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Cuito Cuanavale - 12 Months Of War That Transformed A Continent (Paperback): Fred Bridgland Cuito Cuanavale - 12 Months Of War That Transformed A Continent (Paperback)
Fred Bridgland 4
R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Save R34 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

It is September 1987. The Angolan Army – with the support of Cuban troops and Soviet advisors – has built up a massive force on the Lomba River near Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. Their goal? To capture Jamba, the headquarters of the rebel group Unita, supported by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the so-called Border War.

In the battles that followed, and shortly thereafter centred around the small town of Cuito Cuanavale, 3 000 SADF soldiers and 8 000 Unita fighters were up against a much bigger Angolan and Cuban force of over 50 000 men.

Thousands of soldiers died in the vicious fighting that is described in vivid detail in this book. Bridgland pieced together this account through scores of interviews with SADF men who were on the front line. This dramatic retelling takes the reader to the heart of the action.

Rise and Kill First - The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Hardcover): Ronen Bergman Rise and Kill First - The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Hardcover)
Ronen Bergman
R1,055 R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Save R177 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as “an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.”

The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the most serious threats: Targeted assassinations have been used countless times, on enemies large and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and sometimes preemptively.

In this page-turning, eye-opening book, journalist and military analyst Ronen Bergman—praised by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter”—offers a riveting inside account of the targeted killing programs: their successes, their failures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and carried out the missions.

Bergman has gained the exceedingly rare cooperation of many current and former members of the Israeli government, including Prime Ministers Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as high-level figures in the country’s military and intelligence services: the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), the Mossad (the world’s most feared intelligence agency), Caesarea (a “Mossad within the Mossad” that carries out attacks on the highest-value targets), and the Shin Bet (an internal security service that implemented the largest targeted assassination campaign ever, in order to stop what had once appeared to be unstoppable: suicide terrorism).

Including never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, and based on hundreds of on-the-record interviews and thousands of files to which Bergman has gotten exclusive access over his decades of reporting, Rise and Kill First brings us deep into the heart of Israel’s most secret activities. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israel’s targeted killing campaign, which has shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the entire world.

How To Fight A War (Paperback): Mike Martin How To Fight A War (Paperback)
Mike Martin
R295 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R31 (11%) In Stock

Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on military decision-making, from over-ambitious goals to disregarding intelligence, terrain, or enemy capabilities. This not only wastes the lives of civilians, the enemy and one’s own soldiers, but also fails to achieve geopolitical objectives, and usually lays the seeds for more wars.

Conflict scholar and former soldier Mike Martin takes the reader through the hard logic to fighting a conclusive interstate war that solves geopolitical problems and reduces future conflict. He outlines how to orchestrate military forces, from infantry and information to strategy and tactics.

Martin explains the unavoidable art of using violence to force your enemies to do what you want. It should be read by everyone seeking to understand today’s wars, and those wishing to lead us through future conflicts.

Leo's Guide To Not Becoming A Statistic - How To Prevent Crime & What To Do In A Situation (Paperback): Leo Prinsloo Leo's Guide To Not Becoming A Statistic - How To Prevent Crime & What To Do In A Situation (Paperback)
Leo Prinsloo
R265 R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Save R28 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

If this book saves just one person’s life, Leo Prinsloo will be happy.

Leo became an internet sensation after footage of his reaction to an attempted high-value goods-in-transit heist went viral. Stunned by his cool attitude and focused action in a crisis situation, South Africans had an example of what can happen when good people take a stand. With decades of experience in security – first as a policeman, then in the South African Police Service’s Special Task Force, and now providing arms handling and security training in the private sector – Leo has a wealth of knowledge on how to manage life-threatening incidents.

Driven by a desire to empower South Africans and help them claim back their sense of safety, he offers advice for dealing with every risky situation, from how to handle hijackings and road rage, to how to keep your children safe, to the best way to secure your home and business. He also provides comprehensive information about handling firearms and basic first aid.

Leo’s Guide to Not Becoming a Statistic is a guide to living your safest life in South Africa – something which has become increasingly important as our crime statistics continue to rise. Straight-talking and honest – much like Leo himself – it is an easy to use manual that makes keeping safe accessible, with relatable information and easy to implement tips.

Leo says that taking the first step towards securing your safety is the most important, and his book will help you take that step.

