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F8U CRUSADERThis richly illustrated volume explores the F8U Crusader's storied role in Cold War and Vietnam-era naval aviation, from setting speed records to earning its reputation as the "Last of the Gunfighters." With unmatched dogfighting performance and a legacy spanning over four decades, the Crusader rema... |
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Max Hastings - AbyssThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation. |
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Peacemaker'A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own' Rory Stewart'A brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age' William Dalrymple'Important reading at any time in history; essential in the world of today' Peter F... |
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Command - Lawrence FreedmanMilitary command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second World War by nuclear warfare, small-scale guerrilla land operations and cyber interference. Freedman takes a global perspective, systematically investigating its practice and politics since 1945 through a wide range of confl... |
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F8U CRUSADER (SNOWDEN ERNEST M)(Brožovaná)This richly illustrated volume explores the F8U Crusader's storied role in Cold War and Vietnam-era naval aviation, from setting speed records to earning its reputation as the "Last of the Gunfighters." With unmatched dogfighting performance and a legacy spanning over four decades, the Crusader rema... |
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Klaxon! (Brian C. Rogers,Robert S. Hopkins III)(Brožovaná)For nearly 35 years, Strategic Air Command (SAC) maintained a continuous 24-hour, 7-day alert presence with its nuclear-laden bombers, nuclear-tipped missiles, and tankers filled with jet fuel. Ready to launch with just 15 minutes warning, the SAC alert force represented the most visible portion of... |
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Red Sheet - James Ellroy'One of the great American writers of our time. LOS ANGELES TIMES Fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted, and paranoid. STEPHEN KING The American Dostoyevsky. JOYCE CAROL OATES The neo-noir eminence of L.A. crime fiction. THE NEW YORKER Fast, punchy, telegrammatic prose that deman... |
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Frostquake (Juliet Nicolson)(Brožovaná)** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'This book is a must' Peter HennessyOn Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for ten weeks.The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the recent Cuban Missile Crisis, unemployment was ... |
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On the Origins of War (Donald Kagan)(Brožovaná)By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous world wars of the 20th century and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kagan reveals new insights into the nature of war--and peace--that are vitally ... |
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Spymaster (Martin Pearce)(Brožovaná)'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief'Richard Davenport-Hines, The SpectatorThe extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield. Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (commonly known as the SIS or MI6), he was the first Chief... |
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Nuclear Age (Serhii Plokhy)(Pevná)'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy’s authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book'From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclea... |
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Spymaster - Martin PearceThe Spectator Sir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer's son from a provincial grammar school who found himself accidentally plunged into the world of espionage, Sir Maurice was the first Chief of MI6 who didn't come to the role via the tradition... |
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Game Theory and PoliticsCONTENTS Preface to the Dover Edition Preface Introductory Note List of Tables List of Figures 1. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS GAMES 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Two-Person Zero-Sum Games with Saddle points 1.3. Information in Games 1.4. Two-Person Zero-Sum Games without Saddle points 1.5. Pure and Mixed Strat... |
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Nuclear Age'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy’s authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book'From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclea... |
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Icon, Libertine, LeaderThis new biography of JFK offers a comprehensive analysis of the man, the leader, and the cultural icon. Mark White, the leading authority in Britain on JFK, draws on more than 30 years of research to provide a nuanced portrait of one of the most iconic figures in American and world history. John F.... |
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The Nuclear Age - Serhii PlokhyOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer: 'Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.'While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a simmering and tense geopolitical landscape, events like the Che... |
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Nuclear Folly - Serhii PlokhyThe definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been ... |
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Spymaster - Martin Pearce, Corgi'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief'Richard Davenport-Hines, The SpectatorThe extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield. Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (commonly known as the SIS or MI6), he was the first Chief... |
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Macmillan Diaries IIHarold Macmillan's diaries from 1959-1966 offer the most complete and entertaining account of any modern Premiership. Written up at the end of each day in a lively, witty style, they provide a fascinating, personal record of his experiences governing the nation, including several key events such as ... |
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Icon, Libertine, Leader (White,Professor Mark (Queen Mary,University of London))(Brožovaná)This new biography of JFK offers a comprehensive analysis of the man, the leader, and the cultural icon. Mark White, the leading authority in Britain on JFK, draws on more than 30 years of research to provide a nuanced portrait of one of the most iconic figures in American and world history. John F.... |
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