Títulos en Ejército y guerra

Décimo y último episodio de la serie documental Mujeres en pie de guerra. Maria Mikhailovna Shabrova, Klavdia Alekseevna, Uskova, Claudia Nikolaevna Shavina … mujeres relevantes para la historia soviética. Un episodio con testimonios reales y que cierra un podcast donde el valor de la mujer...

Richard V. Lowney Jr. spent his career building software that millions of people used without knowing his name. The other thing he was building, without realizing it, is what kept him alive. He grew up in one of Boston's toughest neighborhoods, the son of a factory worker and the grandson of an Irish immigrant who died on the Charlestown docks. He enlisted in the Army during Vietnam, worked with early computing systems in Cold War Germany, and came home to a country that had changed while he was gone.

This is not a war story. It is a record of responsibility. Lessons from a career. Authority Without Control is a memoir of leadership under pressure, where decisions carry weight long after the moment has passed. From rural Nebraska to Afghanistan, Brandon Burton writes about the quiet, often invisible burden of command- where restraint matters more than action, and where the hardest choices are the ones no one sees, both in war and coming home. This book is not about heroics. It is about proximity to consequence.

A chronicle of the divergent journeys of a father, who fled post-war Vietnam on a small boat to find refuge in the United States, and his American-born daughter, who ventures to Vietnam as an adult, capturing the stark contrast between their perspectives on their shared homeland, as they search for common ground and a path toward mutual healing.

The first emperor of France and one of the shrewdest military leaders of all time, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) eventually came to control much of Europe. In Simply Napoleon, authors J. David Markham and Matthew Zarzeczny tell Napoleon's story, from his birth on the island of Corsica to his eventual imprisonment and death on the island of Saint Helena. They explain how the famed military commander's unique combination of determination, intellect, and personal charisma allowed him to rise from a provincial village to become a powerful and authoritative ruler. While taking an overall positive view of Napoleon, Markham and Zarzeczny also make it a point to draw attention to his mistakes and their consequences, providing a balanced picture of this complicated figure who was both a product of his times and a man pointing the way to the future.

Napoleon Bonaparte's rise from common origins to the pinnacle of power, as well as his defeat at Waterloo, still influences our daily lives, from the map of Europe to the metric system. Here's the fascinating story of the great soldier-statesman.

The first memoir of Jose Baeza. He reflects on his life and the successes and challenges of his wartime experiences, in the U.S. Marines. With military service ended, his stories of working as a Federal Contractor and his liaison work with the CIA, and other U.S. intelligence agencies, provide a perspective that is hard to find. It's an expositional, informative, and sometimes heart-rending read. You will be glad you read this book, and more secure in your knowledge of U.S. Government operations, both public and hidden.

With his delicate phraseology and deft massaging of truth and deception, Joseph Goebbels was the mouthpiece of a monstrous regime, dishing out propaganda for Nazi Germany throughout World War II. It was his mission to entirely subsume the consciousness of the German people with the warped ideals of the Nazi Party. Through this means, he convinced everyday Germans to look the other way while some of the worst atrocities in history were committed.

‘Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read’ Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski’s portrait of Napoleon is...

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR From one of our greatest living writers, comes a remarkable memoir of a forgotten England. 'The war went. We sang in the playground, "Bikini lagoon, an atom bomb’s boom, and two big explosions." David’s father came back from Burma and didn’t eat rice...

Lerette, a private contractor employed by the notorious Blackwater in the early days of the Iraq War, pulls no punches in calling out the incompetence of both the US military and the Department of State during the collapse of Iraq. You can decide if the insertion of private contractors in Iraq assisted or detracted from the war effort and if the costs in blood and treasure were worth the carnage.

Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, is one of the best-known figures of the war. Beginning as the commander of the 505th Parachute Combat Team that spearheaded the American assault on Sicily in July 1943, Gavin advanced to division command and finally command of US forces in Berlin. He kept a wartime diary that starts in April 1943, as the unit was preparing to go to northern Africa and continues through to his final entry on September 1, 1945, during the occupation of Berlin.

A SAS soldier's journey from trainee to elite warrior fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan, only to be betrayed by his own senior leaders at home. 'I've had more than my share of close calls. Truth is, it's fucking thrilling. But the fear can hit just as hard, especially when you see mates...

"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...

Volume Five begins on an optimistic note. The French recognition of the United States on February 6, 1778, along with the promise of military assistance, renewed Washington’s confidence in eventual success. But before that day arrived in 1781, three years of hardship, privation, and suspense would intervene. Throughout this ordeal George Washington’s towering presence was the catalyst that kept everything together.

Camminare nell'ombra con la morte accanto per difendere gli altri e la legge. Questa è sempre stata la linea di condotta del Comandante Alfa, uno dei cinque "soci fondatori" del Gruppo di Intervento Speciale dei carabinieri, meglio noto come Gis. Nato nel 1978, il Gis ha ben presto mostrato sul campo una straordinaria efficienza, con missioni di cui il Comandante Alfa è stato protagonista per oltre trent'anni, per poi diventare istruttore all'apice della carriera.

The Archerfish, a diesel powered Balao-class submarine crafted in the 1940s, won a unique, heroic place in military history and the memories of her crew members. Here is her story: from her assembly in New England and her dedication by Eleanor Roosevelt's personal secretary, to her service in World War II, where she broke the back of the Japanese Navy, and her critical role in the Cold War.

La figura di Josef Mengele è una delle più inquietanti tra quelle dei protagonisti della follia nazista. Il suo nome infatti è tristemente celebre per il suo ruolo all'interno del campo di sterminio di Auschwitz, in cui Mengele lavorò per 21 mesi come medico. Per tutto quel periodo Mengele, soprannominato ben presto "l'Angelo della Morte", trasformò l'ospedale di Auschwitz in una clinica degli orrori seviziando le vittime del campo con esperimenti disumani e terrificanti, torturando bambini, nani, rom e, soprattutto, i gemelli, la vera ossessione del folle dottore nazista.

The Special Air Service - the SAS - are known to be the greatest elite fighting force in the world. This book focuses on the most famous operations undertaken by the SAS from its inception during the Second World War to the present day, describing in dramatic detail the unit's most daring and...

Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equally renowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic New Year's conversion convinced him that killing was against God's will, and yet this shy, big-boned mountaineer single-handedly dispatched two dozen Germans and captured...