Títulos en Ejército y guerra

Veteran police detective and bestselling author, David A. Yuzuk, brings you this gripping collection of spectacular battle stories and trial-by-fire lessons of honor and duty from WWII to Iraq, all in one action-packed volume.

No puede perderse la biografía del hombre que dio vida al célebre mito de Drácula. Nacido en el siglo XV, este Príncipe de Valaquia fue conocido por su carácter incendiario, valeroso, sanguinario, pero justo hasta la crueldad, que fue impulsor de un brutal método de tortura, el empalamiento, que asesinó entre 40,000 o 100,000 hombres de su época.

Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit a mercenary navy and suppress the Soviet- and Chinese-backed rebels engaged in guerilla movements against a pro-Western government. He knew the United States must preserve deniability, so he would be abandoned in any life-threatening situation; he did not know that Che Guevara was attempting to export his revolution a few miles away. Cold War Navy SEAL gives unprecedented insight into a clandestine chapter in US history through the experiences of Hawes, a distinguished Navy frogman and later a CIA contractor. His journey began as an officer in the newly-formed SEAL Team 2, where Hawes commanded boats in the CIA's series of covert, hit-and-run raids into North Vietnam. Those raids directly instigated the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.

In der Ukraine toben die schwersten Kämpfe auf europäischem Boden seit 1945, in Israel ist ein Ende der Gewalt nicht abzusehen. Beide Kriege drohen sich zu größeren internationalen Konflikten auszuweiten. Die alte Weltordnung ist offensichtlich an ein Ende gekommen.

Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

The Third Reich's Luftwaffe began World War II with significant advantages over other European air forces, playing a critical role in the German war machine's swift, powerful advance. By war's end, however, the Luftwaffe had been decimated by combat losses and crippled by poor decisions at the highest levels of military decision-making, and it proved unable to challenge Allied air superiority despite a last-minute upsurge in German aircraft production.

Nel dicembre 1943, Vincenzo Colombo risponde alla chiamata alle armi per evitare rappresaglie contro la sua famiglia. Un'educazione fascista, un padre in Cina, i timori postbellici, qualche amore giovanile e poi l'incontro con la futura moglie sono gli ingredienti di una vita normale, tenacemente vissuta dalla parte sbagliata.

Sport has always been part of our wars – from the famous cricket match played at Gallipoli as a decoy for the evacuation of Australian troops, to the hero of Tobruk, Changi and the Burma– Thailand railway, Colonel Sir Ernest Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop AC, who so respected his hard-won Wallabies jersey that he insisted on being buried in it, and to legendary Test cricketer Keith Miller, fighter pilot in World War II, who famously said, ‘Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not'.

Noble franco y último Gran Maestre de la Orden del Temple o los Templarios, fue injustamente arrestado en 1307 por orden del Papa Clemente V, Beltrán de Goth y el rey de Francia Felipe IV "El Hermoso" bajo la acusación de sacrilegio contra la Santa Cruz, simonía, herejía e idolatría.

Hannibal Barca is famous for marching an eclectic mix of troops across the Alps and into the Roman heartland during the Second Punic War. But how much do we know about the world Hannibal was born into and came of age in? In Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome, get to know one of history’s most impressive generals from the political and military conflicts that defined his adolescence to the battles that made him famous. These 15 lectures will paint a portrait of not only Hannibal, but also his enemies and allies.

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.

"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history." —Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy The true...

From Green Beret to Shamanism: One Man’s Journey to Heal is a raw and transformative memoir about war, trauma, and the search for wholeness. Matthew Butler, a retired U.S. Army Green Beret, carried invisible wounds long after combat ended. Haunted by PTSD, loss, and the weight of violence, he found himself on the brink of collapse. But where conventional paths offered little relief, ancient ones called out. Drawn into the world of shamanism, plant medicine, and holistic healing, Butler embarked on a journey that demanded the same courage and discipline he once carried into battle.

In An Officer and Her Gentleman, Mandy Hickson, one of the RAF’s first female fast jet pilots, and her husband Craig Hickson, a Royal Navy helicopter pilot and commercial airline captain, share their powerful story of courage, resilience, and love, both in the air and in life. From combat missions over Iraq to navigating fear, failure, and family, their story reveals what it takes to thrive under pressure. But it’s not just about flying — it’s about overcoming obstacles, embracing difference, and redefining success.

In Balloon Ace: The Life of an Early Airpower Visionary, historian Charles Dusch reconstructs Louis Bennett Jr.'s lost legacy. Advocating for a national aviation reserve years before the writings of "Billy" Mitchell, Bennett created a state aerial militia in 1917, complete with supporting airbases and an airplane factory. When the US Army refused to accept his unit, a frustrated Bennett joined the Royal Air Force to fight on the Western Front, destroying nine German balloons and three aircraft in a matter of days before he himself was shot down.

Delivery Man: The Enemy-Alien Nisei Translator Who Saved His Battalion is the suspenseful, tragic, and true story of a combat translator in a pioneering American special operations force, sent into the heart of a forgotten jungle war in which he fought soldiers of his own ancestry and put his life on the line to save hundreds of his brothers.

Lieutenant Commander Jerry Pait's semi-autobiographical collection of sixty stories recounts his thirty years in and around the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Ranging from light-hearted to wrenching, all are poignant inside looks at naval operations rarely seen by outsiders. Topics include the real story behind the shuttle Challenger tragedy, risking his own life underwater, discovering a Soviet spy living across the street, surviving when a DELTA Rocket engine ignites, critical missions, and the everyday lives of men and women of the fleet.

This book is about my journey and transformation from a civilian to becoming a Marine. Everyone who joins the Marine Corps goes through the exact same training. Whether your journey takes you by way of Parris Island or MCRD San Diego, your first encounter once off the bus has you standing on those Yellow Footprints. That first experience standing on The Yellow Footprints changes your life forever and sets the stage for showing up.

Tripoli (Libye), mi-février 2011. L'auteur, officier traitant (OT) et chef du poste Tripoli raconte son expérience libyenne débutée sous le régime du colonel Kadhafi. Après avoir évoqué son évacuation, il nous relate son retour sur le terrain suite aux frappes de l'aviation française en mars 2011. L'auteur met à profit cette expérience inédite pour illustrer la place et le rôle de la DGSE dans la politique extérieure de la France.

“Masterly. . . . Roberts’s portrait of the relationship between the four men who made Allied strategy through the war years is a triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis."" —Max Hastings, The New York Review of Books An epic joint biography, Masters and...