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The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestsellerOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrifying.”—Wall Street Journal There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.   Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.   Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, have been privy to the response plans, and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made. Nuclear War: A Scenario examines the handful of minutes after a nuclear missile launch. It is essential reading, and unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.

Indian Muslims played a significant role in the struggle for independence from British colonial rule. While some of these heroes are widely recognized, others remain relatively unsung. Here, we'll highlight a few of these unsung Indian Muslim heroes of independence:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958):Maulana Azad was a prominent freedom fighter, scholar, and senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He played a vital role in promoting education and communal harmony. As the first Education Minister of independent India, he contributed significantly to the development of the Indian education system.Umar Sobhani (1908-1947):Umar Sobhani was a fearless freedom fighter from Gujarat who was actively involved in the Quit India Movement. He organized underground activities, distributed propaganda materials, and was eventually arrested by the British authorities. He was imprisoned for several years and made significant sacrifices for the cause of independence.Maulana Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1912-1997):Maulana Seoharwi was a scholar and freedom fighter who actively participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement and the Civil Disobedience Movement. He also played a crucial role in organizing protests against the Simon Commission and promoting Hindu-Muslim unity.Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820-1879):Begum Hazrat Mahal was a courageous queen who played a pivotal role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She led the revolt against the British in Awadh (Oudh) after her husband's exile. Her leadership and determination inspired many to join the struggle for independence.Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988):Popularly known as "Frontier Gandhi," Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and a prominent leader in the Khilafat Movement and the Indian National Congress. He worked tirelessly for the rights of the Indian Muslims and was instrumental in uniting people in the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) against British rule.Asaf Ali (1888-1953):Asaf Ali was a lawyer and politician who was actively involved in the freedom struggle. He played a crucial role in organizing protests and advocating for the Quit India Movement. After independence, he served as India's first ambassador to the United States.Barkatullah Khan (1854-1927):Barkatullah Khan was a nationalist poet and freedom fighter who actively campaigned for India's independence. He traveled to different countries to garner support for the Indian cause and was a prominent figure in the Ghadar Movement, which aimed at freeing India from British rule.These unsung Indian Muslim heroes of independence made immense sacrifices and contributions to the struggle for freedom. Their dedication, courage, and commitment to the cause of independence should be remembered and celebrated alongside other prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement.

Embark on a riveting journey through the crucibles of conflict with "The Guns of War: Tales from the Frontlines". This meticulously researched and vividly narrated book delves into the myriad facets of warfare that shaped the 20th century, weaving together tales of valor, innovation, resilience, and humanity amidst chaos.From the birth of modern warfare to the indelible impact of technological advancements, each chapter illuminates a different aspect or theatre of war. Traverse the muddy and harrowing trenches, experience the silent and unseen pursuits of snipers, and soar through the skies where dogfights and bomber raids etched tales of glory and devastation.Discover the unwavering spirit of the soldiers at Stalingrad, the courageous fighters of the Eastern Front, the heroes of Normandy's blood-soaked beaches, and the audacious paratroopers descending from the heavens. Delve into the clandestine world of spies and intelligence, the clandestine efforts of the Resistance, and the poignant tales from the home front."The Guns of War" pays homage to the unsung heroes, the medics, nurses, and caretakers, who fought a different kind of battle, one of mercy and healing. It explores the depths of human endurance in the frozen landscapes of Finland, the jungles of Vietnam, the deserts of Africa, and the islands of the Pacific.With a keen eye for detail and a profound understanding of the complexities of warfare, the book examines the ethical quandaries faced by those in command and the indomitable spirit of brotherhood that blossomed in the darkest of times. It uncovers the stories of women breaking barriers, the evolution of guerrilla warfare, and the advent of chemical warfare and drones."The Guns of War: Tales from the Frontlines" is not just a chronicle of battles won or lost, but a testament to the human spirit. It's a reflection on the impact of war on soldiers and civilians alike, a study of the strategic intricacies of battle, and an exploration of the lessons learned. Journey through a century marked by conflict, from the final days of World War II at Yalta and Hiroshima to the silent warriors of the seas, and emerge with a deeper understanding of the sacrifices made and the resilience of the human soul.Whether you are a seasoned historian, a military enthusiast, or a reader seeking to understand the complexities and the human cost of war, this book offers a compelling and panoramic view of a century defined by both the horrors of battle and the enduring human spirit.

