To Kill Nations. American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction, Hardback - Edward Kaplan

Edward Kaplan traces the evolution of American strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from the postwar era to the height of the Cold...

Why did the French lose in 1940? Were their aircraft inferior? Were there stockpiles of unused planes? Was defeat inevitable? Greg Baughen separate...

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DescriptionA bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of The Revenge of G...

A detailed account of the development of anti-aircraft systems since 1972, revealing the battle between aircraft and ground-to-air defences around ...

The solution to inequality, environmental degradation, and other deficits of capitalism is better capitalism. The Power of Creative Destruction dra...

Explores all of Britain's key land and sea campaigns and the dynamic relation among them during the Age of Revolution and Napoleon. Reveals how two...

Contributor(s): Author: Hal BrandsLooking beyond the headlines to address the enduring grand strategic questions facing the United States todayAmer...

This book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China's rise and the...

Reducere. Why and how America's defense strategy must change in light of China's power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 Nati...

DescriptionPeter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact ...

In Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana: The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History paroled prisoners, civilian passengers, guards, crewmember...

This book explores the monumental shift in the balance of power in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War. It investigates the manner in which Ame...

A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb.

Reducere. This is the definitive biography of the legendary guitarist whom Muddy Waters and B. B. King held in high esteem and who created the prototype for ...

Opens a critical new perspective on the emergence of modern Britain and its empire and on its early effort to create a stable and peaceful internat...

Reducere. DescriptionIn early twentieth-century New York, few could have imagined a train terminal as grandiose as Pennsylvania Station. Yet, executives at t...

The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Liv...

December, 1917. Ada Hobbs has cleaned for Dr Tindall for many years, and on this frosty morning she arrives at 9am to begin the day there, while he...

Lyric and Liberalism in the Age of American Empire re-examines the work of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Amiri Baraka, John Ashbery, and Jorie G...

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Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities provides crucial insight into social entrepreneurship from visionaries in the field as well as oth...

The nineteenth century is too often invoked as moment where Britain alone exerted global dominance, without the need for European collaboration. Th...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Roberto SabaIllustration(s): 17 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map.Number of pages: 392Collection: America ...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Robert D. KaplanIllustration(s): 1 mapNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 243 x 3...

An engaging and potentially controversial critique of Fleet Air Arm operations during an immensely critical period of world history. Supplemented b...

Explores American reactions to hostile world opinion, as voiced in the United Nations by representatives of the Global South from 1970 to 1984. Sea...

Americans have been fascinated by ruins as symbols of the past and now as symbols of the future. Empire of Ruins tells the story of what ruins have...

Reducere. Since the end of the Cold War the United States and other major powers have wielded their air forces against much weaker state and non-state actors...

The book uses film theory and insights from object relations theory to examine how recent films address and reflect the state of the 'American Drea...

Reducere. DescriptionAre war clouds gathering in Asia? Will China make good on threats to invade Taiwan? What would this conflict mean for America and the wo...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gilded Age, then keep reading...From a modern perspective, it may seem that the United State...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gilded Age, then keep reading...From a modern perspective, it may seem that the United State...

Publisher: West Virginia University PressIllustration(s): 7 tables, 8 graphsNumber of pages: 336Collection: Energy and SocietyPublication date: 202...

From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memor...

Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protec...

Reducere. In this fascinating history, Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite celebrate not only chemistry's theories and breakthroughs but also the provocative tim...

In Broken Icarus, author David Hanna tracks the inspiring trajectory of aviation leading up to and through the World's Fair of 1933, as well as the...

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations re...