Military

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain, an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might....

Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war, with all the financial and human costs that entails....

Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal....

An Air Force major is ordered to approach a brilliant UFO in his Phantom jet over Tehran....

The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization....

One of the most acclaimed books of our time - the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award....

In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict....

For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe...

Using examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively, but also to understand the political context in which they are operating....

By official accounts, the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon returned as heroes after their 2017 deployment to Mosul, following a vicious, bloody, and successful campaign to drive ISIS from the city. But within the platoon a different war raged....

An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged - and how to adapt to this new reality....

From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war - and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises - from Truman to Trump....

Discover how to properly submit your VA claim to ensure it is received and acted upon.

Originally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power....

In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Kobani....

Shadowy assassins, little green men, poisoned door knobs, ruthless cyber attacks, and mass deception.

In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II....

This hard-hitting book is the definitive account of the Biden administration's most disgraceful hour—and the chaos it unleashed in the world....

A prominent historian exposes the dark side of making war more humane....

Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict journalist C.J. Chivers follows the arcs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through the experiences of those who fought them, as Stephen Ambrose did for the grunts of WWII, and Michael Herr’s classic Dispatches did for Vietnam....

A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield....

This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is reflected in recent crises. What Jonsson reveals is that Russian elites see information warfare and political subversion as the most important ways to conduct contemporary war....

The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk....

This book explores the dramatic difference between the Russian and US approach to warfare, which manifests itself across the whole spectrum of activities from art and the economy to the respective national cultures....

Casey Dominguez's Commander in Chief systematically analyzes the authority that members of Congress ascribe to the president as commander in chief and the boundaries they put around that authority.

This second book picks up where the first left off, and tells the story of the conflict as it continues to unfold. The book examines the political, economic, and military developments in Ukraine and Russia that have shaped the conflict in recent years. It also explores the wider implications of the conflict, including its impact on European security and the role of the United States and NATO. The Russo-Ukrainian War is a complex and ever-changing conflict. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the conflict, and it is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the latest ...

Shadowy assassins, little green men, poisoned door knobs, ruthless cyber attacks, and mass deception. From Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, discover how Russia's institutions, historical development, and geographic positioning have shaped the Kremlin's objectives and formed its methods. Through case studies of historic Russian military operations, author and former Green Beret Curtis L. Fox demonstrates that, while Russia's methods appear to be cloaked in a shadow of mystique, their strategic realities make them consistent and predictable.

The first rule of nuclear war is that there are no rules. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the Pentagon. Second by second and minute by minute, these are the real-life protocols that choreograph the end of civilisation as we know it. Because the plans for General Nuclear War are among the most classified secrets held by the United States government, this book takes the listener up to the razor’s edge of what can legally be known.

This is a revised version of the book first published in 2023 and includes a new conclusion looking back at these early years from the standpoint of 2024. It is a book about the coming of the F-35. It tells the story of those in the military who worked to introduce the aircraft into the combat force. Visits throughout the world accompanied the standing up the aircraft and this book tells the story of those visits and the work of the warriors who made the F-35 global enterprise possible. According to the author: “It is my personal journey observing the development and evolution of the ...