witnessed the murder of his beloved father.  Born in a mud hut without shoes, water or power and often hungry, he struggled after the genocide to gain an education and to learn to forgive the kille...
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    16,56 €

  • Of Privacy and Power
    Abraham L. Newman / Henry Farrell
    How disputes over privacy and security have shaped the relationship between the European Union and the United States and what this means for the futureWe live in an interconnected world, where security problems like terrorism are spilling across borders, and globalized data networks and e-commerce platforms are reshaping the world economy. This means that states’ jurisdictions ...
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    30,80 €

  • Shadow Warfare
    Elizabeth Van Wie Davis
    Examines cyberwarfare policy across three main geopolitical actors and develops an application and deterrence of cyberespionage. ...
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    150,04 €

  • Shadow Warfare
    Elizabeth Van Wie Davis
    Examines cyberwarfare policy across three main geopolitical actors and develops the development, application, deterrence of cyberespionage. ...
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    54,55 €

  • Critical Perspectives on African Genocide
    This text explores critical perspectives on the intersections between colonialism, political violence, and environmentalism to deepen our understanding of genocide and genocidal violence. ...
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    150,29 €

  • Tourism Safety and Security for the Caribbean
    Andrew Spencer / Peter E. Tarlow
    Tourism Safety and Security for the Caribbean examines the security risks posed to the region and the wider economic impacts on the success of this vital industry. The study presents an illuminating new perspective for Tourism and Security Studies scholars interested in the Caribbean context and beyond. ...
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    142,98 €

  • NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
    ALISTAIR D B COOK & TAMARA NAIR
    What is Non-Traditional Security? How have our understandings of security changed over the past decade? What are the dominant non-traditional security challenges we face in the world today?The concept of national security remains contested but our understanding of it continues to evolve as it is shaped by the world around us. From a globally dominant ’traditional’ understanding...
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    105,75 €

  • World War One
    Daniel Wrinn
    "Stunning stories that weave together the major fronts of WWI into a sweeping narrative.' ─ Reviewer 'A masterfully told story of triumph and redemption in a powerfully drawn survival epic.' – Reviewer 'A thrill a minute. You don’t have to be a World War I buff to savor this one.' ─ Reviewer 'Having served in Iraq, the comparisons to Wooten’s World War I experiences with my own...
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    19,08 €

  • Turkey’s Changing Transatlantic Relations
    The effect of the transatlantic connection on Turkey's regional affairs cannot be understood through a narrow perspective. It needs to be studied with reference to diverse elements such as the domestic interests, worldviews and ideas of the decision makers, on top of all the structural factors at the global political arena. ...
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    163,25 €

  • Contractors Visitor Log Book, Daily Contractor Sign In Sheet
    Fylde Promotional Merchandise
    A logbook to monitor the check-in and check out of contractors. This office trade log book is useful, convenient and easy to use, enables you to efficiently manage and keep track of contractors, tradesman and tradeswomen.Contractor management control is extremely important to any organization, it’s important to keep a register logbook to record and monitor where all your visito...
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    18,20 €

  • Mission Command in the Israel Defense Forces
    Gideon Avidor
    The Israel Defense Force have relied on mission command since their foundation. This essay collection explores Israel’s military strategy through the understanding of mission command and its relation to command and control. MISSION COMMAND IN THE ISRAEL DFENSE FORCE provides real-world scenarios that used mission command-written by the acting officers themselves. MISSION COMMAN...
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    24,27 €

  • Worse than Death
    Mamtimin Ala
    This book explains how Uyghur rights have been diminishing under the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has recently escalated into the cultural genocide of Uyghurs. ...
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    27,12 €

  • Drug smuggler nation
    Stephen Snelders
    Drug smuggler nation shows how and why the Netherlands developed into a central hub of international illegal drug trade in the 20th century. The book develops a model of ’criminal anarchy’ that is historically, socially, and culturally embedded in Dutch society to explain the failures of the state’s regulatory policies and law enforcement. ...
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    157,30 €

  • Guerrilla Warfare
    Che Guevara
    2021 Reprint of the 1961 Edition. This very practical manual contains Che’s clearest, most committed analysis of guerrilla warfare, the basis of the struggle of a people to redeem itself. He shows how a small band of revolutionaries, ill-equipped but flexible, inventive, and mobile, can use the massive strength of its opponents to overthrow a corrupt regime in armed struggle. S...
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    11,15 €

  • Red Harvests
    James A Tyner
    Reassessing the Cambodian genocide through the lens of global capitalist development. James Tyner reinterprets the place of agriculture under the Khmer Rouge, positioning it in new ways relative to Marxism, capitalism, and genocide. The Cambodian revolutionaries’ agricultural management is widely viewed by critics as irrational and dangerous, and it is invoked as part of wider...
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    40,71 €

  • Four Guardians
    Jeffrey W Donnithorne
    When the US military confronts pressing security challenges, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps often react differently as they advise and execute civilian defense policies. Conventional wisdom holds that these dynamics tend to reflect a competition for prestige, influence, and dollars. Such interservice rivalries, however, are only a fraction of the real story. In Fou...
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    40,51 €

  • CONUNDRUM OF AN ISLAND
    ASANGA ABEYAGOONASEKERA
    This book is a compilation of essays on several themes intended to provoke thought on and promote understanding about everyday political and social life on an island facing constant geopolitical and domestic political challenges. The themes of this books are: 4/21 Terror Attack and National Security; China, Belt and Road Initiative and Sri Lankan Foreign Policy; Geopolitics; Su...
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    120,05 €


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