The authors developed an Army Enlistment Options Optimizer approach that creates bundles of bonus and non-bonus enlistment incentives, often paired with smaller, supplemental bonuses. If implemented, potential recruits would choose the bundle they most value from those available according to job type, term length, recruit characteristics, and recruiting environment. This gives recruits greater agency in choosing their enlistment options, potentially increasing satisfaction and enlistments. At the same time, the recruit cohorts would have the characteristics desired by the Army and the Army would benefit from cost savings resulting from reduced bonus expenditures. Through two surveys of young adults ages 18-27, the authors found that non-bonus incentives were as attractive as bonuses of $10,000-$15,000. Options that included non-bonus incentives and supplemental bonuses were chosen more often than larger stand-alone bonus options. Respondents choosing those options rated their likelihood of joining the Army in the next few years to be as high as or higher than respondents choosing stand-alone bonuses. The results also indicate that the student loan repayment option is very popular among today's young adults. It could be used to help penetrate the college market and could save recruiting resources when used in a controlled fashion as an element of the option menus. The results suggest that providing information in the recruiting marketing process on the many jobs that the Army offers and the pay and benefits of serving could increase consideration of joining the Army.

An unforgettable account of how misguided and illegal U.S. policies in Central America during the 1980s resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, created many of today's problems along America's Southern Border, and helped perpetuate a legacy of hawkish militarism at the expense of democracy and diplomacy.During the 1980s, the United States financed and directed wars against popular movements in Central America. Vowing to block "Soviet expansion," the U.S. waged a Vietnam-style counterinsurgency in El Salvador while orchestrating a covert and illegal war to overthrow the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Some 75,000 died in El Salvador, and more than 30,000 were killed in Nicaragua, most of them civilians. Countless more were displaced. Meanwhile, with tacit U.S. support, the Guatemalan military razed hundreds of Indigenous communities and killed more than 200,000 people during a civil war that claimed the lives of 100,000 Mayan villagers.Scott Wallace arrived in Central America in 1983 to cover these conflicts as a freelance "stringer" for CBS News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as well as Newsweek, The Independent, and The Guardian. Traveling along the frontlines of war, Wallace evolved a distinctive reporting style that included photojournalistic portraits of startling intimacy, page-turning tales of high adventure, and incisive analysis of the events he witnessed. The result is this unforgettable account of a reporter coming of age on the battlefield as he seeks the truth amid a landscape rife with death and deception.Introduced by the Honorable Christopher J. Dodd, readers will find within these pages a compelling and eye-opening narrative and visual record of the conflicts that continue to reverberate in the crisis on America's southern border with Mexico and in policy decisions made in Washington that impact families at home and throughout the world. Situating the exercise of U.S. power on a continuum running from Vietnam through Central America to Iraq, where he later reported, Wallace provides a rare look into the real-life consequences of morally dubious policies while offering a gripping primer for aspiring foreign correspondents and field reporters.In Central America in the Crosshairs of War, Scott Wallace presents a compelling memoir that not only reboots America's history of misadventures overseas since Vietnam, but also restores faith in the importance and power of journalism at a time when "disinformation" and "alternate realities" abound in America and abroad. As Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Debrorah Nelson observers: "Scott Wallace takes us along his harrowing journey into the Central American jungles for an important historical accounting that draws a sharp line from the U.S. proxy wars of the 1980s to today's crises in those countries and at our own southern border."

