Tag: War

Wings of War The World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly


Free Download Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly by David Fairbank White, Margaret Stanback White, René Ruiz
English | 2022 | ISBN: B09X98MT3H | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 9 hours and 24 minutes + PDF | 620 Mb
The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible
"Aviation buffs will cheer this high-flying saga."-✅Publishers Weekly "[A] fascinating book about passion and innovation."-Walter Isaacson "An essential book for those who appreciate tales of military bravery, and also for all seeking understanding of decision-making under pressure.A major contribution."-E. J. Dionne, Jr.
When the P-51 Mustang began tearing across European skies in early 1944, the Allies had been losing the air war for years. Staggering numbers of bomber crews, both British and American, had been shot down and killed thanks to the Luftwaffe’s superior fighter force. Not only did the air war appear grim, but any landing of troops in France was impossible while German fighters hunted overhead. But behind the scenes, a team of visionaries had begun to design a bold new type of airplane, one that could outrun and outmaneuver Germany’s best.

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Why We Fight The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace


Free Download Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Christopher Blattman, Landon Woodson, Penguin Audio
English | 2022 | ISBN: B09B81V4YH | MP3@64 kbps | ~12:25:00 + PDF | 363 Mb
An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process.
It’s easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry.It’s also easy to forget that war shouldn’t happen-and most of the time it doesn’t. Around the world, there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only a tiny fraction erupt into violence. Too many accounts of conflict forget this.
With a counterintuitive approach, Blattman reminds us that most rivals loathe one another in peace. That’s because war is too costly to fight. Enemies almost always find it better to split the pie than spoil it or struggle over thin slices. So, in those rare instances when fighting ensues, we should ask: What kept rivals from compromise?

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Whirlwind The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945


Free Download Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945 by Barrett Tillman, Mel Foster, Tantor Audio
English | 2010 | ISBN: B003AOVOYY | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 11 hours and 12 minutes | 426 Mb
Whirlwind is the only book to examine in depth the human drama behind the most important bombing campaign in history. While the air war against Nazi Germany has been covered in-depth by many books, Barrett Tillman, a renowned authority on military aircraft and the air war in the Pacific, is the first to tackle the air war against Japan.
For decades, historians and politicians have debated whether or not Japan was on the verge of surrender in August 1945 – before the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tillman argues that for all the widespread death and suffering, the bombing of Japan remains a great example of air power’s ability to end a long, bitter, and bloody war without invasion.
Writing from the perspective of the aircrews and the generals and admirals who commanded them, Tillman examines all aspects of the human drama of the war, combining historical analyses with the words of survivors from both sides of the bomb.

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War, Peace, and Power Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000


Free Download War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000 by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
English | 2013 | ISBN: B00DTO5ZX6 | Format: MP3 / Bitrate: 128 Kbps / 18 hours and 41 minutes | 1021 Mb
For much of the past five centuries, the history of the European continent has been a history of chaos, its civilization thrown into turmoil by ferocious wars or bitter religious conflicts – sometimes in combination – that have made and remade borders, created and eliminated entire nations, and left a legacy that is still influencing our world.
This 36-lecture series from an award-winning teacher and honored scholar pursues an explanation for this chaos that goes beyond the obvious ones of political ambition, religious intolerance, the pursuit of state power, or the fear of another state’s aspirations. In pursuing that explanation, Professor Liulevicius offers everyone interested in the "why" of history a remarkable look into the evolution of the European continent and the modern state system. His provocative lectures allow us to peer through the revealing lens of statecraft to show us its impact on war, peace, and power and how that impact may well be felt in the future.
As you learn to examine key points on history’s diplomatic timeline in the context of attempting to establish – successfully and not – a lasting idea of order in the European world, you’ll begin to grasp the key Professor Liulevicius offers to understanding the dynamics of international politics. And you’ll see how such key concepts as the balance of power, power itself, sovereignty, and "reason of state" – the raison d’état first enunciated by France’s powerful Cardinal Richelieu – fit into those dynamics.

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War and an Irish Town


Free Download War and an Irish Town by Eamonn McCann, Audible Studios
English | 2018 | ISBN: B07KMBFD4N | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 128 Kbps / 10 hours and 57 minutes | 303 Mb
McCann’s account of what it is like to grow up a Catholic in a Northern Irish ghetto – first published in 1974 – quickly became a classic account of the feelings generated by British rule. The author was at the center of events in Derry which first brought Northern Ireland to world attention. He witnessed the gradual transformation of the civil rights movement from a mild campaign for "British Democracy" to an all-out military assault on the British state.
This book describes the people involved in the war, gives an account of the springs of the "Catholic" opposition, tells what their world was like and how their background affected the daily conduct of events. McCann gets beyond the rhetoric of the organized groups to the real people involved – people who are not so different from those in any other British town.

