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Cimke: Military

E-books / Könyvajánló / Könyvtárosok ajánlásával / Történelem

See It/Shoot It : The Secret History of the CIA’s Lethal Drone Program

An illuminating study tracing the evolution of drone technology and counterterrorism policy from the Reagan to the Obama administrations This eye-opening study uncovers the history of the most important instrument of U.S. counterterrorism today: the armed drone. It reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the CIA’s covert drone program is not a product of 9/11. Rather, it is the result of U.S. counterterrorism practices extending back to an influential group of policy makers in the Reagan administration.

E-books / Könyvajánló / Könyvtárosok ajánlásával / Számítástechnika

Castle Builders : Approaches to Castle Design and Construction in the Middle Ages

In Castle Builders, Malcolm Hislop looks at the hugely popular subject of castles from the unusual perspective of design and construction. In this general introduction to the subject, we discover something of the personalities behind their creation – the architects and craftsmen – and, furthermore, the techniques they employed, and how style and technology was disseminated.

E-books / Könyvajánló / Könyvtárosok ajánlásával / Művészet / Pszichológia / Történelem

My Music, My War : The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

In the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, recent technological developments in music listening enabled troops to carry with them vast amounts of music and easily acquire new music, for themselves and to share with their fellow troops as well as friends and loved ones far away. This ethnographic study examines U.S. troops’musical-listening habits during and after war, and the accompanying fear, domination, violence, isolation, pain, and loss that troops experienced.

E-books / Könyvajánló / Könyvtárosok ajánlásával / Történelem

The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire. The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire is a broad, interpretive account of Byzantine strategy, intelligence, and diplomacy over the course of eight centuries that will appeal to scholars, classicists, military history buffs, and professional soldiers.

E-books / Könyvajánló / Könyvtárosok ajánlásával / Történelem

The Boys of Winter : Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War

The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders’s fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys’lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battles against the Nazis.