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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la guerra de Gaza de 2006 a 2014, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Observar el contexto en el que se desencadena la guerra de Gaza de 2006 a 2014, años después de haberse producido el surgimiento del sionismo, el retorno de los judíos a la Tierra Prometida, la proclamación del Estado de Israel y...
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The must-read analysis of Colonel David Hunt's book: "They Just Don't Get It: How Washington Is Still Compromising Your Safety - and What You Can Do About It".
This complete summary of "They Just Don't Get It" by Colonel David Hunt presents the author's revelation that the American government are under-equipped to deal with the war on terror. He provides a game plan for winning the war on terrorism.
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If you truly love Allah, you will die for him. Your death will mean much reward for you and your family in heaven. Only death will prove your love. It was the final test. A chance to win not only the love of Allah, but the love of her father-something she had never been able to earn. Esther took a deep breath and raised her hand in the air. At the age of eighteen, she had just volunteered to become a suicide bomber. Defying Jihad is the true story...
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The must-read summary of Bill Sammon's book: "Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters".
This complete summary of "Misunderestimated" by Bill Sammon, former White House correspondent for The Washington Times, presents the author's account of Bush's presidency, as his focus shifted from Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan to Iraq and the 2004 election in which he ran against John Kerry. Sammon also details the rise...
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The search for a friend's killer is a riveting lesson in the way war has changed.
The EOD-explosive ordnance disposal-community is tight-knit, and when one of their own is hurt, an alarm goes out. When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American...
1026) Memories of 9/11
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The baby boomer generation always asked, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" My question now is: "Where were you when the towers fell on 9/11?" This book is an anthology of those answers from relatives, friends, colleagues, and friends of friends. Even 20 years later, the memories are vivid. Let's hope that the next generation never has to endure something so horrific.
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This exploration of the links between imperialism and insurgency is "a reliable introduction to a complex subject" (Dennis E. Showalter, coauthor of If the Allies Had Fallen).
In this provocative history, David Tucker argues that "irregular warfare"-including terrorism, guerrilla warfare, and other insurgency tactics-is intimately linked to the rise and decline of Euro-American empire around the globe. Tracing the evolution of resistance warfare...
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Pirates, warlords, guerillas, criminal organizations, drug cartels, apocalyptic religious extremists, police agencies, terrorists: these are classic insurgents whose past, present, and future is dissected in this important book. Contributing writers including Martha Crenshaw, T. X. Hammes, Russell Howard, Gene Cristy, Yosef Kuperwasser, and academics from Naval War College, Marine Corps War College, and Stanford University, explore important insurgency-related...
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This complete summary of "Shadow War" by Richard Miniter, a renowned investigative journalist and writer, presents his argument that the media has missed many of Bush's biggest developments and success in the war on terror. He delivers the unreported stories of failed assassination plots and successful captures of Al-Qaeda members and proves that the war on terror can be and is being won.
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The report addresses the urgent and growing threat of terrorist travel by Americans to Syria and Iraq. Despite the government's efforts to control this travel, hundreds of Americans have attempted to reach the conflict zones to join the jihadists. Using numerous briefings, interviews, site visits, and document analysis, the Task Force makes thirty-two key findings dealing with government strategy, identification of terrorists, and disruption of foreign...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la guerre de Gaza de 2006 à 2014 en moins d'une heure !
Gaza, qui forme une bande de seulement 360 km², est convoitée depuis des milliers d'années. Et pour cause : ce petit territoire est considéré comme le berceau des trois religions monothéistes et regroupe la majorité des lieux saints.
Lorsqu'au XIXe siècle le mouvement sioniste prne un retour de la communauté juive dans la Palestine de...
1032) A Known Evil
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A serial killer stalks the streets of Rome... A gripping debut crime novel and the first in a groundbreaking series, from a new star in British crime fiction.
Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin. A city on lockdown.
In the depths of a freakish winter, Rome is being torn apart by a serial killer dubbed The Carpenter intent on spreading fear and violence. Soon another woman is murdered - hammered to death and left with a cryptic message nailed to her chest....
1033) My Hijacking
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In this moving and thought-provoking memoir, a historian offers a personal look at the fallibilities of memory and the lingering impact of trauma as she goes back fifty years to tell the story of being a passenger on an airliner hijacked in 1970.
On September 6, 1970, twelve-year-old Martha Hodes and her thirteen-year-old sister were flying unaccompanied back to New York City from Israel when their plane was hijacked by members of the Popular Front...
1034) Culture of Terrorism
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This classic text provides a scathing critique of US political culture through a brilliant analysis of the Iran-Contra scandal. Chomsky irrefutably shows how the United States has opposed human rights and democratization to advance its economic interests.
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Joby Warrick's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Black Flags includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter overviews • Profiles of the main characters • Detailed...
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Un livre essentiel pour éveiller les consciences sur un groupe terroriste peu connu: les islamistes ADF.
Beni ville et territoire dans le Ruwenzori au nord de la RD Congo vit dans la terreur et l'horreur depuis 2014: des populations civiles kidnappées, ligotées avant d'être massacrées à la hache et à la machette.
Le terrorisme des islamistes ADF, tel que vécu et décrit ici, permet d'élaborer des critères plus réalistes et plus objectifs...
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Being abducted and held captive by the Taliban isn't a tale many survive to tell. An American doctor shares the harrowing story about the four days he spent with his captors after being abducted on a humanitarian mission and his incredible rescue by SEAL Team Six.
On December 5, 2012, American medical doctor Dilip Joseph and two colleagues are driving back to Kabul, Afghanistan, after serving villagers that morning at a rural clinic. Suddenly a man...
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Alan B. Krueger is the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, former chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, and an adviser to the National Counterterrorism Center. He is the coauthor of Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage (Princeton) and Inequality in America. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat...
1039) Toxin Alert
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Following a deadly anthrax attack, TCD's biological weapons expert Carly Welsh springs into action. Problem is, the Amish trust no one—especially not an FBI special agent. That's where Noah Miller comes in. Even though the rancher left the fold decades ago, the community trusts him...and so does Dr. Welsh. But even their combined courage and smarts might not be enough against sinister forces that want them both to perish.
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