Resultados para "Inside" en Militar

A deadlier sequel to 9/11—and the race inside the CIA, FBI, and pentagon to stop it In 2003, United States intelligence uncovered evidence that al Qaeda had acquired nuclear materials, plotting to smuggle them into American ports. The "Second Wave" threat triggered one of the most urgent and...

Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz. His mother and sisters disappeared on arrival, and he learned, at first with disbelief, that they had almost certainly been gassed. Given the chance to earn a little extra bread, he agreed to become a 'Sonderkommando', without realizing what this entailed. 

A foolproof guide both to lying and to detecting deception,Lying and Lie Detection: A CIA Insider's Guide will teach you how the pros can tell if and when somebody is lying. People lie all the time. Studies show that the average American lies between six and twenty times a day. Most lies are of...

The German Spy in America gives a firsthand documentation of German espionage and sabotage in the U.S. in the lead-up to World War I. Published in 1917 just before the U.S. entered World War I (with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt), it details German attempts at sabotage and infiltration in the first two and a half years of World War I, including attempts to provoke Mexico to war against the United States, provisions for the invasion of Canada, and the sinking of the liner Lusitania in 1915, which cost the lives of 113 American citizens and shifted U.S. opinion decisively against Germany.

Delta Force—the US Army’s most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won’t hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into the action to reveal the never-before-told story of First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D (Delta Force).

On the morning of April 9, 1940, German forces occupied Denmark and invaded Norway, leaving Sweden as the only neutral country in Scandinavia. It was to this country, surrounded by Axis forces, that Captain H. M. Denham was posted as Naval Attaché, arriving after evading capture by the Nazi Wehrmacht in the summer. Over the course of the next five years Captain Denham used his position to covertly provide valuable intelligence to the British military. In Inside the Nazi Ring, Denham gives vivid accounts of his meetings with numerous important political and military figures.

Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active directors of Central Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with three former D.C.I.s, Inside the C.I.A. is the first in-depth, unbiased account of the Agency's core operations, its abject failures, and its resounding successes.

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 was condemned by the United Nations and led to a military coalition of more than thirty countries, spearheaded by the United States and United Kingdom. Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division—better known as "Bandit"—was one of nearly two hundred American armor and infantry companies that were called to fight.

Some wars are fought openly, with armies, flags, and formal declarations. Others unfold in silence, shaped by budgets hidden behind code names, weapons that appear without fingerprints, and decisions made with the understanding that no one will ever publicly admit responsibility. Operation Cyclone was one of the largest and most consequential wars of that second kind.

"A tale of violence and political intrigue that reads like a Tom Clancy novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky." —The Wall Street Journal "Riveting . . . It's a vital window onto the weird world of secretive, privatized modern warfare." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) An eye-opening...

In 1909, a thin, pale young man stood on a street corner in Vienna selling painted postcards to tourists. He couldn't hold down a job. He couldn't maintain a friendship. He was sleeping in a homeless shelter and arguing with drifters about politics nobody cared about. Thirty years later, he controlled most of Europe. Sixty million people would die because of his decisions. How does that happen? This isn't another book about the war. It's not about the battles or the tanks or the maps with arrows on them. You can get that anywhere. This is an audiobook about the mind of a madman.

Deep in the shadowed jungles of the Amazon and the chaotic streets of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, Brazil’s elite warriors fight a war that most of the world never sees. Warriors of the Amazon takes listeners behind the camouflage and into the heart of one of the most complex and formidable special operations communities on Earth — a world forged in heat, secrecy, and sacrifice.

Operation Rolling Thunder was meant to be controlled. It was designed as a measured use of air power, a campaign that could pressure North Vietnam without triggering a wider war and without requiring the United States to commit to an all-consuming ground conflict. On paper, it looked like a modern solution to a Cold War problem: apply force from the air, send a message, disrupt supply, and persuade an opponent to change course.

It has become clear JP, a soldier currently serving within the US Army, is part of a covert disclosure initiative to expose the public to the diverse projects involving “non-human intelligence” and exotic technologies that are known to the US military. However, in true military fashion this is being done in a way that maintains plausible deniability. As you will discover in Volume 2, almost all of JP’s missions involve “non-human intelligence” based on Earth in underwater or underground locations.

The ultimate untold story of Russia’s spetsnaz: the elite secret warriors who execute the Kremlin’s most dangerous missions, from Cold War battlegrounds to the streets of Ukraine.

In the first light of dawn, as the Abu Dhabi desert shimmers in gold, a column of armored vehicles cuts through the sand with precision and purpose. Their movement is silent but deliberate—a reflection of the men and women who command them. They are members of the United Arab Emirates’ most elite military unit: the Presidential Guard Command (PGC). Part ceremonial honor guard, part modern special operations brigade, the PGC represents the fusion of tradition and technology, heritage and innovation—the embodiment of the UAE’s rise as a regional and global power.

Hidden in the world’s most dangerous places, where diplomacy ends and precision begins, work the men and women of the United States Special Operations Command—USSOCOM. They are known simply as the quiet professionals. Their missions rarely make headlines, yet their influence shapes global security every single day.

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday takes listeners deep into the SEALs’ world, peeling back layers of myth to reveal the history, ethos, and lived reality of these elite warriors. Beginning with their roots in World War II “frogmen” and Underwater Demolition Teams, the book traces how the SEALs evolved into the world’s premier maritime commandos. From clearing beaches on D-Day to executing covert missions in the jungles of Vietnam, their lineage is built on adaptability, innovation, and extraordinary courage.

A century later, the Western Front still speaks—through sodden earth, shattered timber, and the letters of ordinary men who endured the unendurable. Mud, Blood, and Silence is a visceral, human-scale portrait of trench life in the First World War, told not through grand strategy or shifting front lines, but through the cramped inches where millions lived, fought, and waited. It is the story of mud that swallowed boots and hope, blood that seeped into the chalky soil of France and Belgium, and the terrible, watchful silence between bombardments when every heartbeat felt like a countdown.

Far from the spotlight, in some of the most dangerous corners of the world, a quiet breed of Airmen carries out missions that often mean the difference between life and death. They are not flying fighters or bombers. Instead, they are on the ground, in the dirt, bridging the gap between airpower and combat troops. They belong to the 24th Special Operations Wing, the U.S. Air Force’s most elite ground force. Wings of the Silent Warriors reveals their world for the first time in full, offering listeners an inside look at the history, roles, and missions of these extraordinary operators.