On 7th March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport with an aeroplane full of heavy weaponry and guns for hire.
Full of David Wragg's unique blend of humour, heart, and high stakes, The Company of the Wolf is the epic next instalment in the Tales of the Plains trilogy.
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Telegraph Best Book of the Year'An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era' ANNE APPLEBAUM'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTONTHE TIMES: A BEST BOOK OF 2024 - NEXT YEAR'S TOP READSGUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024INDEPENDENT: A BOOK OF THE MONTHWritten with unprecedented access, this is the first inside, intimate account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Zelensky and his team.
El 21 de septiembre de 1976, una autobomba en la capital de Estados Unidos asesinó al excanciller de Salvador Allende, Orlando Letelier, y a su colaboradora, la estadounidense Ronni Moffitt.
En un mundo donde los conflictos bélicos son una noticia cotidiana que genera tensión e incertidumbre, aparejado con el debilitamiento que sufre el pensamiento práctico para distinguir entre una guerra y otros eventos, tales como los delitos internacionales, esta obra desentraña los casos en los que un estado u otro sujeto de derecho internacional público puede declarar una "guerra justa" a otro, a la luz de las reflexiones y los escritos del fraile dominico Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546), considerado por algunos como el padre del derecho internacional.
El detective Nelson Jofré investigó durante treinta años los asesinatos cometidos por la Dina Exterior y la brigada Mulchén, y enfrentó la tenaz operación de encubrimiento desplegada por el Ejército en plena transición a la democracia.
An account of two lives during the war in Ukraine: one Ukrainian, one Russian, by the internationally bestselling author of Heimat Diaries of War is a magnificent feat of witness' Alison Bechdel 'Nora Krug's narrative can emotionally drain the reader, but the reader is unlikely to ever forget this book' Andrey Kurkov Immediately following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nora Krug connected with two anonymous subjects - 'K.
Über eine politisch höchst heterogene Lobbyvereinigung, die sich mit Erfolg für die Strafbefreiung verurteilter deutscher NS-Täter eingesetzt hatVor dem 1945 von den Alliierten ins Leben gerufenen Internationalen Militärtribunal in Nürnberg musste sich erstmals in der Geschichte eine Staatsführung für einen von ihr begonnenen Krieg und von ihr begangene Verbrechen verantworten.
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.
El Comando Conjunto fue un organismo represivo de la dictadura chilena del que nada se sabía hasta que uno de sus agentes –Andrés Valenzuela Morales, alias Papudo– desertó y, arriesgando la vida, entregó su testimonio.
READ FORMER BRITISH ARMY SOLDIER SHAUN PINNER S EXTRADORDINARY FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINEFor fans of Bravo Two Zero, Touching the Void, and No Way Out A hell of a story Sgt Dan Mills, Sniper One A remarkable book Andrew Marr---- Live.
In this highly anticipated follow-up to The Rifle, Andrew Biggio brings to light more untold stories from the quickly vanishing ranks of the veterans of World War II.
THE COMPELLING ACCOUNT FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINEFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE PETERSON LITERARY PRIZEA revelatory eyewitness account of Russia s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
Unbreakable Bonds tells ten touching stories of mothers who spent years aiding the recovery of their children, US soldiers and Marines who suffered severe injuries during the War on Terror.
'In Detective Eddie Giral, Chris Lloyd has created a flawed hero not just for occupied Paris, but for our own times, too' KATHERINE STANSFIELDParis, 1940.
Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "e;forever war"e;-a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and local feuds over power and identity.
How Jewish responses during the Holocaust shed new light on the dynamics of genocide and political violenceFocusing on the choices and actions of Jews during the Holocaust, Ordinary Jews examines the different patterns of behavior of civilians targeted by mass violence.
A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversaryStarting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century.
New perspectives on the history of famine-and the possibility of a famine-free worldFamines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming.
'Fighting like a girl says I can be powerful in ways that are natural to me; I have access to power too - it may not look the same as your power, but it's there and I can claim it.
From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, this is Kathleen's story, one of three true accounts from the book The Girls Who Went to War.
