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Go to page: 1 MilitaryAn Instinct for War: Scenes from the Battlefields of History![]() "With An Instinct for War Roger Spiller takes his place alongside John Keegan and Paul Fussell, those who are able to penetrate the armor of war itself and get at its horrible, vivifying, excruciating heart. The truths that accumulate here in this book are like the layers of a pearl, born in friction, imperceptibly accrued at first, but ultimately exquisitely valuable." Fighting the Great War: A Global History![]() Despair at Gallipoli. Victory at Vimy Ridge. A European generation lost, an American spirit found. The First World War, the deadly herald of a new era, continues to captivate readers. In this lively book, Michael Neiberg offers a concise history based on the latest research and insights into the soldiers, commanders, battles and legacies of the Great War. The Bomb: a Life![]() "Gerard DeGroot...has produced a timely account of mankind's most awful invention, wryly wrapped as a biography...This is a clever cocktail of reportage, analysis and anecdote, from the physics of the bomb's conception to the B-movies it inspred." The Iraq War: A Military History![]() "The authors clearly had access to major military decision-makers and after-action reports. But as seasoned military historians, they go far beyond mere reportage, offering concise judgments about both the planning and the conduct of the campaign...More detailed analyses of the war will follow this book. By all means, read them. But the insights and judgments of Williamson murray and Robert Scales make The Iraq War a book that will stand the test of time." Overconfidence and War: The Havoc and Glory of Positive Illusions![]() "Dominic Johnson shows that international conflicts need not escalate into long, costly wars‹if decision-makers rely on well-vetted information and avoid wishful thinking. He provides a lucid, convincing analysis of the disastrous consequences when normal confidence gives way to arrogance, causing leaders to believe their own propaganda, assume superiority, and deny facts." Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945![]() "Deadly Cultures provides an indispensable history of biological weapons and warfare since the end of World War II. Written by internationally prominent experts, it contains invaluable information and insights." Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace![]() In this widely acclaimed work, now revised and expanded, Edward Luttwak unveils the peculiar logic of strategy level by level, from grand strategy down to combat tactics. Having participated in its planning, Luttwak examines the role of air power in the 1991 Gulf War, then detects the emergence of "post-heroic" war in Kosovo in 1999‹an American war in which not a single American soldier was killed. A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century![]() "Has the American counseling industry actually amplified the difficulties of the Vietnam veterans?...By pulling more and more terrified men away from the front during the first world war, did the army only confirm to them the seriousness and irrevocable nature of their hysterical conversion syndromes? These and many others are the questions that are unflinchingly addressed in this disturbing and original book."‹The Economist | |||
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