The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine (Cockburn Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine (Cockburn Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Why Does America Go to War? In the last decades, America has gone to war as supposed defenders of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the west from the dangers of Islamists. US Solders are stationed in over 800 locations across the world to act as the righteous arbiters of the rule of

German Machine Guns of the Second World War (Seidler Hans)(Pevná vazba)

German Machine Guns of the Second World War is a highly illustrated record of the German war machine between 1939 - 1945. Many of the photographs, all from the author's collection, come originally from the albums of individuals who took part in the war.Arranged by theater chronologically, the book

Gentlemen Revolutionaries: Power and Justice in the New American Republic (Cutterham Tom)(Pevná vazba)

In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen--the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowners who comprised the independent republic's elite--worked hard to maintain their positions of power. Gentlemen Revolutionaries shows how their struggles

The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan (Casey Steven)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive history of American war reporting in the Pacific theater of World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After almost two years slogging with infantrymen through North Africa, Italy, and France, Ernie Pyle immediately realized he was

Broadway Goes to War: American Theater During World War II (McLaughlin Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topics for the duration of the war, including neutrality and isolationism, racism and genocide, and heroism and battle fatigue. Productions such as Watch on

Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power (Nagorski Andrew)(Paperback)

World War II historian Andrew Nagorski recounts Adolf Hitler's rise to and consolidation of power, drawing on countless firsthand reports, letters, and diaries that narrate the creation of the Third Reich. 'Hitlerland is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Reading about the Nazis is not supposed to be fun,

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

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

War in the Age of Trump: The Defeat of Isis, the Fall of the Kurds, the Conflict with Iran (Cockburn Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

Is the fall of ISIS the end of the perpetual war in the Middle East? In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East. Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory

Whispers of War (Kelly Julia)(Pevná vazba)

A moving story of the power of friendship, the cost of war and the strength of love. Perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls, A Woman of War and The Secret

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War (Baumgartner Alice L.)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south-central United States

Short History of The American Civil War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Caution and Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations (Myers Phillip E.)(Pevná vazba)

A provocative reinterpretation of Civil War-era diplomacy Click here to read a review from The British Scholar 'Phillip E. Myers's Caution and Cooperation places Anglo-American relations during the Civil War within the broader context of the whole nineteenth century, arguing convincingly for the

A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (Maizlish Stephen E.)(Pevná vazba)

Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War (Edstrom Erik)(Pevná vazba)

A manifesto about America's unchallenged war machine, from an Afghanistan veteran and new kind of military hero. Before engaging in war, Erik Edstrom asks us to imagine three, rarely imagined scenarios: First, imagine your own death. Second, imagine war from 'the other side.' Third: Imagine what

Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II (McNab Chris)(Pevná vazba)

A fully illustrated and expertly researched guide to the tanks of Hitler's formidable war machine. The Panzers that rolled over Europe were Germany's most famous fighting force, and are some of the most enduring symbols of World War II. However, at the start of the war, Germany's armor was nothing

A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War (Byrd James P.)(Pevná vazba)

In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that both sides read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. He wasn't speaking metaphorically: the Bible was frequently wielded as a

The Great War in the Argonne Forest: French and American Battles, 1914-1918 (Merry Richard)(Pevná vazba)

The annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918. The largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict. During 1914 and 1915 though, amidst the dense forest, French and Italian soldiers withstood

For King and Kaiser: Scenes from Saxony's War in Flanders 1914-1918 (Lucas Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Following on from their pioneering account of the Saxon army in the First World War -Fighting the Kaiser's War - Andrew Lucas and J rgen Schmieschek have compiled this remarkable sequel which covers Saxony's war in Flanders in much greater detail. Once again they draw on vivid extracts from

Secrets of the U.S. Civil War (Leboutillier Linda)(Pevná vazba)

The U.S. Civil War was a war that changed the face, body, and heart of the United States forever. Secrets of the U.S. Civil War reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our

Faces of Civil War Nurses (Coddington Ronald S.)(Pevná vazba)

During the American Civil War, women on both sides of the conflict, radiating patriotic fervor equal to their male counterparts, contributed to the war effort in countless ways: forming charitable societies, becoming nurses, or even marching off to war as vivandi res, unofficial attach s to the

Sekret Machines: Man: Sekret Machines Gods, Man, and War Volume 2 (Delonge Tom)(Pevná vazba)

The stunning continuation of an intensive study of UFO phenomena in which the hard science, technology, and the human mind are explored as they relate to our world and the encounters that people are still having today... In Sekret Machines: Gods, the cultural, historical, and religious aspects of

Spanish-American War: A Captivating Guide to the War Between the United States of America and Spain along with The Philippine-American War t (History Captivating)(Paperback)

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Spanish-American War, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Spanish-American War: A Captivating Guide to the Armed Conflict Between the United States of America and Spain That Took Place after the U.S. Intervened in

The Lenin Plot: The Unknown Story of America's War Against Russia (Carr Barnes)(Pevná vazba)

The surprising story of perhaps the darkest episode in American espionage history: the 'midnight war' to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. It remains the most audacious spy plot in American history--a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup

Poland's Struggle: Before, During and After the Second World War (Rawson Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Poland was re-created as an independent nation at the end of the First World War, but it soon faced problems as Nazi Germany set about expanding its control on Europe. The Wehrmacht's attack on 1 September 1939 was followed by a Red Army invasion two weeks later.The people of Poland were then