Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (Pape Robert a.)(Paperback)

Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (Pape Robert a.)(Paperback)

From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues

Robert Graves: War Poems (Graves Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Robert Graves was a major writer about the Great War in poetry and memoir. War Poems collects all his poems about the War in one volume for the first time, both those written at the time and looking back over a period of years. Uniquely it also includes a previously unpublished manuscript, The

The Desert Air War 1940-1943 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

The war in air over North Africa and the Mediterranean during the Second World War has long been overshadowed by the battle on the ground. Between 1940 and 1943 Italy's Regia Aeronautica and then Germany's Luftwaffe waged a concerted aerial campaign against the British, yet apart from the bitter

Syrian Jihad - The Evolution of an Insurgency (Lister Charles)(Paperback / softback)

The Syrian Civil War in all its ghastly twists and turns, from initial optimism to barrel-bombing and the rise of Islamic State, are among the subjects covered in Lister's definitive

Holy War, Just War: Islam and Christendom at War (De Mattei Roberto)(Paperback)

In these pages, Mattei argues that the best way to approach Islam is to respect it. And to respect it means to accept it for what it is, without 'reinterpreting it and trying to make it what it is not

Rock War: Gone Wild - Book 3 (Muchamore Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Who will win? Find out in the third title of this action-packed series from international bestseller Robert

Surbiton Bombed - Second World War Air Raids in Surbiton, Tolworth and Berrylands (Davison Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Rolling Thunder 1965-68: Johnson's Air War Over Vietnam (Hallion Richard P.)(Paperback)

The bombing campaign that was meant to keep South Vietnam secure, Rolling Thunder became a byword for pointless, ineffective brutality, and was a key factor in America's Vietnam defeat. But in its failures, Rolling Thunder was one of the most influential air campaigns of the Cold War. It spurred

Rock War: Crash Landing - Book 4 (Muchamore Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The final and most dramatic book in the explosive ROCK WAR series, by international bestseller Robert

Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D. 990 - 1992 (Tilly Charles)(Paperback)

In this pathbreaking work, now available in paperback, Charles Tilly challenges all previous formulations of state development in Europe. Specifically, Tilly charges that most available explanations fail because they do not account for the great variety of kinds of states which were viable at

The Normandy Air War 1944 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Photographic history of the war in the air during the Normandy

Pastoral (Shute Nevil)(Paperback / softback)

During the Second World War, Peter Marshall's crew become one of the most successful bombing teams in their Oxfordshire airbase. However, when Peter falls in love with a young WAAF officer, his concentration begins to suffer and it looks as though his perfect run of missions - and his life - may be

Bombing the Marshall Islands (Parsons Keith M.)(Paperback)

During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive yield of these tests was 108 megatons, equivalent to the detonation of one Hiroshima bomb per day over nineteen years. These tests, particularly Castle

Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City (Dahl Robert A.)(Paperback)

'A major breakthrough in American political science, and a work destined, deservedly, to influence profoundly all future investigation of our politics... masterful, imaginative, and courageous. I recommend it unreservedly to the attention of all students of American politics.'--Willmoore

War On Heresy - Faith and Power in Medieval Europe (Moore Professor R. I.)(Paperback / softback)

A passionate history of the war on heresy which dominated medieval

Think to Win: The Power of Possibility Thinking (Crawford Roger)(Paperback)

What do all remarkable people and organizations have in common? They embrace the power of 'possibility thinking.' The most successful people and organizations think again or think differently from those less successful. By developing the habit of possibility thinking, you are mentally prepared to

The Global Seven Years War 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest (Baugh Daniel)(Paperback)

Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America (Glenn)(Paperback)

The United States faces a growing crisis in care. The number of people needing care is growing while the ranks of traditional caregivers have shrunk. The status of care workers is a critical concern. Evelyn Nakano Glenn offers an innovative interpretation of care labor in the United States by

Air War on the Eastern Front (Guardia Mike)(Paperback)

A lavishly illustrated account of the entire air campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.The Red Air Force versus the Luftwaffe in the skies over Eastern Europe. June 1941: Having conquered most of Western Europe, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the vast Soviet Union. Disregarding his

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (Kaplan Robert D.)(Paperback)

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War (Rasimus Ed)(Paperback)

Ian Fleming: A Personal Memoir (Harling Robert)(Paperback)

Forged during the Second World War, the close and abiding friendship of Robert Harling and Ian Fleming, one of the twentieth century's most iconic authors, would go on to define the lives and literature of both men. But beneath the pair's charm, charisma and creativity was an altogether darker

24 Hours at Waterloo - 18 June 1815 (Kershaw Robert)(Paperback / softback)

In March 1815, the Allies declared war on Napoleon in response to his escape from exile and the renewed threat to imperial European rule. Three months later, on 18 June 1815, having suffered considerable losses at Quatre-Bras, Wellington's army fell back on Waterloo, some ten miles south of

From Water to Wine: Becoming Middle Class in Angola (Auerbach Jess)(Paperback)

From Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class--defined as those with a house, a car, and an education--and their consumption, aspirations, and hopes for their families. It takes as its starting point what is working in