Blitzkrieg and the Russian Art of War (Paperback): Andrew Monaghan Blitzkrieg and the Russian Art of War (Paperback)
Andrew Monaghan
R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Russian strategy today is often framed in terms of ‘hybridity’, an approach characterised by interference in domestic politics through cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns. Such asymmetric measures are seen as part of a shift away from armed violence towards political subversion and other non-military tools. Moving beyond the concept of hybridity, this book looks more broadly at Russian thinking about warfare. Drawing directly on Russian sources, it reflects on a series of questions that are generally overlooked in the existing Euro-Atlantic literature about Russia, notably: what is the military leadership’s distinctive idea of twenty-first-century blitzkrieg? How does it understand holistic territorial defence? And how does it manage the shifting balance between the offensive and defensive? Exploring key concepts and terms used in Russian military thinking and action, Blitzkrieg and the art of Russian war contributes to an active and lively debate about Russia’s resurgent role in international affairs and the challenge the country poses to the international order. -- .

Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941 - Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization (Hardcover): Alex J. Kay Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941 - Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization (Hardcover)
Alex J. Kay; Edited by Alex J. Kay; JEFF Jeff Rutherford; Edited by JEFF Jeff Rutherford; David Stahel; Edited by …
R3,026 Discovery Miles 30 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and events on the Eastern Front that same year were pivotal to the history of World War II. It was during this year that the radicalization of Nazi policy -- through both an all-encompassing approach to warfare and the application of genocidal practices -- became most obvious. Germany's military aggression and overtly ideological conduct, culminating in genocide against Soviet Jewry and the decimation of the Soviet population through planned starvation and brutal antipartisan policies, distinguished Operation Barbarossa-the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union-from all previous military campaigns in modern European history. This collection of essays, written by young scholars of seven different nationalities, provides readers with the most current interpretations of Germany's military, economic, racial, and diplomatic policies in 1941. With its breadth and its thematic focus on total war, genocide, and radicalization, this volume fills a considerable gap in English-language literature on Germany's war of annihilation against the Soviet Union and the radicalization of World War II during this critical year. Alex J. Kay is the author of Exploitation, Resettlement, Mass Murder: Political and Economic Planning for German Occupation Policy in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941 and is an independent contractor for the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on War Consequences. Jeff Rutherford is assistant professor of history at Wheeling Jesuit University, where he teaches modern European history. David Stahel is the author of Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East and Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East.

Research Handbook on the Arms Trade (Hardcover): Andrew T.H. Tan Research Handbook on the Arms Trade (Hardcover)
Andrew T.H. Tan
R6,587 Discovery Miles 65 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This comprehensive Research Handbook examines the key drivers of the arms trade, mapping the main trends in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. It also explores the principal defence markets internationally, including the US, China, India, Russia and the UK in greater detail. Across twenty-six chapters, international experts assess the central drivers of the arms trade, such as the insecurities of small states in an increasingly realist world of power politics, the continued presence of conflict, technological change and the presence of corruption. Analysing critical issues from the future of air and naval power and their implications for the trade to the impact of emerging technology and the prospects for arms control, the chapters raise a number of central issues as to the challenges and future direction of the arms trade. The Research Handbook concludes that defence spending and procurement have remained paramount and on a general upward trend since the Cold War, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. This Research Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics and students of international relations, security studies and political science. Its global approach will also be beneficial for arms policy analysts and defence professionals.

The Art of War (Hardcover): Sun Tzu The Art of War (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu; Translated by Lionel Giles
R278 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R24 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Ethnic Groups, Congress, and American Foreign Policy - The Politics of the Turkish Arms Embargo (Hardcover): Paul Y Watanabe Ethnic Groups, Congress, and American Foreign Policy - The Politics of the Turkish Arms Embargo (Hardcover)
Paul Y Watanabe
R2,972 Discovery Miles 29 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The attempted Greek takeover of Cyprus, Turkey's military invasion and occupation of that country, and the Turkish arms embargo that followed during the summer of 1974 sparked a struggle over the direction of American foreign policy. Paul Y. Watanabe explores the American foreign policymaking process in general and the impact ethnic group activism can have on foreign policy formulation in particular in his two-part study Ethnic Groups, Congress, and American Foreign Policy. In Part 1, he focuses on the rise of ethnic consciousness and activism, organizational behavior and interest group politics, lobbying, congressional-executive relations, the foreign policymaking process, and national security policy. Part 2 deals with a specific example of ethnic group activity in the foreign policymaking arena--Greek American and congressional attempts to ban further military shipments to Turkey. Watanabe concludes that ethnic groups can and do make significant contributions to the formulation of foreign policy by affecting the perceptions and actions of officials in Congress and the executive branch.

