2000-talets historia: från 2000

Tinged with pathos this book is an irreverent and witty account of the life of a British Army Staff Officer serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan . Despite the humour there is also an inescapable theme of tragedy, pity and disillusionment. In wr...

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West Swindon is a series of linked suburban centres planned and built from the 1980s to the west of the Wiltshire former railway town. But its story stretches back much further than most people realise. Way before the St. John family hunted on wha...

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A timely, provocative expose of America's political and business leadership's deep ties to China: a network of people who believe they are doing the right thing - at a profound and often hidden cost to American and Western interests. The past few ...

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Ahmad Shawkat was an Iraqi Kurd who edited his own radical magazineBilattijahduring the last years of Saddam Husseins rule and wrote enthusiastically about Iraqs future as a state free from tyranny, secular and religious, for which he was imprison...

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China's anti-ship ballistic missiles have been both mythologized and derided. Carrier Killer pulls apart the extremes to examine what these weapons can do, their historical and strategic origins, and how they affect the balance of power between th...

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The incredible story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the US evacuation of Afghanistan and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a daring escape. When the US began its withdrawal from Afgh...

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A fast-paced account of Americas plunge into simultaneous cold wars against two very different adversaries Xi Jinpings China and Valdimir Putins Russia. New Cold Wars the latest from Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and bestselling author of The P...

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On renowned night-club performer and Allied spy Joséphine Baker's movements during the Second World War, told through essays, archival material, and photography. In this unique study, architect and theorist Ines Weizman presents a speculative arch...

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Prof. Dr Maan Khalil Al-Omar has a keen eye on middle eastern politics. The author is a highly renowned sociologist in his own right and is widely known for his theory "Towards an Arab Sociology", which aims at explaining the sociological issues o...

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Prof. Dr Maan Khalil Al-Omar has a keen eye on middle eastern politics. The author is a highly renowned sociologist in his own right and is widely known for his theory "Towards an Arab Sociology", which aims at explaining the sociological issues o...

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It was Charles II who, after the Restoration, in the abuse of Royal prerogative, first altered the established pattern of the Constitution by using stealth to insinuate the beginnings of a political dictatorship in England. This attempt changed th...

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Will her bravery protect the ones she loves? Elena Petrakis adores living on the Greek island of Zakynthos. When World War Two looms her way of life is threatened. Left with no choice she joins the island's resistance to fight for what she believe...

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'Britain Betrayed' is the third book in the trilogy by Sue Wood about the shortcomings and inadequacies of this Conservative government. Written as a diary she has recounted day by day and sometimes hour by hour, the negligence and corruption and ...

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The Resurrection of The Crazed by Paul WainwrightJoin the author as he journeys back to those mutant rockin', venue wreckin', snakebite sodden days of the Psychobilly/neo-Rockabilly scene of the 80's. His fanzine 'The Crazed' was right there, repo...

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He is 100% "anti woke, anti snowflake and 100% anti f***ing politically correct" as he puts it ("Hell, if you can't poke fun at yourself and then poke fun at the shit people that blight society, there's no point in having fun at all...

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In the past two decades, as the tsunami of globalism followed Marxism's collapse, and the seemingly ubiquitous and transparent principle of 'the market' came to forge a direct link between worldwide economic activity and individual ...

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Conducting Counterinsurgency uses the personal experiences of officers and soldiers from RTF4 - described in their own words - to illustrate the principles of counterinsurgency operations. The book provides a vivid and personal snapshot of the wor...

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One man and his four-legged friends go to war in Afghanistan; a ten-year battle against enemies seen and unseen In Afghanistan, sometimes all that stands between coalition troops and death or serious injury is a dog. Highly trained dogs and their ...

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Winner: Post Book Award, Best First Book, Non-fiction. On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, a massive explosion rocked the underground Pike River coal mine, deep in a mountain range in New Zealand's South Island. More than an hour and a half lat...

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Will the nations of Southeast Asia maintain their strategic autonomy, or are they destined to become a subservient periphery of China? This books expert authors address this pressing question in multiple contexts. What clues to the future lie in t...

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In this razor-sharp analysis, TomDispatch.com commentator Michael Schwartz shows how the US occupation is fuelling civil war in Iraq and beyond. He punctures all the myths used to sell the idea of an endless war in this incisive and hard-hitting a...

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In New Dawn, Richard Lowry presents not just a brilliant account of the battle for Fallujah, but also a useful overview of the history, economics, and culture of the region. - Newt Gingrich, best selling author and former Speaker of the House of R...

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Are you a former soldier, sailor, or airman who left the service without getting the most out of your potential? Are you a leader in the civilian sector who knows you have more to give back to the country you love so much? If so, you should consid...

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In 1940, Abilene, Texas was just an overgrown country town of some 25,000 souls. World War II wrought a permanent change through the advent of a major army training camp housing 60,000 troops. Though the base closed at the end of the war, the city...

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Friendship with the Judge came at a pivotal time in Doc's life; he quickly became the closest, truest, most generous brother Doc ever knew. They were a chemical reaction when they came together with a thought, an idea or a plan to pull off another...

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Often risky, sometimes dangerous, Suzanne Griffin's work in Afghanistan has been sustained by love. In 1968, she went to Afghanistan a neophyte. Romantic love had led her there as a newlywed, the wife of a Peace Corps Officer. Love for the Afghan ...

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