Описание: How can you achieve victory in war if you don`t know your objectives or what victory means? Donald Stoker reveals the flaws in US policy and strategy from the Korean War to the present and lays the foundations for a better approach to the wars of tomorrow.
Автор: Turing Название: Alan M. Turing ISBN: 1107524229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107524224 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2533.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: To commemorate the centenary of Turing`s birth, this republication of his mother`s biography contains a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before-published memoir by Alan`s brother. The contrast between this memoir and the original biography sheds new light on Turing`s relationship with his family, and on the man himself.
Автор: Amato, Raffaele Sumner, Graham Название: Roman Military Clothing (3) ISBN: 184176843X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841768434 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 1929.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The last in a series of 3 titles that are becoming known as the standard reference works on the subject. Covers the late military clothing of the late western Roman Empire and the surviving Eastern Empire (Byzantium).
Автор: Creveld Название: Wargames ISBN: 1107684420 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107684423 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3945.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: War and games have always been intimately related in many different ways. This book studies the history of wargames - from the Old Testament to computer games - and explores their development, their links to real warfare, and their role in human culture at large.
Автор: White Название: Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900–1200 ISBN: 131662935X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316629352 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The transformation of Saints George, Demetrios, Theodore and others into the patrons of Byzantine armies was one of the defining developments of religious life under the Macedonian emperors. This book provides a comprehensive study of military sainthood and its roots in late antiquity, and its subsequent development in early Rus.
Автор: Downes Alexander B. Название: Catastrophic Success: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong ISBN: 1501761145 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501761140 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6640.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In Catastrophic Success, Alexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries. Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change increases the likelihood of civil war and violent leader removal in target states and fails to reduce the probability of conflict between intervening states and their targets. As Downes demonstrates, when a state confronts an obstinate or dangerous adversary, the lure of toppling its government and establishing a friendly administration is strong. The historical record, however, shows that foreign-imposed regime change is, in the long term, neither cheap, easy, nor consistently successful. The strategic impulse to forcibly oust antagonistic or non-compliant regimes overlooks two key facts. First, the act of overthrowing a foreign government sometimes causes its military to disintegrate, sending thousands of armed men into the countryside where they often wage an insurgency against the intervener. Second, externally-imposed leaders face a domestic audience in addition to an external one, and the two typically want different things. These divergent preferences place imposed leaders in a quandary: taking actions that please one invariably alienates the other. Regime change thus drives a wedge between external patrons and their domestic prot?g?s or between prot?g?s and their people. Catastrophic Success provides sober counsel for leaders and diplomats. Regime change may appear an expeditious solution, but states are usually better off relying on other tools of influence, such as diplomacy. Regime change, Downes urges, should be reserved for exceptional cases. Interveners must recognize that, absent a rare set of promising preconditions, regime change often instigates a new period of uncertainty and conflict that impedes their interests from being realized.
Название: The Armies of Europe Illustrated ISBN: 1783311754 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783311750 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Classic descriptions complete with colour plates and vignettes by the renowned military artist and pioneer of the study of military uniform Richard Kn tel, covering the armies of THE BRITISH EMPIRE - THE GERMAN ARMY - AUSTRIA-HUNGARY - ITALY - FRANCE - RUSSIA - DENMARK, SWEDEN AND NORWAY - SPAIN AND PORTUGAL - SWITZERLAND - HOLLAND AND BELGIUM - TURKEY AND THE STATES OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA. Kn tel is still the most widely referenced artist in the study of military attire of the early modern era, and is still much in use as a prime reference source today.
Автор: Houlihan Patrick J Название: Catholicism and the Great War ISBN: 1108446027 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108446020 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A transnational comparative history of Catholic lived religion in Germany and Austria-Hungary during the Great War, this book demonstrates how Catholic forms of belief and practice enabled soldiers on the front line, as well as women and children on the home front, to endure war and loss.
Автор: Ralph Moffat Название: Medieval Arms and Armour: A Sourcebook. Volume II: 1400–1450 ISBN: 1837651485 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781837651481 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 9504.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to explain and define them. Medieval arms and armour are intrinsically fascinating. From the smoke and noise of the armourer's forge to the bloody violence of the battlefield or the silken panoply of the tournament, weapons and armour - and those who made and bore them - are woven into the fabric of medieval society. This sourcebook will aid anyone who seeks to develop a deeper understanding by introducing and presenting the primary sources in which these artefacts are first mentioned. Over a hundred original documents are transcribed and translated, including wills and inventories, craft statutes, chronicle accounts, and challenges to single combat. The book also includes an extensive glossary, lavishly illustrated with forty-six images of extant armour and weapons from the period, and contemporary artistic depictions from illuminated manuscripts and other sources. This book will therefore be of interest to a wide audience, from the living history practitioner, crafter, and martial artist, to students of literature, military history, art, and material culture.
Автор: Isaac McKean Scarborough Название: Moscow`s Heavy Shadow: The Violent Collapse of the USSR ISBN: 1501771027 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501771026 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 7518.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Moscow's Heavy Shadow tells the story of the collapse of the USSR from the perspective of the many millions of Soviet citizens who experienced it as a period of abjection and violence. Mikhail Gorbachev and the leaders of the USSR saw the years of reform preceding the collapse as opportunities for rebuilding (perestroika), rejuvenation, and openness (glasnost). For those in provincial cities across the Soviet Union, however, these reforms led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence.
Focusing on Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Isaac McKean Scarborough describes how this city experienced skyrocketing unemployment, a depleted budget, and streets filled with angry young men unable to support their families. Tajikistan was left without financial or military resources, unable and unprepared to stand against the wave of populist politicians of all stripes who took advantage of the economic collapse and social discontent to try to gain power. By May 1992, political conflict became violent and bloody and engulfed the whole of Tajikistan in war. Moscow's Heavy Shadow tells the story of how this war came to be, and how it was grounded in the reform and collapse of the Soviet economy that came before.
Автор: Stahel Название: Operation Typhoon ISBN: 1107501954 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107501959 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Operation Typhoon was launched by Hitler in October 1941 to capture Moscow and knock the Soviet Union out of the war. Traditionally viewed as a victory, this groundbreaking new account of the offensive reveals that despite success on the battlefield the wider German war effort was already doomed to failure.
Автор: Schomberg Название: Naval Chronology ISBN: 1108077048 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108077040 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8078.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Following a controversial naval career, Isaac Schomberg (1753-1813) published this five-volume work in 1802. A classic source of naval history, it includes detailed descriptions of engagements, events on board, and politics at home, as well as an appendix of facts and figures stretching back to the Royal Navy`s origins.
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