Krig & försvar

Carl Bildt är Sveriges internationellt mest kända nu levande statsman. Han har varit statsminister, utrikesminister och haft flera EU- och FN-uppdrag. I "Mina krig" skriver han avslöjande, initierat och personligt om sina möten och förhandlingar f...

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"Mer stake i fredsfittor än i alla stridspittar... men trots den något utmanande titeln är det en lågmäld och personlig berättelse." Aftonbladet Natten till den 24 februari 2022 invaderar ryska trupper Ukraina och kriget många fasat för blir verkl...

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"Det räcker med att läsa första kapitlet "Epicentrum" så är du fast." Aftonbladet I augusti 2021 faller Kabul i talibanernas händer. Den svenska ambassaden evakueras hastigt under dramatiska omständigheter. Kvar lämnas alla lokalanställda afghaner...

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Blitzed by Norman Ohler, read by Jonathan Keeble. The sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives. 'Burstin...

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Den sanna historien om den ende överlevande från Operation Redwing - en av de mest legendariska insatserna i Navy SEALs historia. I juni 2005 lämnar fyra medlemmar i det amerikanska militärförbandet Navy SEAL sin bas i Afghanistan och beger sig mo...

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Upp till 1 500 brittiska soldater var krigsfångar i Auschwitz. Arthur Dodd var en av dem. 1942 blev den unga brittiska soldaten Arthur Dodd tillfångatagen av den tyska armén och förd till arbetslägret i Auschwitz. Där tvingades han att genomlida h...

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I början av 1960-talet älskade osårbara tjugoåringar att spaka Tunnan och Lansen i ständiga, krigsliknande övningar med otyglade lågflygningar. De övade invasionsförsvar med en outtalad hotbild från öst medan Sverige hävdade sin neutralitet under ...

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Under 2500 år har detta ansetts som den bästa boken om ledarskap. Från början var den avsedd som lärobok i krigsfilosofi men idag anses den som en oöverträffad text om ledarskap och problemlösning. Vad du än sysselsätter dig med kan denna gamla bo...

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In a memoir of staggering power and candour, award-winning journalist Fergal Keane addresses his experience of wars of different kinds, some very public and others acutely personal.During his years of reporting from the world''s most savage and tu...

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Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war.Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been...

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Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders.In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand...

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Climb back inside the cockpit of the world's deadliest helicopter and learn how one mission helped change the course of the Afghan conflict and rewrite the rules of combat.May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of Apache ...

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From the author of ?Wartime? and ?The Thirties?comes an outstanding history of the most prolonged and devastating attack ever endured by Britain''s civilian population ? the Blitz.September 1940 marked the beginning of Nazi Germany''s sustained at...

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The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921. It is now the country?s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependants. The RBL...

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Target Tirpitz is gripping WW2 storytelling at its best and a return to the RAF territory of Patrick Bishop?s bestselling Bomber Boys and Fighter Boys.The Tirpitz, Hitler?s greatest weapon, was reputed to be unsinkable and the battleship inflamed ...

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An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America?s most revered authors of the 20th Century.Two teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia. Al is obsessed with lifting weights, looking good and chasing girls. Bir...

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.'War, what is it good for?' THE VIETNAM WAR: HISTORY IN AN HOUR gives a gripping account of the most important Cold War-era conflict, fought between the United States and the Viet Cong, the Vie...

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Two sisters. Two special agents. One War.Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice is the incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, two sisters who risked everything to fight for our freedom during the Second World War.The...

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From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of Bomber Command?s 1944 Nuremberg Raid ? the RAF?s bloodiest night of the Second World WarMore men from Royal Air Force Bomber Command die...

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.During the year 1066, England had three different kings and fought three huge battles in defence of the realm, including the bloody Battle of Hastings. The result was the Norman Conquest which ...

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history and it inflicted some of the worst civilian casualties of World War Two. When Hitler declared his intention to obliterate the key...

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In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence ? the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory.A ...

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The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERIn 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louise Zam...

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'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of StalingradA 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 Z...

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The first major book on ISIS to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014.Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source int...

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From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home.Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and ...

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Spies, bed-hopping, treachery and executions - this story of espionage in wartime Bordeaux is told for the first time.Game of Spies uncovers a lethal spy triangle at work during the Second World War. The story centres on three men - on British, on...

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A book for anyone interested to know more about how the world really works by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow.'This is one of the most important books of our time.' Walter Isaacson'A masterpiece' Dan Simpson, Post-Gazette THE NEW YO...

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What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed th...

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NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNo one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life?s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he?s learned ...

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