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My LifeHe is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth century’s most controversial figures. Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about everything from his parents and earliest... |
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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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AbyssA Times History Book of the Year 2022 The 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. Max Hastings's graphic ... |
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Command - Sir Lawrence FreedmanThroughout history, the concept of command — as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority — has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Freedman shows, it is also deeply political. Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized sinc... |
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John F. Kennedy (Robert Dallek)(Pevná)Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves a miracle of compression, capturing in a smal... |
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Nuclear Weapons (Mark Wolverton)(Brožovaná)A primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture.Although the world s attention has shifted to drone-controlled bombing and cyberwarfare, the threat of nuclear war still exists. There are ... |
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Fail-SafeA gripping novel about a world faced with nuclear disaster, first published in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. As more countries develop nuclear capabilities, the issues raised in this compelling thriller are as timely today as ever. |
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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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Frostquake** 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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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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Nuclear FollyFor 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 more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two most-powerful nations on Earth. In Nuclear Folly, award-winning hist... |
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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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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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Spycraft (Robert Wallace,H. Keith Melton,Henry R. Schlesinger)(Brožovaná)In this the first book ever written about the CIAas Office of Technical Service, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H. Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIAas most secretive operations... |
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Rise to Globalism - Stephen E. AmbroseSince it first appeared in 1971, Rise to Globalism has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The ninth edition of this classic survey, now updated through the administration of George W. Bush, offers a concise and informative overview of the evolution of American foreign policy from 1938 to the pres... |
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Constructing Cassandra (Milo Jones,Philippe Silberzahn)(Brožovaná)"Constructing Cassandra" analyzes the intelligence failures at the CIA that resulted in four key strategic surprises experienced by the US: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks--surprises still play out tod... |
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Doomsday TorpedoesIn the aftermath of the Second World War relations between the Soviet Union and their former allies in the West quickly soured and developed into the Cold War. The USSR was at a huge disadvantage at sea and sought to redress this balance through the equipping of many of its warships with nuclear wea... |
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The Churchill Complex : The Curse of Being Special from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit - Ian BurumaStimulating and highly readable The Churchill Complex is a rich and rewarding book Wall Street Journal From one of its keenest observers a brilliant witty journey through the Special Relationship between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world from World War II to Brexit It is i... |
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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. Max Hastin |
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My Life - Fidel CastroHe is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth century’s most controversial figures. Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about everything from his parents and earliest... |
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