Penguin Classics: Still a source of inspiration for soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom 2000 years... Zobraziť viac
The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history... Zobraziť viac
The little boy did not cry or speak. He just stood there and stared at me intensely. With great effort I stood up and tested to see if I could walk with my injured foot. When I did, he came to stand even closer to me and, without saying a word, grabbed... Zobraziť viac
This book exposes the history and the future of The Wagner Group, Russia's notorious and secretive mercenary army, revealing details of their operations never documented before. Using extensive leaks, first-hand accounts, and the byzantine paper trail... Zobraziť viac
A panoramic study of strategy throughout world civilization, from Ancient Greece through to the nuclear age. Selected as a "Financial Times" Best Book of 2013, it is now published in a new 2nd edition. 'Arguably the best book ever written on strategy (... Zobraziť viac
Using first-hand accounts and rare and unpublished images, this highly illustrated title tells the full story of the German reconnaissance troops in World War II... Zobraziť viac
“A vivid, fast-paced, first-person account of the actions by US Army Rangers on the ground in one of the episodes in Afghanistan that best illustrated the commitment in the Ranger creed: ‘I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of... Zobraziť viac
A fascinating insight into one of the most elite special operations units in the world. When the US Navy send their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six... Zobraziť viac
The first of two volumes covering the French armor of World War II, this title looks at the infantry and battle tanks that faced the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940... Zobraziť viac
This highly illustrated title deals with the great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 as German forces poured through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The campaign was audacious, relying on speed and feinting... Zobraziť viac
Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful... Zobraziť viac
The first volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materialstrilogy. Zobraziť viac
Set during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha's Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices. France, 1918.... Zobraziť viac
In the early years of Vladmir Putin’s Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the President’s most trusted assets. By 2023, he had become a dangerous warlord – and also one of Putin’s chief rivals in Russia’s tumultuous political climate, exiled... Zobraziť viac
Former industry insider Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. Zobraziť viac
Consent to the obliteration of Gaza has created an enormous gulf in the global moral order. History will record how Western governments and large sections of their elites have supported the war waged by Israel against Palestinians after Hamas's attack... Zobraziť viac
From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever inventedOn August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were... Zobraziť viac
“Beautifully written, complex, provocative, painful, genuine...an unforgettable memoir.”—ROXANE GAY“Wonderfully lyrical and uncomfortably honest in a way that is so rare, yet so needed.”—JENNY LAWSON“Disturbing and profound, this intimate book also... Zobraziť viac
A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb Zobraziť viac
December 1943. A German fort sits impregnable atop a mountain. Standing between the Allied forces and their path to Rome is a steep climb up a 200-foot cliff, in the snow, in the middle of the night. Zobraziť viac
