Military

‘Indispensable – brilliantly grounded in first-hand experience and telling detail. Compelling’ – Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge ‘Anyone interested in geopolitics should read it’ – Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc How do states actually exercise power in an age...

In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by a Marine Corps colonel haunted by the deaths of US troops and prospect of AI-enhanced rivals, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military. Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the group wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other, enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, and convinced US forces to deploy little-tested AI systems in hot wars.

From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping retelling of Hannibal's greatest trial - the battle of Cannae. Narrated by Phil Stevens, this audio-first novel features music, on-location sound effects and detailed sound design. Cannae, 216 BC - Under a blisteringly hot sun, Hannibal Barca...

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte—manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French...

Em 1948, 700 mil palestinos foram forçados a deixar seus lares depois da primeira guerra árabe-israelense. Mais de 70 anos depois, a maioria de suas casas não existe mais, mas milhões de seus descendentes ainda estão registrados como refugiados, vivendo em campos destinados a eles. Esse grupo – diferentemente de vários outros que foram deslocados no pós-Segunda Guerra e outros conflitos – permaneceu desterrado, exigindo assentar-se no Estado de Israel. Sua crença no direito ao retorno é um dos maiores obstáculos a uma diplomacia bem-sucedida e uma paz duradoura na região.

Lírico e evocatório, este audiolivro é uma das tentativas mais convincentes de estabelecer um diálogo além do muro que separa israelenses e palestinos. Em uma série de cartas, Yossi Klein Halevi se empenha para desfazer o nó ideológico e emocional que tem definido o conflito israelense-palestino por quase um século. Fazendo uso da história e da experiência pessoal como seus guias, ele desemaranha os complexos filamentos de fé, orgulho, raiva e angústia que sente como um judeu vivendo em Israel.

Al detenerse en su propia vida, Javier Lambán vuelve a su infancia y adolescencia, a su pasión por el fútbol o a los primeros chispazos de interés por la política. También escribe sobre la responsabilidad del cargo público o del papel de la enfermedad en su modo de entender la política. Sus páginas, repletas de referencias culturales, acogen el retrato de una generación, desde el tardofranquismo a la actualidad. La tierra y las gentes de Aragón son uno de sus personajes principales, un territorio sin el que no se puede entender España.

On December 15, 1985, powerful mafia don Carlos Marcello, referring to JFK's death, told a fellow Texas prison inmate, in part, that, "Yeah, I had the son of a bitch killed." This changes everything about not only the president's assassination but also reveals Marcello's complicity in the deaths...

Ice Road to Russia is a gripping, true account of the British Arctic Convoys of the Second World War, told in a clear, narrative style that brings the listener onto the freezing decks and into the tense silence between attacks. These were not routine supply runs. They were a lifeline drawn across the top of the world, carrying tanks, aircraft, trucks, fuel, food, and raw materials to the Soviet Union at the moment it was fighting for survival.

In November 1983, the Cold War reached one of its most dangerous and least remembered turning points. Able Archer 83 was not a battle, not an invasion, and not a declared crisis. It was a NATO command-post exercise, a controlled rehearsal designed to test communications, procedures, and decision-making in the event of war. Yet behind the closed doors of bunkers and command centres, it unfolded in a climate so tense, so brittle, and so saturated with fear that the Soviet Union reportedly interpreted elements of the exercise as preparation for a real nuclear first strike.

Formed in the fall of 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was popularly known as the "The Forgotten Fifteenth," as its achievements were overshadowed by more glamorous exploits of the Eighth Air Force in the air war over Germany. Nevertheless, the Fifteenth's contribution to Allied victory was crucial, and a vital part of that was the role played by the escorting fighter groups from the Fifteenth Fighter Command who protected the B-17s and B-24s from the Luftwaffe in the skies over Romania.

The Battle of Kursk was one of the most pivotal campaigns of World War II and Germany's final strategic offensive on the Eastern Front. Soviet armies had recently occupied the city of Kursk and the Germans aimed to pinch off the salient and cut off its supply chain. But Commander Erich von Manstein did not anticipate the Soviet's dramatic counter offensive, resulting in one of the bloodiest encounters of the Second World War which turned the tide against Adolf Hitler.

