From the playing fields of Eton via the horrors of the Western Front to the pinnacle of political power in 20th-century Britain - a brilliant collective biography of Harold Macmillan, Lord Salisbury, Oliver Lyttleton and Harry Crookshank.
This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles & missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost.
A straightforward, step-by-step approach for fast and fun mastery of ASVAB ASVAB DeMYSTiFieD takes the mystery out of studying for the ASVAB by walking you step-by-step through the fundamentals of the subject.
This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry.
An Army marches on its stomach, observed Napoleon, a hundred and fifty years later General Rommel remarked that the British should always be attacked before soldiers had had an early morning cup of tea.
An Army marches on its stomach, observed Napoleon, a hundred and fifty years later General Rommel remarked that the British should always be attacked before soldiers had had an early morning cup of tea.
Winner of FIVE AWARDS in 20241Silver Award, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), 2025, Military/Wartime Fiction2Honorable Mention, Forward Indies 2024, War and Military Fiction3Finalist, American Fiction Awards, American Book Fest, 2024,Military Fiction4Finalist, Author of the Year 2025, International Impact Book Awards5Winner, International Impact Awards, June 2024,Contemporary FictionIn 1970, Second Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Hobbes, fresh out of college and ROTC, finds himself sent to South Korea instead of the expected Vietnam.
El libro negro del Ejército español es el alegato público de un exteniente del Ejército de Tierra para demostrar todo aquello que lleva años denunciando y que la mayoría de la sociedad ha decidido ignorar: nuestras fuerzas armadas siguen siendo las de Franco, pero estandarizadas a niveles OTAN.
Every branch of the American military provides opportunities for educational benefits and ways to attend college at either no cost or at a cost far below published tuition rates.
A high-octane account by a decorated major in the British Army of his high-level dealings with the Bosnian Serb leadership, of his running a 'Schindler's List' operation in Sarajevo, and of his extraordinary subsequent arrest by Ministry of Defence police on suspicion of betraying secrets to the Serbs.
'The art of command is to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.
The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of 'the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking'The most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings.
1976 erschien ein zweibändiges Werk mit Rembrandt Grafiken, dessen Volumen so umfangreich ist, dass auch jetzt nur exemplarisch aufgezeigt werden kann, wie stark Kunst einerseits Begehrlichkeiten weckt, zum anderen manipuliert wird und als Kommunikationsmittel für Kreise dient, die sich normalerweise mit anderen Recherchen wie zu militärischen und politischen Strategien beschäftigen.
Generalleutnant Wolf Graf von Baudissin (1907-1993) gehört zu den großen Persönlichkeiten, die die Gründung und Entwicklung der Bundeswehr geprägt haben – weit über die aktive Dienstzeit hinaus.
chers lecteurs, comme tout ce qui est créé, ce livre est soumis au principe du wabi-sabi et ne peut éclairer toutes les facettes et caractéristiques de ce vaste pan des traditions japonaises.
