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Los samuráis y el recuerdo de sus actos de bravura han generado desde siempre fascinación. Este manual profundiza en la cultura samurái desde un punto de vista histórico, bélico, social y cultural. Usando la hoja de sable como hilo conductor, el libro descubre el origen de la filosofia japonesa, profundiza en 30 de sus heroes, su folclore y, por supuesto, sus armas. Este libro contiene 4 desplegables con reproducciones a tamaño natural de espadas famosas.

La seguridad es una aspiración universal a la que ningún país puede renunciar. En un mundo en permanente transformación, las fuentes de tensión y riesgo se suceden y multiplican incesantemente: terrorismo, conflictos armados, amenazas ciberneticas, crisis financieras y energeticas, criminalidad organizada, espionaje, armas de destruccion masiva, pirateria, catastrofes naturales o riesgos ambientales, entre otras muchas. La persistencia de estos peligros demuestra que la seguridad plena no esta garantizada por si sola. Por ese motivo, en los ultimos años el concepto de seguridad nacional ha sido reincorporado a las directrices que orientan la accion de Estados y Gobiernos, incluidos los de España. En Seguridad nacional, amenazas y respuestas, un equipo de especialistas academicos españoles y de profesionales del ambito de la seguridad y de la defensa ahonda en la problematica de la seguridad nacional y revisa sus principales interrogantes: ¿que dimensiones la integran?; ¿cual debe ser la arquitectura institucional de un sistema de seguridad nacional adaptado a los tiempos y circunstancias actuales y futuras?; ¿cuales son las principales amenazas que pueden poner en peligro la seguridad de las naciones, particularmente de España y de todas las personas que viven en nuestro pais? y, finalmente, ¿que estrategias y ...

This book synthesizes for the first time ever the information from various Soviet archives (military, governmental, economic, public, etc.) about the creation and development of chemical weapons in the Soviet Union, and provides data about the wide-ranging and secret preparation of USSR for an offensive chemical warfare against a potential enemy. Additionally, the book offers a general analysis about the influence of chemical warfare on the environment. The book is intended for scientists, military experts, chemical and medical specialists, environmental activists and a wide range of readers with an interest in chemical warfare and chemical safety.

Kill Chain is the essential history of drone warfare, a development in military technology that, as Andrew Cockburn demonstrates, has its origins in long-buried secret programmes dating to US military interventions in Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Cockburn follows the links in a chain that stretches from the White House, through the drone command center in Nevada, to the skies of Helmand Province. The book reveals the powerful interestsmilitary, CIA and corporatethat turned the Pentagon away from manned aircraft and boots on the ground to killing by remote control. Cockburn uncovers the technological breakthroughs, the revolution in military philosophy, and the devastating collateral damage resulting from assassinations allegedly targeted with pinpoint precision. Vivid, powerful and chilling, Kill Chain draws on sources deep in the military and intelligence establishment to lay bare the failure of the modern American way of war.

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy tanks during his incredible career.

Eric S MargolisIn this stunning read, veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis presents a revelatory history of the complicated and volatile conflicts that entangle one of the most beautiful and remote parts of the world. In War at the Top of the World, veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis presents a revelatory history of the complicated and volatile conflicts that entangle one of the most beautiful and remote parts of the world. In 1998, India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests that shocked the world and by the spring of 1999, both had demonstrated medium-range missiles capable of mutual destruction. Now, in War on the Top of the World Margolis plays witness to the escalating conflict between them over the isolated and contested territories of Kashmir and Ladakh, an age-old dispute that threatens to transform their arms race from a regional concern to an alarming global crisis. He traces this struggle and others, like those in neighbouring Afghanistan and Tibet, back to their Cold War roots, exploring clashes that continue to threaten to destabilize the region today. Margolis combines vivid first-hand accounts as a war correspondent with an historical and strategic overview of the region to take the reader through the geopolitical complexities of the area and its key players.He offers a clear, concise analysis of a complicated and little-understood part of the world that is home to a quarter of the world's population. Fascinating and indispensable, War on the Top of the World is an extraordinary read for anyone interested in the current global balance of power.

"Battle: A History of Combat and Culture" spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. Drawing its examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present day. In battle, ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. Carl von Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more basically, war is culture. The hard reality of armed conflict is formed by - and, in turn, forms - a culture''s values, assumptions, and expectations about fighting. The author examines the relationship between the real and the ideal, arguing that feedback between the two follows certain discernable paths. Battle rejects the currently fashionable notion of a "Western way of warfare" and replaces it with more nuanced concepts of varied and evolving cultural patterns of combat. After considering history, Lynn finally asks how the knowledge gained might illuminate our understanding of the war on terrorism.