Walk alongside an Italian POW in this first-hand account of his harrowing quest home in the last days of WWII in EuropeIn the aftermath of the Armistice of 1943, Corporal-Major Edvino Raseni found himself caught in the crossfire of World War II, fighting alongside the Italian Partisans until his capture by the Germans. Sent to a labor camp near Heidelberg, he managed to survive and began the arduous journey back to his homeland in the spring of 1945. This gripping account, taken from Raseni's own diary, reveals the harrowing details of his long, perilous trek through Germany, Austria, and Italy amidst the chaos of war.As the fighting rages on around him, Raseni must navigate his way through a landscape ravaged by air raids, fierce battles, and enemy resistance. Readers will be transported to the heart of the conflict, witnessing the courage and resilience of a man determined to return to his family.Join Edvino Raseni on his extraordinary journey in this first-hand account, lovingly translated from Italian to English by his niece, Maria Xenia Wells. This moving tribute includes reproductions of photographs, letters and postcards, painting a vivid picture of wartime Europe and the indomitable human spirit that persevered through its darkest days.❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖Cammina accanto a un prigioniero di guerra italiano in questo resoconto di prima mano della sua straziante ricerca a casa negli ultimi giorni della seconda guerra mondiale in EuropaAll'indomani dell'armistizio del 1943, il caporale maggiore Edvino Raseni si trovò coinvolto nel fuoco incrociato della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, combattendo a fianco dei partigiani italiani fino alla sua cattura da parte dei tedeschi. Spedito in un campo di lavoro in Germania, riuscì a sopravvivere e iniziò l'arduo viaggio di ritorno in patria nel 1945. Questo avvincente racconto, tratto dal diario dello stesso Raseni, rivela i dettagli strazianti del suo lungo e pericoloso viaggio attraverso Germania, L'Italia nel caos della guerra.Mentre i combattimenti infuriano intorno a lui, Raseni deve farsi strada attraverso un paesaggio devastato da incursioni aeree, feroci battaglie e resistenza nemica. I lettori si sentiranno trasportati e saranno testimoni del coraggio e della resilienza di un uomo determinato a tornare dalla sua famiglia.Unisciti a Edvino Raseni nel suo straordinario viaggio in questo racconto di prima mano, amorevolmente tradotto dall'italiano all'inglese da sua nipote, Maria Xenia Wells. Questo commovente tributo include riproduzioni di fotografie, lettere e cartoline, dipingendo un quadro vivido dell'Europa in tempo di guerra e dell'indomabile spirito umano che perseverò nei suoi giorni più bui.

Dagli autodromi della Formula Grand Prix alle azioni di sabotaggio nella Francia occupata dai nazisti. La penna di Joe Saward, autorevole firma del giornalismo sportivo d'oltre Manica, ci regala una storia vera e affascinante, che si snoda tra gli anni ruggenti dei primi Gran Premi, con il loro carico di lustrini, trionfi e tragedie in pista, e l'incubo della seconda guerra mondiale. Due situazioni lontanissime l'una dall'altra, con un elemento in comune: un terzetto di piloti che, appeso il casco al chiodo, decisero di lavorare dietro le quinte e infliggere più danni possibili agli occupanti tedeschi, organizzando attentati e sabotaggi. Il tutto secondo la linea dettata dal premier britannico Winston Churchill, ideatore dello Special Operations Executive (SOE) per cui questi piloti lavoravano, e i cui documenti sono rimasti secretati per decenni. Il deus ex machina della situazione fu il fantomatico "W Williams", il pilota che per primo decise di dare il proprio contributo coinvolgendo successivamente gli altri due. Vincitore del primo Gran Premio di Monaco nel 1929, era un mistero per i suoi stessi avversari. Pochi di loro sapevano chi fosse e, vivendo in Francia, era sconosciuto nel Regno Unito, la sua vera nazione di appartenenza. Un personaggio dalla vita affascinante e sempre al limite che, assieme ai suoi compagni, vi terrà col fiato sospeso fino all'ultima pagina.

An overview of Swansea's experience during World War II, set out in a single volume for the first time. The port and industries of Swansea were key targets for the Nazis. From the start, the town prepared for the worst with air-raid shelters, anti-aircraft guns, barrage balloons and efforts to fortify against attack by sea or air. With Britain heading into total war, this book looks at the impact of conscription on both men and women, food rationing, how Jewish refugees to Swansea and Swansea children evacuated to safer areas fared, and the war's effects on schooling, crime and healthcare in the town. The consequences of the numerous air raids and especially the searing attacks of February 1941 are investigated, as is the response to the ensuing emergencies, including sometimes deadly bomb-disposal work. Researched in both local and national archives, this book is a comprehensive testament to the lives of the people of Swansea, at home and overseas, over the course of the conflict, including many personal experiences.

The first full history of the longest island campaign of the Pacific War.

A new assessment of the intelligence that underpinned the decision of the Axis countries to go to war against the United States of America.

Account of The Battle of Itter Castle, 1945 - one of only two known times in the Second World War when Americans and Germans fought side by side.

