Drone War Vietnam (Axe David)(Pevná vazba)

Drone War Vietnam (Axe David)(Pevná vazba)

In their fledgling efforts to send robots instead of human beings on the most dangerous aerial missions, U.S. operators in South-East Asia in the 1960s and '70s wrote the first chapter in the continuing tale of autonomous warfare. While the use of drones is now commonplace in modern warfare, it was

Predators: The Cia's Drone War on Al Qaeda (Williams Brian Glyn)(Pevná vazba)

'Predators' is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA's and U.S. military's most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams combines policy analysis with the human drama of the spies, terrorists, insurgents, and innocent tribal peoples

The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History (DK)(Pevná vazba)

The Vietnam War remains one of the most heroic and heartbreaking events in history. This definitive guide charts the unforgettable story of the world's first televised war.Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism

Masters of Drone Photography (Kennedy Fergus)(Pevná vazba)

With over 1.5 million posts on Instagram tagged with #drone, a revolution in photography is taking place over our heads. At the forefront of this revolution are the innovators who have instantly elevated drone photography to the level of art, pioneering their own distinctive bird's-eye view on

Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (Benjamin Medea)(Paperback)

Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing--and most secretive--fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more

Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security (Grossman Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

In warzones, ordinary commercially-available drones are used for extraordinary reconnaissance and information gathering. They can also be used for bombings - a drone carrying an explosive charge can be a powerful weapon. At the same time asymmetric warfare has become the norm - with large states

Freddie Ramos Tracks Down a Drone, 9 (Jules Jacqueline)(Pevná vazba)

Mr. Vaslov is building a drone to help him take care of Starwood Park--but that's Freddie's job And when Freddie finds out his mom has a new boyfriend, he's worried about their relationship too. How can his Zapato Power help with all this

Ocean Discoveries (Orr Tamra B.)(Pevná vazba)

Imagine a fish without a face, drones exploring the ocean floor and underwater waterfalls! Learn all about these amazing underwater discoveries and many more in these fun and engaging books reviewed by Smithsonian

Short History of The Vietnam War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Future War (Coker Christopher)(Paperback)

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts? Will war be fought with greater or lesser humanity? Will it be played out in cyberspace and further afield in Low Earth Orbit? Or will it be fought more

Shooting Vietnam: The War by Its Military Photographers (Brookes Dan)(Pevná vazba)

What was it like to be a military combat photographer in the most photographed war in history -- the Vietnam War? Shooting Vietnam takes you there as you read the firsthand accounts and view the hundreds of photographs by men who lived the war through the lens of a camera. They documented

War Power, Police Power (Neocleous Mark)(Paperback)

From waste to drones and no-fly zones GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup( 'ISBN:9780748692378', 'ISBN:9780748692361', 'ISBN:9780748692385', 'ISBN:9780748692392']); Why is liberalism so obsessed with waste? Is there a drone above you now? Are you living in a no-fly zone? What is the role of masculinity

Ontopower: War, Powers, and the State of Perception (Massumi Brian)(Paperback)

Color coded terror alerts, invasion, drone war, rampant surveillance: all manifestations of the type of new power Brian Massumi theorizes in Ontopower. Through an in-depth examination of the War on Terror and the culture of crisis, Massumi identifies the emergence of preemption, which he

Memories Unleashed: Vietnam Legacy (Small Carl Rudolph)(Pevná vazba)

A memoir of the Vietnam War written as a series of short stories.This memoir of the Vietnam War is structured as a series of short stories that convey the emotional and physical landscape of the Vietnam War. It is a window into the war from the perspective of the author, who served in a rapid

On Killing Remotely: The Psychology of Killing with Drones (Phelps Wayne)(Pevná vazba)

A vital and timely expansion of the perennial bestseller On Killing: this book reveals and explores the costs--to individual soldiers and to society--of the way we wage war today. Throughout history society has determined specific rules of engagement between adversaries in armed conflict. With

Info Buzz: S.T.E.M: Drones (White-Thomson Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Find out about the world with these fun, interactive first non-fiction books about popular STEM

The First Vietnam War (McHale Shawn F.)(Pevná vazba)

Shawn McHale explores why the communist-led resistance in Vietnam won the anticolonial war against France (1945-54), except in the south. He shows how broad swaths of Vietnamese people were uneasily united in 1945 under the Viet Minh Resistance banner, all opposing the French attempt to reclaim

On Western Terrorism - New Edition: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback)

'Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today.' ― New York Times 'Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon.'--New York Review of Books In On Western Terrorism, world-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative

Lost in Vietnam (Forsman Chuck)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning visual tour of Vietnam by a returning war veteran and accidental artist searching for understanding and healing from the scars of war.Vietnam is an ancient and beautiful land, with a deep history of occupational conflict that remains an enigma in Americans' collective memory. It is still

Kill Chain - Drones and the Rise of High-Tech Assassins (Cockburn Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Surveillance, technology, war, and the failed US policy of remote

Black Ops, Vietnam: The Operational History of Macvsog (Gillespie Robert M.)(Pevná vazba)

During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organization that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA

Of War and Law (Kennedy David)(Pevná vazba)

Our War (Dilouie Craig)(Pevná vazba)

Tiger Tank (Fletcher David)(Pevná vazba)

The German Tiger I was the most feared battle tank of the Second World War. Its invincibility lay in its main 8.8cm gun and heavy defensive armour. Tiger Tank gives a rare insight into acquiring, owning and operating one of these awesome fighting machines, using the UK's Tank Museum's Tiger 131 -