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Survival in Auschwitz

Survival in Auschwitz

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In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and “Italian citizen of Jewish race,” was arrested by the Italian Fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Levi was spared the gas chambers because his technical training was deemed useful for work in the I. G. Farben laboratories of Hitler’s Third Reich. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi’s classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and miraculous survival. Remarkable for its simplicity, restraint, compassion and even wit, Survival in Auschwitz remains—forty years after its composition—a lasting testament to the indestructible human spirit.

三十六计

三十六计

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编辑推荐语三十六计是中国兵略的精华,是在各种环境下克敌或避敌制胜的法宝。三十六计不仅适应于军事,也广泛运用在生活中的各个领域。 三十六计中,每六条计策为一套,其中胜战计、攻战计和并战计是处于优势情况下使用的对策;敌战计、混战计和败战计是处于劣势情况下使用的对策。三十六计变化万端、诙诡奇谲,运用之妙,存乎一心。内容提要《三十六计》一书,约成书于明、清之交,而在此之前的很长一段时间 里,散在而广泛地流传于民间。是我国流传较为久远,普及面较为广泛的兵 法通俗读物。它集历代兵家“韬略”“诡道”之大成,素有兵法和谋略奇书 之称。书中的不少计名、用语为人们耳热能详,闪烁着智慧的火花。它不仅 可以用于军事,对于启迪人们的心智亦功不可没。

华杉讲透《孙子兵法》

华杉讲透《孙子兵法》

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《华杉讲透《孙子兵法》内容简介:《孙子兵法》6111字,似乎每个字都艰深玄奥,让很多人望而却步;其实,只要抓住兵法的根本思想,就会发现处处豁然开朗、字字明明白白。本书作者华杉,研究孙子兵法二十余年;在本书中,抓住兵法根本思想,通过155个经典战例,将《孙子兵法》的原意剖析得详尽透彻。同时援引2000多年来,解读《孙子兵法》的传世注家曹操、杜牧等11人的注解,从不同角度还原兵法原意。全书通俗流畅,精彩纷呈;背水一战、围魏救赵等经典战例,更是讲解得令人身临其境,犹如置身战场上空,看交战双方兵马调动,浴血奋战,在震天的厮杀声中演绎着兵法的深邃思想。翻开本书,直窥《孙子兵法》堂奥,既简单、又深邃、既朴实、又玄妙;开启一场通往智慧的非凡阅读体验。

图说孙子兵法(读酷典藏插图版)

图说孙子兵法(读酷典藏插图版)