Discover the untold story of the most terrifying invention in human history

A father's desperation to keep his son from a deadly trap. Five schoolboys thrown into a futile war. A shattered relationship between a young soldier and his mother. In a time that shook and shaped our world like no other, a virulent war was supposed to be the path to a young man's dreams. What would you do to protect the ones you love?

The Collapse of Heaven investigates a long-neglected century in Chinese literature through the lens of the Taiping War (1851¿1864). Huan Jin examines manifold literary and cultural transformations through pamphlets, diaries, poetry, fiction, and drama. The book offers an important comparative perspective on the global nineteenth century.

In this wide-ranging study, Erica Sheen explores the various ways in which Shakespeare, or the idea of Shakespeare, was entangled in literary, cultural, political and diplomatic, legal, and economic attempts to articulate the tensions and opportunities of the early Cold War period.

Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Antulio J. Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them. This second edition has been updated to include an expanded chapter on manipulation through cyberwarfare and new further reading.

The Bildungsroman in a Genocidal Age argues that the humanist ideal of Bildung, the cultivation of the potentialities of the self through self-reflection, travel, and varied social intercourse, has been revitalized in an age of genocidal violence. It examines the Bildungsroman as a flourishing intermedial genre encompassing contemporary historical fiction, historical feature films, and children's and YA literature. Analysing a number of highly influential novels and films about the Holocaust and World War II (WWII), the book argues that the narrative strategies of the Bildungsroman, which includes a swerve away from 'home' and its parochialism and moral certainties, has contributed to shaping audience perceptions of traumatic histories and their ethical implications in the twenty-first century. The Bildungsroman in a Genocidal Age examines some of the most keenly discussed, and controversial historical fictions of recent decades including The Remains of the Day (1989), The Kindly Ones (2006, English trans. 2009), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006), and Margarethe von Trotta's biopic Hannah Arendt (2012). It argues that in portraying a protagonist who defers or refuses a prescribed social destiny, these novels and films are sensitive to the 'Eichmann problematic' of the 'banality of evil' as formulated by Hannah Arendt. These Bildungsromane, the study suggests, are designed to address the problem of the social reproduction of normative, unimaginative, and conformist mindsets that can enable totalitarian politics and genocidal policies.

Explore one of Scotland Yard's rare cold cases, the 1945 Witchcraft Murder near Stratford, and discover the ways in which privilege and power destroyed a chance to discover a path into the paranormal.

A biography of the unsung general at Churchill's side throughout the Second World War, instrumental in events from Indian independence to the founding of NATO.

The history of an Indian vision for Asian peace, driven by the energy of Prime Minister Nehru and the pressures of the early Cold War.

From the Hundred Years War to the Second World War, a definitive volume exploring military violence waged across the British Isles and the European continent.

War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. This book offers the first comprehensive update and revision of ideas about the future of war since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It argues that the war has fundamentally shifted our perspective on the nature and character of future war, but also cautions against marginalising many other parallel trends, types of war, and ways of waging them. World-renowned international experts from the War Studies field consider the impact of the war in Ukraine on the broader social phenomenon of war: they analyse visions of future war; examine the impact of technological innovation on its conduct; assess our ability to anticipate its future; and consider lessons learned for leaders, soldiers, strategists, scholars and concerned citizens. 'Beyond Ukraine' features contributions from Azar Gat, Beatrice Heuser, Antulio Echevarria, Audrey Cronin, T.X. Hammes, Kenneth Payne, Frank Hoffman, David Betz, Jan Willem Honig, and many other pre-eminent thinkers on the past, present and future of war--including an afterword by the late Christopher Coker.

A disturbing account of how Russia is seeking to remake occupied Ukraine in its own image, once and for all.

The dramatic story of a last-ditch attempt to avert catastrophe in Europe, on the eve of the Second World War.

A comprehensive history of Russo-British relations at the height of the imperial age, from Peter the Great to the Triple Entente.

The untold story of the aged and infirm facing the horrors of the Blitz at Chelsea, a significant gap in the historical record

Exploring the experiences of prisoners and internees of the Second World War all around the world, through the records of The National Archives

This book reconstructs the activities of the International Committee on the Christian Approach to the Jews in the years before, during and immediately after the Holocaust. It reveals how universalised ideas disseminated through the ICCAJ's discourse were used to justify any number of policies related to Jews.