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This Is Not Propaganda Adventures in the War Against Reality


Free Download This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev, Matthew Waterson, Hachette Audio
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1549182366 | 7 hours and 29 minutes / Format: MP3 | 157 Mb
"Learn how the perception of truth has been weaponized in modern politics with this "insightful" account of propaganda in Russia and beyond during the age of disinformation" (New York Times)
When information is a weapon, every opinion is an act of war.
We live in a world of influence operations run amok, where dark ads, psyops, hacks, bots, soft facts, ISIS, Putin, trolls, and Trump seek to shape our very reality. In this surreal atmosphere created to disorient us and undermine our sense of truth, we’ve lost not only our grip on peace and democracy – but our very notion of what those words even mean.

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The Winter Army The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America’s Elite Alpine Warriors


Free Download The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America’s Elite Alpine Warriors by Maurice Isserman, Brian Troxell, HMH Adult Audio
English | 2021 | ISBN: B08Y2FJPBN | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 9 hours and 29 minutes | 517 Mb
"Compelling and readable…I had serious trouble putting this book down." (John C. McManus, author of Fire and Fortitude and The Dead and Those About to Die)
The epic story of the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy’s mountains in 1945, spearheadingthe Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.
At the start of World War II, the US Army had two cavalry divisions – and no mountain troops.The German Wehrmacht, in contrast, had many well-trained and battle-hardened mountain divisions, some of whom by 1943 blocked the Allied advance in the Italian campaign. Starting from scratch, the US Army developed a unique military fighting force, the 10th Mountain Division, drawn from the ranks of civilian skiers, mountaineers, and others with outdoor experience. The resulting mix of Ivy League students, park rangers, Olympic skiers, and European refugees formed the first specialized alpine fighting force in US history. By the time itdeployed to Italy at the beginning of 1945, this ragtag grouphad coalesced into a tight-knit unit. In the months that followed, at a terrible cost, they spearheaded the Allied drive in Italy to final victory.

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The Tug of War


Free Download The Tug of War by David Rambo, Matthew Arkin, Hugo Armstrong
English | 2017 | ISBN: B0745198P9 | Format: MP3 / 2 hours and 40 minutes | 74 Mb
The judgment of an untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII.
As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly minted US president is put to the ultimate test in this riveting original commission from playwright David Rambo (Empire, CSI).
Includes a panel discussion about the Cuban Missile Crisis with playwright David Rambo; Bob Stern, the past president of the LA-based Center on Governmental Studies; Richard Anderson, a professor of political science at UCLA and former CIA analyst; and Geoff Cowan, a university professor at USC.

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The Second World War A Complete History [Audiobook]


Free Download The Second World War: A Complete History (Audiobook)
English | September 17, 2012 | ASIN: B009C6I2UI | M4B@64 kbps | 43h 3m | 1.16 GB
Author: Martin Gilbert | Narrator: Bernard Mayes
Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill, offers a complete history of World War II.
It began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. By the time it came to an end on V-Day – August 14, 1945 – it had involved every major power, and had become global in its reach. In the final accounting, it would turn out to be – in both human terms and material resources – the costliest war in history, taking the lives of forty-six million people.

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The Mental Game Winning the War Within Your Mind [Audiobook]


Free Download Darrin Donnelly, Jonathan Todd Ross (Narrator), "The Mental Game: Winning the War Within Your Mind (Sports for the Soul)"
English | ASIN: B0CK99JB7L | 2023 | MP3@64 kbps | ~04:41:00 | 133 MB
In this inspirational fable, Jack McKee is a professional golfer who has just suffered through the most humiliating meltdown of his career. After years of struggle, he is ready to quit on his dream. He has convinced himself he doesn’t have what it takes to make it on the PGA Tour. In an attempt to figure out why his career has ended up the way it has, Jack reaches out to one of the game’s greatest former players for advice. This legendary golfer teaches Jack that the problem is not in his swing, but in his mind. As Jack learns to combat his thoughts of self-doubt and worry, his golf game improves right along with his mindset, culminating in the most important tournament of his career.
As this story plays out, you will learn: how to take control of your thoughts and make sure they are working for you instead of against you; the importance of talking to yourself instead of listening to yourself; how to develop a mental routine that will keep you in a positive state of mind; the technique used by many of the world’s most successful people to make gratitude a part of their daily lives; the fastest way to fight off worry and negative thoughts; how to protect your mind from negative, anxiety-producing, and failure-oriented messages; the importance of your self-image; the key to performing at your best under pressure; how to find peace and confidence; and more.

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