Military institutions

General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross) to Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever.

Foremost military historian Richard Holmes offers us a compelling and at times terrifying account of what it means to be a contemporary soldier.

›Indianer‹ – ein Begriff, der Romantik, Abenteuer und Freiheit beschwört.

A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Science & Technology Book Prize ';The most entertaining writer in science' The Times, Books of the Year War.

From the author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, this is the gripping story of how a select group of scientists, under the watchful eye of the CIA, sought to harness the power of the mind as tools of espionage and warfare.

Das populäre Bild der Wehrmacht ist auch 70 Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs positiv besetzt.

›Die Erfindung des westlichen Weltbildes‹ ist eine fesselnde Reise durch die Geschichte und Entwicklung des westlichen Denkens.

Postureo y píxeles para develar el presente: narrativas de los parques arqueológicos en la red relaciona los parques arqueológicos en Colombia y el mundo digital, explorando las publicaciones generadas, consumidas y compartidas en redes sociales.

Die Erfindung der Atombombe markiert einen Wendepunkt in der Geschichte der Menschheit.

Why would a god-fearing Swiss citizen go against the laws of his own country to fight for Ukraine?

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

The next book in the successful Style Me Vintage series is designed to inspire re-enactors and all those vintage aficionados who admire the classic looks of the 1940s.

Der vorliegende Band beschäftigt sich mit der militärischen Seite der Geopolitik des Westens und der Hegemonie der USA nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion.

Devlet ist keine wehleidige Kritik an vergangenen und zeitgenössischen politischen Systemen, sondern ein konstruktiver und bahnbrechender Ansatz, um Politik und Gesellschaft neu zu überdenken.

Created in 1961 as a result of the amalgamation of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the Seaforth Highlanders, the Queen's Own Highlanders embody the history and traditions of some of Scotland's oldest Highland regiments.

Este trabajo se afinca en esa indeterminada no man´s land entre lo historiográfico y lo sociológico.

From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, Squaddie takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures.

1977 und 1980 erscheint ein Katalog mit Kunstkunstobjekten aus dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten.

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Las naciones occidentales –encabezadas por Estados Unidos– disfrutan en la actualidad de una considerable ventaja en casi todos los enfrentamientos militares.

En todo proceso de democratización política iniciado a partir de la crisis y caída de un régimen autoritario, el análisis de las relaciones civil-militares y, en su contexto, el estudio de la cuestión del gobierno civil sobre las Fuerzas Armadas constituye una temática central.

Larga y compleja es la historia del uniforme militar, cuyos vínculos con la sociedad, el poder, el arte, la moda o la guerra, ejercen una misteriosa atracción sobre la vida de los hombres.

Este texto presenta al lector un análisis inédito de la dimensión iusfundamental de la prohibición constitucional de deliberar que recae sobre los miembros de la Fuerza Pública en Colombia, dimensión inexplorada y desatendida por las ramas del poder público, por las organizaciones civiles y por el pensamiento académico y político de la sociedad en su conjunto.

La pregunta que se formula en el título de este libro invita a reflexionar acerca del fracaso moral de los militares en el contexto contemporáneo, donde el uso de la fuerza es particularmente sensible por cuenta de las múltiples misiones que los ejércitos conducen, distintas a las operaciones propias de la guerra como históricamente la conocemos.

El 12 de mayo de 1951 cerca de un millar de hombres desfilaron en la Plaza de Bolivar de Bogota, prestos a dirigirse a la mayor aventura de sus vidas.

From the bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario.

"Tanto los psicólogos como los historiadores han demostrado que el recuerdo de acontecimientos pasados no es estable, sino cambiante, y está sujeto a la influencia de las circunstancias actuales y los proyectos futuros de los individuos o los grupos sociales.

This manual provides detailed explanation of manufacturing munitions from seemingly innocuous locally available materials.

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Drei Schwestern Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Seit elf Jahren leben Irina, Mascha, Olga Prosorow und ihr Bruder Andrej in der Provinzstadt / Gouvernementsstadt fern von Moskau, woher sie stammen und wohin sie wieder zurück möchten.

Der Band bietet erstmals eine fundierte Geschichte der Gefallenengräber und des Kriegstotengedenkens in Deutschland.

Wolfgang Knapp und Lisa Glauer stellen in vorliegendem Band das Konzept eines Gedenkortes auf dem Gelände der Charité vor, der von der interdisziplinären Arbeitsgruppe GeDenkOrt.

Soldier Magazine's Book of the MonthFascinating.

With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L gion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.

Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict.

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Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity.

McCrae's Own was the 'Heart of Midlothian Battalion' mentioned all too briefly in Martin Middlebrook's classic book The First Day on the Somme.

Before his death at the age of 110 in May 2011, Claude Choules was the last man alive who had served in both world wars.

Warrior is the powerful true story of a British soldier's heroism during the Iraq War that reveals how he was ruthlessly sacrificed by the Establishment.

The Black Watch was formed at Aberfeldy in Perthshire in the early eighteenth century as an independent security force, or 'watch', to guard the approaches to the lawless areas of the Scottish Highlands.

The Gordons recruited from the north-east of Scotland and the regiment's character was moulded by men from the farming counties of Aberdeenshire, Moray and Nairn.

In May 1968, as part of cutbacks to the British Army, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was disbanded at a moving ceremony held at the same spot in Douglas in Lanarkshire at which it had been raised in 1689.

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is one of the best-known regiments in the British Army.

The Royal Scots are Scotland's oldest infantry regiment, with a tradition that stretches back to 1633.

In Amongst the Marines, Steven Preece vividly depicted his excessive, violent lifestyle as an elite Royal Marine Commando.

Steven Preece was a Royal Marine Commando from 1983 to 1990, serving first at entry-level and then as a lance-corporal.