Chris Kyle (f. 1974) fortæller om sine erfaringer på slagmarken i Irak, om træningen, om den uendelige ventetid mellem sammenstødene med fjenden, om drabene og om sine følelser, når kammeraterne blev såret eller dræbt
Liberal democracies have always accepted the need to go to war, despite the fact that war can undermine liberal values. Wars may be won or lost, not only on the battlefield, but in the perceptions of the publics who pay for them. Presentation is therefore increasingly important.…
This authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day
Days of the Fall takes the reader into the heart of the wars in Syria and Iraq. The book combines frontline reporting with analysis of the deeper causes and effects of the conflict
Bosnian genocide: the essential reference guide
Alfabetisk opslagsværk om personer og begivenheder fra krigen i ex-Jugoslavien, specielt fra krigen i Bosnien 1992-1995
Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe
A companion to the war film
Contains 27 original essays that examine all aspects of the genre, from the traditional war film, to the new global nature of conflicts, and the diverse formats that war stories assume in today's digital culture
What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back? As long as humans have lived together on the planet, there have been wars, and injured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars across the globe with increasingly sophisticated technology…
This book examines the issue of gender and violence in the Middle East and North Africa. While gender-based violence is a universal phenomenon, it takes interesting nuances and in this region where tradition, social norm, religion, war, and politics intermingle in a powerful spa…