How did a former Austrian corporal in the Bavarian army with no obvious gift for leadership or strategy become the leader of one of the most civilized countries in Europe? This is a penetrating analysis of the personality of Adolf Hitler, perhaps the most enigmatic figure of the 20th century. Drawing on psychological studies of the time, The Evil Madness of Hitler presents fascinating insights into one of history's most murderous dictators. This book explains the tyrant that ran the Third Reich and the demons that haunted him, with remarkable revelations about his sex life.

The Battle of Waterloo was one of the most dramatic and decisive battles ever fought. It marked the bloody end of the long struggle between the new ideals of the French Revolution and the established orders that had begun in 1793, and ushered in a century of peace in Europe. For such a massively important battle, Waterloo is all too often misunderstood, probably because the combatants have concentrated on the role of their own troops.

From the trenches of World War I to the battlefields of modern Ukraine, discover the untold stories of courage that changed the face of warfare forever. Throughout history, women have answered the call to defend freedom, often in the shadows of official recognition. "Women at War" brings these extraordinary stories to light, revealing how female warriors, medics, spies, and leaders have shaped military history across more than a century of conflict.

This is the unknown story of the combat engineers who kept World War I running. Although it has been repeatedly denied by the army, they were the first Australians to land at Anzac Cove: in any combat, even today, sappers are always the first in and last out.

Though extremely different men in most ways, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Third Reich Fuhrer Adolf Hitler shared a passion for science, technology, and (sometimes impractical) "wonder weapons." In some cases, this fixation paid off handsomely, as in the case of British centrimetric radar, a compact, powerful radar type that enabled fitment to individual aircraft and contributed to the defeat of German U-boats.

In einer Zeit, in der politische Lagerbildung die Regel ist, zeigt Volker Wissing in diesem Hörbuch, wie eine erfolgreiche demokratische Debattenkultur aussehen müsste – und wie weit wir derzeit davon entfernt sind. Wissing berichtet aus den Schaltzentralen in Berlin und zeichnet ein Bild tiefer Zerwürfnisse und politischer Grabenkämpfe, aber auch von demokratischer Haltung, wenn es wirklich zählt. Denn Verantwortung zu übernehmen heißt konstruktive Politik für Menschen zu machen statt sich in Lagerkämpfen zu verlieren.

Este libro recopila el testimonio de cientos de combatientes de los cuarenta y cinco mil que formaron parte de la División Azul entre 1941 y 1943. A través de las palabras de los divisionarios, el lector va a poder conocer desde la intimidad del soldado la historia de la más singular campaña militar española del siglo XX. Una de las particularidades de la División Azul fue el alto nivel educativo de sus integrantes.

Bat-Zabbai, como realmente se la conocía, no estaba dispuesta a obedecer. Se autoproclamó emperatriz y lideró sus tropas para deshacerse del yugo que oprimía a su gente, convirtiéndose en una de las figuras más fascinantes de la historia. Sus hazañas se hicieron leyenda, inspirando poemas, óperas y obras de teatro a lo largo de generaciones.

As an 18 year-old, Bart Hagerman volunteered for military service in April, 1943. Hagerman was wounded in action and hospitalized, then returned to the States and eventually to civilian life. After graduation from college, he accepted a direct commission and was recalled briefly during the Korean conflict. He retired from the Army in 1978 as a lieutenant colonel and a master parachutist.

During World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs. At a time of homefront labor shortages, they picked fruit in Berrien County, harvested sugar beets in the Thumb, cut pulpwood in the Upper Peninsula, and maintained parks and other public spaces in...

1951. The Cold War is heating up. With Soviet troops amassing across Eastern Europe, and the arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for spilling nuclear secrets, President Harry Truman assigned General Curtis LeMay the task of installing nuclear forces in Britain. On March 22, a massive C-124...

The author, from Smith County, Mississippi, writes of his experiences fighting in WWII.

Following the end of the Civil War, Mississippians responded to broader movements in the country, to changes in the economy, and to congressional initiatives as they worked to recover from the devastation of war and pursue new expressions of freedom. Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 is a compelling account of how Black Mississippians embraced this freedom and how white Mississippians could not.