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读酷®出品 书非酷不能读【编辑推荐】★这一回让你真正读懂《孙子兵法》!★它是世界公认的现存最古老的军事理论著作。被人们尊奉为“兵经”、“百世谈兵之祖”,即便是在当下,里面知识能让你增广见闻,谋略让你在求学、职场、商界、政界、生活中无往不利。★全书逐字逐句讲透兵法原意,通透解读局势把控原理,通俗剖析历史经典战例,同时通过100余张珍贵历史插图,配以详细图解,从不同角度着力讲透兵法奥义,还原群雄逐鹿时代战争全貌!★电子书设计雅正、精致大方,阅读更方便。【关于我们】读酷(ducool)致力于出品高端电子书,让移动阅读能超越纸质书的阅读体验!我们知道,您不会因为是电子书就降低对品质的要求。因此,我们以匠心制作每一本电子书,不但全部由设计师精心手作,大部分还配以高清图片、多媒体以及互动,确保阅读体验达到甚至超过纸质书。在内容方面,我们的专业编辑团队对每一本书都进行了精挑细选,力求做到宁缺勿滥,帮助读者把好第一道关。请认准读酷®品牌,这是我们对您的品质承诺。欢迎关注我们的微信“读酷ducool”北京新学堂网络科技有限公司 荣誉出品【内容介绍】全书保持原有的兵法十三篇的篇章结构,吸取古今整理、注释、校勘的优秀成果,对《孙子兵法》每篇逐一剖析,战例、插图、图解等资料丰富,解说详尽,条理清晰,通俗易懂,加之图片精美,作者见解独到,是一部值得大众阅读的国学读物。【名人、用户评价】中国古代大军事家孙武子书上“知彼知己,百战不殆”这句话,是包括学习和使用两个阶段说的,包括认识世界中的发展规律,并按照这些规律,去决定自己的行动克服当前敌人而说的;我们不要轻看这句话。——毛泽东就中国历史来考究,二千多年的兵法,有十三篇,那十三篇兵书,便成立为中国的军事哲学。——孙中山《孙子兵法》内容博大精深,思想精邃富赡,逻辑缜密严谨,是古代汉族军事思想精华的集中体现。而读酷出版的电子书一直都有很好的质量,图书设计简洁肃古,章前头有题解,书中注释很详细,战例很吸引人,分析鞭辟入里,插图和图解的内容增色不少,总的来说很好。——锦衣夜行中国战略管理的经典之作,如果说一定要看的一本书那就是《孙子兵法》,关键是要融会贯通和转化,不论从事各行各业都要拜读它,其中不战而屈人之兵是其精髓。——鸿鹄孙子十三篇,不仅用于军事,为人处世,日常生活,也有值得借鉴之处。现在的家长大部分让孩子学英语,学钢琴,很少给孩子教授这些国学典籍,让人痛心。——王师定中原

Dimensions of War

Dimensions of War

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With today mutable identities and various kinds of warfare, how do we further our understanding of war? Reviewing influential war theories from Machiavelli to the present, this book analyses how they reduce war in terms of time, space, interaction, purpose, aim, and/or evolution. Considering war as a complex adaptive system allows us to increase our overall comprehension of contemporary wars.

SAS and Elite Forces Guide Sniper

SAS and Elite Forces Guide Sniper

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SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Sniper describes the psychological makeup of a sniper, what training is required to become an expert marksman, and what weapons are used by special forces snipers today. Using 300 instructive illustrations, Elite Forces Handbook: Sniper shows how special forces units such as the SAS, Army Rangres, Navy Seals, and Delta Force train their most elite soldiers.

All Quiet On The Western Front

All Quiet On The Western Front

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One by one the boys begin to fall… In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war’. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier’ experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'Nothing New in the West') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I.  The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print. In 1930, the book was adapted as an Academy-Award-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.

كتاب ما بعد إسرائيل

كتاب ما بعد إسرائيل

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يؤكد مارسيلو سفيرسكي في هذا الكتاب ، الجديد والفريد من نوعه ، على أنه ليس هناك حل سياسي مطروح في الوقت الراهن يمكنه أن يوفر الماهية الثقافية اللازمة لإحداث تحول على أساليب بقاء دولة إسرائيل وسبل الحياة فيها . يُناقش سفيرسكي ، على نحو مثير للجدل ، فكرة أن المشروع السياسي الصهيوني غير قابل للإصلاح ، أي أنه الوحيد الذي يؤثر سلبا على حياة المستفيدين منه كما على ضحاياه أيضاً . بالمقابل يهدف الكتاب إلى إحداث موقف معاكس ، يسمح لليهود الإسرائيليين باكتشاف الآلية التي تمكنهم من تجريد أنفسهم من الهويات الصهيونية وذلك من خلال الإنخراط بالأفكار والممارسات والمؤسسات المنشقة عن تلك الهويات . أخيرا فإن إنتاج المعدات والتكنولوجيا العسكرية التي تساعد إسرائيل على السيطرة على حياة الفلسطينيين ، بسياسات الفصل وقوانينه والمساحات المخصصة لليهود وللفلسطينيين ، ترتبط جميعا بإنتاج ذوات الصهيونية وأنماط وجودها . إن التغلب على أنماط الوجود هذه هو ( ما بعد

Desert Storm

Desert Storm

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The 1991 Gulf War, also known as Desert Storm, was a major military conflict that took place in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Led by a coalition of international forces, primarily spearheaded by the United States, the conflict aimed to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation and restore its sovereignty. The war featured a swift and decisive air campaign followed by a ground offensive, resulting in the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait in a matter of weeks. Desert Storm marked a pivotal moment in modern warfare, showcasing the effectiveness of precision-guided weaponry and international cooperation while highlighting the challenges of regional stability in the Middle East.

