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Command - Bog af Sir Lawrence Freedman - Paperback

Command - Bog af Sir Lawrence Freedman - Paperback

A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second World War by nuclear warfare, small-scale guerrilla land operations and cyber interference. Freedman takes a global perspective, systematically investigating its practice and politics since 1945 through a wide range of conflicts from the French Colonial Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bangladesh..

DKK 165.95
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Command and Control - Eric Schlosser - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Command and Control - Eric Schlosser - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort to ensure that nuclear weapons can''t be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with men who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Command and Control takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view.

DKK 155.00
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The Command of the Ocean - N. A. M. Rodger - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Command of the Ocean - N. A. M. Rodger - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. It describes not just battles, voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned, how it was supplied with timber, hemp and iron, how its men (and sometimes women) were fed, and above all how it was financed and directed. It was during the century and a half covered by this book that the successful organizing of these last three - victualling, money and management - took the Navy to the heart of the British state. It is the great achievement of the book to show how completely integrated and mutually dependent Britain and the Navy then became.

DKK 192.00
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The Pursuit of Victory - Hugo Mercier - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Pursuit of Victory - Hugo Mercier - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The starting point of Roger Knight''s magnificent new biography is to explain how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success. Knight places him firmly in the context of the Royal Navy at the time. He analyses Nelson''s more obvious qualities, his leadership strengths and his coolness and certainty in battle, and also explores his strategic grasp, the condition of his ships, the skill of his seamen and his relationships with the officers around him - including those who could hardly be called friendly.This biography takes a cool look at Nelson''s status as a hero and demolishes many of the myths that were so carefully established by the early authors, and repeated by their modern successors. Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders and whose advancement was helped by the relatively weak generation of admirals above him. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. He was flawed, but brilliant - and not to be crossed.

DKK 192.00
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Pleasure - Gabriele D'annunzio - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Pleasure - Gabriele D'annunzio - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction, published in a new English translation - the first since the Victorian era - that puts the sex back in Pleasure. Like Oscar Wilde''s Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the beautiful young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. In Andrea''s pursuit of the exalted heights of extreme pleasure, he plays them against each other, spinning a sadistic web of lust and deceit.Gabriele D''Annunzio was born in Italy in 1863. He published poetry and short stories from a young age, quickly gaining a reputation for his frank treatment of erotic subjects. He married in 1883 and had three children, but separated from his wife and began an infamous affair with the actress Elonora Duse. After stints as a journalist and politician, he enlisted as a fighter pilot in World War I, subsequently losing an eye in a flying accident. He became increasingly nationalistic and politically active after the war, and his views had a strong influence on Mussolini. In 1922 he survived a murder attempt, when an unknown assailant defenestrated him. He died in 1938. Lara Gochin Raffaelli is a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.Alexander Stille is a frequent contributor on Italy to The New York Review of Books , The New York Times , and The New Yorker and the author of several books, including The Sack of Rome. He lives in New York.

DKK 155.00
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The Greek Sophists - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Greek Sophists - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

By mid-5th century BC, Athens was governed by democratic rule and power turned upon the ability of the citizen to command the attention of the people, and to sway the crowds of the assembly. It was the Sophists who understood the art of rhetoric and the importance of transforming effective reasoning into persuasive public speaking. Their enquiries - into the status of women, slavery, the distinction between Greeks and barbarians, the existence of the gods, the origins of religion, and whether virtue can be taught - laid the groundwork for the insights of the next generation of thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle.

DKK 155.00
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Admiral Hornblower - C. S. Forester - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Admiral Hornblower - C. S. Forester - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Step into C.S. Forester''s classic seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks ''A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction'' Conn Iggulden, The Independent Join Horatio Hornblower and as he sets sail on a world of adventure, fighting against the ruthless Napoleonic France, taking command in the West Indies, and leading his squadron through the vicious seas.Hornblower shows his relentless courage time and time again in the face of battle, tackling times of trouble with his signature strength, resourcefulness, and with his squadron by his side. This omnibus edition contains: · Flying Colours · The Commodore · Lord Hornblower · Hornblower in the West Indies

DKK 168.00
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The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works - Thomas Nashe - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works - Thomas Nashe - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. Mingling the devout and the bawdy, scholarship and slang, they express throughout an irrepressible, inexhaustible wit and an astonishing command of language. This collection of Nashe''s finest works includes The Unfortunate Traveller, the sharp and grotesque tale of Jack Wilton, an Englishman travelling through Europe; Pierce Penniless, a biting satire on the society of his age; Terrors of the Night; Lenten Stuff; the sensual poem The Choice of Valentines; and extracts from Christ''s Tears over Jerusalem and other works. Wide-ranging in subject, all capture the unique voice and fantastic ingenuity of one of the most entertaining Elizabethan writers - a man regarded by his contemporaries as the ''English Juvenal''.

DKK 168.00
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Aftermath - Peter Telep - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Aftermath - Peter Telep - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tom Clancy''s new Jack Ryan thriller, Command Authority , is available to pre-order now. Peter Telep''s Blacklist is set to reignite the globally successful Tom Clancy''s Splinter Cell videogame franchise. The return of agent Sam Fisher, as Commander of a new elite Black Ops team ''Fourth Echelon'' reporting directly to the President. His primary mission: to shutdown the rogue elements of his former ''Third Echelon'' team, now conducting a deadly, escalating countdown of terrorist attacks before they reach zero.Peter Telep''s entry into the Tom Clancy''s Splinter Cell franchise is sure to be a massive success, appealing to both thriller fans and the videogame fan-base who loved the Assassin''s Creed tie-in novels.Peter Telep is the New York Times bestselling author of over forty novels spanning many genres including film adaptations, medical drama, and military thrillers.