On Multiform War - Strategy, Revolution, and the Nine-Head Monster. (Hardcover): Geoffrey Demarest On Multiform War - Strategy, Revolution, and the Nine-Head Monster. (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Demarest
R1,221 Discovery Miles 12 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Reality of War, a Companion to Clausewitz (Hardcover): Stewart L. Murray The Reality of War, a Companion to Clausewitz (Hardcover)
Stewart L. Murray
R901 Discovery Miles 9 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Escaping Afghanistan (Hardcover): Christopher Henson Escaping Afghanistan (Hardcover)
Christopher Henson
R597 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On War (Hardcover): Carl Von Clausewitz On War (Hardcover)
Carl Von Clausewitz
R897 Discovery Miles 8 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of War (Hardcover): Sun Tzu The Art of War (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu
R808 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Battle of the Huertgen Forest (Hardcover): Charles Brown MacDonald The Battle of the Huertgen Forest (Hardcover)
Charles Brown MacDonald
R912 Discovery Miles 9 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Game of Birds and Wolves - The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II (Paperback): Simon Parkin A Game of Birds and Wolves - The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II (Paperback)
Simon Parkin
R473 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On War Volume III (Hardcover): Carl Von Clausewitz On War Volume III (Hardcover)
Carl Von Clausewitz; Translated by Colonel J. J. Graham; Introduction by Colonel F M Maude
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of War (Hardcover): Sun Tzu The Art of War (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu; Translated by Lionel Giles; Edited by Damian Stevenson
R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Discourses (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Niccolo... The Discourses (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Niccolo Machiavelli
R998 Discovery Miles 9 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On War Volume I (Hardcover): Carl Von Clausewitz On War Volume I (Hardcover)
Carl Von Clausewitz; Translated by Colonel J. J. Graham; Introduction by Colonel F M Maude
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of War Illustrated (Hardcover): Sun Tzu The Art of War Illustrated (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu; Translated by James Trapp; Commentary by James Trapp
R955 R813 Discovery Miles 8 130 Save R142 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

If you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win numerous battles without a single loss. - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Written in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still used as a book of military strategy today. Napoleon, Mae Zedong and Douglas MacArthur all claimed to have drawn inspiration from it. And beyond the world of war, modern-era business and management gurus have also applied Sun Tzu's ideas to politics and corporate strategy. This illustrated dual-language edition not only presents the original Chinese characters with James Trapp's translation on the facing page, it also tests Sun Tzu's ideas against history. Each of the 13 chapters includes a new commentary giving examples of how Sun Tzu's wisdom has been borne out on the world's battlefields. When, for example, has information provided by spies changed the course of a battle? How has history shown Sun Tzu's ideas on the importance of terrain in conflict to be true? And where can we best find examples of strategic warfare being waged? From the ancient world to the 20th century, the battles featured will be illustrated with colour battle maps, paintings and artworks. Of immense influence to leaders across millennia, The Art of War Illustrated is a classic text richly deserving this illustrated and expanded dual-language edition.

Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIIB (Hardcover):... Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIIB (Hardcover)
Nigel Askey
R3,202 Discovery Miles 32 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On War Volume II (Hardcover): Carl Von Clausewitz On War Volume II (Hardcover)
Carl Von Clausewitz; Translated by Colonel J. J. Graham; Introduction by Colonel F M Maude
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific (Paperback): Ralf Emmers, Sarah Teo Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific (Paperback)
Ralf Emmers, Sarah Teo
R1,302 Discovery Miles 13 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific examines what drives the different regional security strategies of four middle powers in the Asia Pacific: Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia. Drawing on the extant middle power literature, the authors argue that the regional security strategies of middle powers could take two forms, namely, functional or normative. A functional strategy means that the middle power targets its resources to address a specific problem that it has a high level of interest in, while a normative strategy refers to a focus on promoting general behavioural standards and confidence building at the multilateral level. This book argues that whether a middle power ultimately employs a more functional or normative regional security strategy depends on its resource availability and strategic environment.

Spacepower - Doctrine for Space Forces (Hardcover): United States Space Force Spacepower - Doctrine for Space Forces (Hardcover)
United States Space Force
R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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