The Falklands War

The Falklands War

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What began as a remote territorial dispute in the South Atlantic Ocean, quickly escalated into a full-scale armed conflict, resulting in the loss of 255 British and 649 Argentinian lives. The book examines the Argentine invasion, how the UK assembled an armada in record time, the air war to gain aerial supremacy, the loss of vital ships, the ground war and the liberation of Port Stanley. The book aims to provide a detailed account of this remarkable chapter in modern history.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

Military & Warfare

One by one the boys begin to fall… In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war’. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier’ experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.

Искусство войны

Искусство войны

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«Искусство войны», дословно — «Законы войны (военные методы) почтенного (учителя) Суня»; другие названия: «Трактат учителя Суня», «Сунь-Цзы о военном искусстве») — самый известный древнекитайский трактат, посвящённый военной стратегии и политике и написанный Сунь-Цзы. Состоит из 13 глав (пянь). Является основополагающим текстом «школы военной философии», главным в её каноническом Семикнижии (У цзин ци шу). Трактат использовали в своих действиях полководцы Такэда Сингэн, Во Нгуен Зиап; он используется в военном обучении в армии США, в том числе в военно-морских силах. Хо Ши Мин также модернизировал и широко применял этот трактат в своей деятельности. Традиционно авторство приписывается легендарному военачальнику и стратегу Сунь Цзы (VI—V века до н. э.). Трактат, соответственно, долгое время датировался концом VI — началом V века до н. э. (514—495, возможно, 510). Найденный в 1972 году в захоронении начала эпохи Хань (206 год до н. э. — VIII век н. э.) новый расширенный вариант Сунь-цзы даёт основания датировать его создание второй половиной V века до н. э. (453—403). Однако, результаты ряда исследований, проведённых за последние 30 лет как китайскими, так и западными учёными указывают на то, что трактат скорее всего был составлен реальным историческим лицом, полководцем Сунь Бинем, жившим в Царстве Ци в IV веке до н. э. (приблизительно 380—325 годы до н. э.) в период Сражающихся царств. Современный канонический текст был сформирован на рубеже II—III веков н. э., базовым является его официальное издание XI в. со сводным комментарием 10 авторов II—XI веков, связанное со введением военного Семикнижия в систему государственных экзаменов.

نوادر الحرب العظمى

نوادر الحرب العظمى

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على الرغمِ من أنَّ لا شيءَ يُمكنُ أن يُواسيَ الثَّكالى فيمن قَضَوا أو أصيبوا في الحربِ في وقائعَ وحشيةٍ غايتُها أهدافٌ عبثيَّة، فإنَّ بعضَ المُفكرِين يرى في الحربِ ذُروةَ التجربةِ الإنسانيةِ بحُلوِها ومُرِّها، تُختبرُ فيها القِيمُ والمبادئُ على أرضِ الواقع. وقد كانت الحربُ العالميةُ الأولى من أشدِّ الحروبِ وحشيَّةً؛ إذ شهدَت أوَّلَ استخدامٍ للطائراتِ الحربيِّةِ والغازاتِ السامَّة، وقُتِل خلالَ معاركِها ملايينُ الأشخاصِ، سواءٌ من العسكريين أو المدنيين، وحفلَت سنواتُها الأربعُ بالعديدِ من القصصِ المأساوية الحزينةِ وأيضًا الطريفةِ والغريبة. وفي هذا الكتابِ جمعَ المُؤلِّفُ بعضًا من هذه القصصِ التي نُشرَت في الجرائدِ والمجلاتِ العربيةِ والأجنبيةِ الصادرةِ في فترةِ الحرب