DKK 161.00
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Admiral of the Narrow Seas - Andrew Gordon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Admiral of the Narrow Seas - Andrew Gordon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Bertram Ramsay has acquired almost mythical status in the history of the Second World War, firstly as the principal organizer of the Dunkirk evacuation and then as naval commander of the Allied invasion of Normandy - in the eyes of many, ''the organizer of victory''. But because Ramsay was killed in January 1945 and never wrote his own memoirs, his life has until now been difficult to pin down.Andrew Gordon, prize-winning author of The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command , writing with the help of Ramsay''s descendants, now describes the career of this intense and territorial man in full, for the first time establishing his true role in the two great tests of his life and conveying his very particular personality. This is a superb biography of a naval officer, which also illuminated afresh British history in the first half of the twentieth century.

DKK 289.00
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Women in Power - Various - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Women in Power - Various - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Classical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra In this fascinating anthology, ancient women threaten male power by stepping into the roles traditionally held by men. They command armies, exercise sexual autonomy, speak in public, issue laws and subject others (even masculine heroes and citizen men) to their control. All of these stories were written by men and none of them can be read as affirmations or celebrations of women in power. Instead, their sexist attitudes continue to justify women’s exclusion from power.Yet despite the fear and suspicion the male authors direct toward these women, we can find much to admire in their tales, from the coordinated action of the women of Aristophanes’s Assemblywomen , to the righteous anger of Boudicca against sexual violence by men in power, to the successful resistance of Amanirenas against Rome’s colonial expansion. Read differently, these tales testify to the long history of women in power and suggest new paths for female empowerment.

DKK 155.00
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Personality and Power - Ian Kershaw - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Personality and Power - Ian Kershaw - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history? The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.Ian Kershaw''s new book is a compelling, lucid and challenging attempt to understand these rulers, whether operating on the widest stage (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini) or with a more national impact (Tito, Franco). What was it about these leaders and the times they lived in that allowed them such untrammelled and murderous power? And what brought that era to an end? In a contrasting group of profiles, from Churchill to de Gaulle, Adenauer to Gorbachev, and Thatcher to Kohl, Kershaw uses his exceptional skills to think through how other, strikingly different figures wielded power.

DKK 155.00
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The Age of Turbulence - Alan Greenspan - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Age of Turbulence - Alan Greenspan - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Alan Greenspan''s The Age of Turbulence is the essential guide to what is happening in the world, and where we''re heading, from the ultimate expert. Alan Greenspan wielded more power than the presidents he worked for, from Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton to George Bush and his son. He was in the command room of the world economy for longer than any other single figure. One word from him could send markets into freefall. Now Alan Greenspan, the legendary former chairman of the Federal Reserve, gives us a unique insider''s view of the world over his lifetime, from stock market exuberance to political turmoil - and his predictions for the future of our fast-changing, increasingly turbulent global economy. ''First rate ... [ The Age of Turbulence ] is intelligent in a way that few popular books on economics manage or even try to be ... An enjoyable read'' Economist ''With his book, [Greenspan] finally lets us know what he''s thinking ... surprisingly frank ... downright entertaining'' David Leonhardt, The New York Times ''[Readers] will find that Greenspan''s well-informed musings offer much more food for thought than the usual Washington memoir'' BusinessWeek Alan Greenspan (b.1926) earned his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from New York University. In 1954, he co-founded the economic consulting firm Townsend-Greenspan & Co. From 1974 to 1977, he served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Gerald Ford. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed him Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.

DKK 168.00
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The Newlyweds - Nell Freudenberger - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Newlyweds - Nell Freudenberger - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From Nell Freudenberger, one of America''s most dazzling talents, comes an utterly captivating cross-continental love story Amina Mazid is twenty-four when she leaves Bangladesh for Rochester, New York, and for George Stillman, the husband who met and wooed her online. It''s a twenty-first-century romance that echoes ancient traditions - the arranged marriages of her home country. And though George falls for Amina because she doesn''t ''play games'', they will both hide a secret, and vital, part of their lives from each other. A brilliantly observed, wry and yet deeply moving novel about the exhilerations - and complications - of getting, and staying, wed, The Newlyweds is a tour de force - a novel as rich with misunderstandings as it is with unlikely connections.''Young writers as ambitious - and as good - as Nell Freudenberger give us reason for hope'', New York Times Book Review ''Freudenberg has rare humanity, and talent great enough to command not only a vast landscape of imbalance and misunderstanding, but also a tender sphere of tiny intimacy, hidden yearning...A marvellous book'', Kiran Desai, winner of the MAN Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss Nell Freudenberger is the author of the novel The Dissident , (longlisted for the Orange Prize), The Lessons and the story collection Lucky Girls , winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and shortlisted for the Orange New Writers'' Prize and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. She was named a New Yorker ''20 Under 40'' writer and one of Granta''s Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

DKK 161.00
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