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Studies in Intelligence eBook Series

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  • Leaders and Intelligence

    Edited by Michael I. Handel ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    From a systematic point of view, all intelligence work can be studied on three levels: Acquisition, analysis, and acceptance. The author focuses on the third of these levels, studying the attitudes and behavioural patterns developed by leaders during their political careers, their willingness to consider information and ideas contrary to their own, their ability to admit mistakes and change course ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Strategic and Operational Deception in the Second World War

    Edited by Michael I. Handel ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    First Published in 1987. New information obtained from the declassification of Ultra intercepts and other Second World War documents as well as from recent scholarly research has credited Allied deception operations with an even more important contribution to winning the war than was previously supposed. Yet deception is only one factor in the achievement of victory; it cannot guarantee success. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • War, Strategy and Intelligence

    by Michael I. Handel ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    Investigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of technology on warfare, the political nature of war and the limits of rational analysis in studying war. ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

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    The Epic Story of 13 Years That Almost Destroyed the Civilized World

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    How Churchill Saved Civilization resolves the lingering mysteries surrounding the causes of the Second World War, and what transpired during the war to bring its end result. It proposes answers to such questions as Why were the Allies unprepared?”, Why did France collapse so quickly?”, Why didn’t the British government accept Hitler’s peace proposals?” and Why did the Germans allow Hitler to ... Read more

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  • Why The Allies Won

    by Dr Richard Overy ...
    The Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost the entire resources of continental Europe were in German hands and Japan had wiped out the western colonial presence in Asia. Democracy appeared to have had its day.In this remarkable study, Richard Overy provides a reinterpretation of the war through an account of the decisive military campaigns that ... Read more

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  • The Second World Wars

    How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

    by Victor Davis Hanson ...
    A comprehensive account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian and author of The Dying Citizen**.****“Breathtakingly magisterial.” —**Wall Street JournalWorld War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Flying for Freedom

    The Allied Air Forces in the RAF 1939-45

    by Alan Brown ...
    After the Dunkirk debacle in May 1940, Britain's primary weapon of defence was her air force. The exploits of the RAF's bomber crews and fighter pilots featured almost nightly on the radio and in the cinema newsreels; the men themselves were the objects of great admiration and respect. Yet, how many of these brave airmen were not British nationals? During the Second World War, exiled airmen from ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forward into Battle

    Fighting Tactics from Waterloo to the Near Future

    by Paddy Griffith ...
    The first edition (1981) took a critical look at the accepted wisdom of historians who interpreted battlefield events primarily by reference to firepower. It showed that Wellington's infantry had won by their mobility rather than their musketry, that the bayonet did not become obsolete in the nineteenth century as is often claimed, and that the tank never supplanted the infantryman in the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Great World War 1914–1945

    1. Lightning Strikes Twice

    by Peter Liddle, John Bourne, Ian Whitehead ...
    Comparing and contrasting the World Wars.This will be a landmark in military history: a collaborative venture between historians from 20 different countries addressing every aspect of the two world wars. The scope of the book is enormous. From frontline combat to civilian experience, women and children in wartime, genocide etc.The Face of BattleLeadership in the warsCivilians in the warsNational ... Read more

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  • Soviet Military Operational Art

    In Pursuit of Deep Battle

    by Colonel David M. Glantz ...
    Series series Soviet (Russian) Military Theory and Practice
    David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945. ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Special Operations and Strategy

    From World War II to the War on Terrorism

    by James D. Kiras ...
    Series series Strategy and History
    James D. Kiras shows how a number of different special operations, in conjunction with more conventional military actions, achieve and sustain strategic effect(s) over time. In particular, he argues that the root of effective special operations lies in understanding the relationship existing between moral and material attrition at the strategic level. He also presents a theoretical framework for ... Read more

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  • The Art of Military Deception

    by Mark Lloyd ...
    This in-depth analysis of military deception examines tactics employed across centuries and continents, from ancient times to WWII.The art of military deception is as old as warfare itself. It has been a vital part of virtually every successful campaign ever recorded, and yet has been largely overlooked in the annals of military history. In The Art of Military Deception, Mark Lloyd corrects this ... Read more

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