The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries

The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries

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This book is a gripping collection of American naval war diaries recently found in the National Archives about what was happening on the northern coast of Turkey in 1921-1922. At the time, a series of American destroyers were continuously stationed at the port of Samsun, and the destroyer captains describe here many of the atrocities then being perpetrated upon the Asia Minor Greek minority by the ruling Nationalist Turks, along with local Greek reactions.

SHADOW OF LUNARIUM

SHADOW OF LUNARIUM

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Title: "Echoes of Valor" In a world torn asunder by the ruthless pursuit of power, "Echoes of Valor" transports readers to a near-future Earth where the very essence of survival hinges on the control of a rare and coveted mineral known as Lunarium. This precious resource, hidden within the treacherous expanse of the Forbidden Zone, has become the catalyst for a deadly game of domination between two formidable military alliances. At the heart of this gripping tale stands Captain Kara Jensen, a resilient and battle-hardened soldier haunted by the ghosts of a past mission gone awry. The memory of her lost squad lingers like a shadow, a constant reminder of the sacrifices made in the name of duty. Determined to unravel the mysteries shrouding their disappearance, Kara embarks on a perilous journey that will test her limits and push her to the brink of her capabilities. As Kara delves deeper into the heart of darkness, she uncovers a chilling truth that threatens to upend the fragile balance of power. The enemy, wielding the potent force of Lunarium, has unleashed a terrifying arsenal of weapons capable of untold devastation. Now, with the fate of both alliances hanging in the balance, Kara must navigate a web of deceit and intrigue to thwart a malevolent plot that could plunge the world into chaos. Against the backdrop of a war-torn landscape and the looming specter of annihilation, Kara's courage and resolve will be put to the ultimate test. With each step she takes closer to the enemy's stronghold, the stakes escalate, and the boundaries between friend and foe blur in a haze of moral ambiguity. Will she emerge victorious, or will the echoes of valor fade into the silence of defeat? But just when the path seems clear, a startling revelation rocks Kara to her core. In a twist of fate that defies all expectations, she uncovers a hidden truth that challenges everything she thought she knew. As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, Kara must confront the shadows of her past and the uncertainties of the future in a final showdown that will determine the fate of all. "Echoes of Valor" is a pulse-pounding tale of courage, sacrifice, and the enduring power of the human spirit in the face of insurmountable odds. Prepare to be swept away on a journey of intrigue and suspense as Kara Jensen embarks on a mission that will define not only her own destiny but the destiny of a world teetering on the brink of destruction.

Afganistan

Afganistan

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Afganistan nie może zaznać spokoju: wojny brytyjsko-afgańskie w XIX i XX wieku, krwawa interwencja radziecka lat siedemdziesiątych i osiemdziesiątych, wreszcie trwające do dziś starcia z wojskami Paktu Północnoatlantyckiego. Po 11 września 2001 roku, gdy świat wypowiedział wojnę terroryzmowi, interwencja wojsk NATO na Bliskim Wschodzie była tylko kwestią czasu. Podpułkownik Grzegorz Kaliciak trafił do Afganistanu na półroczną misję stabilizacyjną dziesięć lat po atakach na WTC jako dowódca 17. Wielkopolskiej Brygady Zmechanizowanej. Przez pół roku musiał mierzyć się z nieustającymi atakami islamskich terrorystów, nieufnością ludności cywilnej, ale również z biurokracją. To ostatnie niejednokrotnie opóźniało podejmowanie istotnych decyzji. Książka "Afganistan" to nie tylko rzetelna relacja z misji w regionie objętym permanentnym konfliktem, ale również obraz sytuacji panującej w polskiej armii.