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I Retsteknisk arkitektur tager Eyal Weizman læserne fra droneangreb i Afghanistan til interneringslejre i Syrien og fra bombeattentater i Gaza til bjergene i Guatemala. Med detaljeret dokumentation præsenterer bogen en æstetisk og visuelt udfordrende undersøgelsespraksis, der intervenerer direkte i virkeligheden. Eyal Weizmans forskningsgruppe Forensic Architecture arbejder for at stille de ansvarlige for menneskerettighedsbrud til regnskab. Ved virtuelt at rekonstruere gerningssteder, bombede bygninger og udpinte landskaber skaber gruppen rammerne for nye erkendelser og vidnesbyrd.Eyal Weizman (f. 1970) er britisk-israelsk arkitekt og professor ved Goldsmiths, University of London. Forensic Architecture har bidraget med bevismaterialer til bl.a. Amnesty International og Human Rights Watch og udstillet sine modeller og efterforskninger på Tate Britain, Louisiana, og documenta.Bibliotek for ny kunstteori er en række oversættelser af international kunst- og kulturteori. Projektet er et samarbejde mellem Ny Carlsbergfondet og Informations Forlag.

A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armored vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its close in 2004.Through much of World War II British tanks and armored vehicles were outmatched by the German tanks they encountered and this led to the British Army placing much emphasis on ensuring that the same situation would not arise again if the Cold War turned hot. The task of developing the Main Battle Tanks and supporting armored vehicles to out-range and quickly destroy the Soviet threat fell to the scientists and engineers at the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common near to Chertsey, UK. It was the design authority for all British Military vehicles for most of the period.Military vehicle and equipment expert William Suttie draws extensively on official MOD reports to tell the story of the development of the British Cold War armor, such as the Centurion, Chieftain, Challenger, and many other wheeled and tracked armor vehicles that served the British Army of The Rhine. The vehicles developed at the Chertsey site were never used for their intended purpose on the plains of North-west Germany, but have proved their worth in British operations in places like Korea, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as in the hands of other users around the world.Fully illustrated with photographs, schemes, and drawings, including some that have never been published before, this is a unique detailed overview of the development of all post-war British armored vehicles.

Klassikeren om besættelsens hverdag, en begivenhedsrig epoke i Danmarks historie, set fra den vinkel, hvorfra de fleste danskere oplevede den. Stoffet er fortalt med Erik Kjersgaards velkendte evne til at gøre det fortidige levende med mange detaljer og en forsonende humor, samt gennem et stort og enestående billedmateriale.I den nye udgave er billedsiden opdateret, sidetallet øget og formatet i større skala: 21 x 29,7 cm.Anmelderne var begejstrede, da bind 1 udkom i 1980:"Her finder vi besættelsens kulturhistorie"- Victor Andreasen, Ekstra Bladet"Man skal ikke have denne bog i hånden ret længe, før man har en sikker fornemmelse af salgssucces"- Finn Løkkegaard, Weekendavisen"Forfatteren har fulgt to mål: Generationen fra krigsårene skulle genopleve dem, og de yngre årgange få et indtryk af dem. Det er lykkedes at forene de to hensyn. Forenet er også fortællelyst og faglig professionalisme"- Vagn Dybdahl, Politiken"Ved læsningen får man gang på gang bekræftet, at illustrationerne ikke blot er valgt for at gøre bogen mere salgbar, men at tekst og billeder står i et sådant forhold til hinanden, at de i fællesskab skaber fremstillingen"- Knud Larsen, Berlingske Tidende"Erik Kjersgaard har skrevet en glimrende bog om besættelsestidens hverdag med restriktioner, rationeringer, mørklægning, forbud og talrige besværligheder... Man kan kun glæde sig til fortsættelsen"- Arthur Jensen, Jyllands-Posten"Det er... en bemærkelsesværdig bog, Kjersgaard præsenterer og en velkommen bog, fordi den koncentrerer sig om de nære ting, der prægede Denmark i besattelsesårene"- Børge Mors, Aalborg Stiftstidende"Kjersgaards bog... er lige til at sætte på ønskesedlen til jul. Den fortjener samme succes som Hammerichs Danmarkskrønike om tiden efter 1945"- Aage Trommer, Kristeligt Dagblad

This book represents the only detailed study of an Indian national enlisting in Britain's armed forces during the First World War.

A fully illustrated account of the Soviet offensive in the Baltics and the desperate German attempts to hold back the Red Army.

En gribende fortælling om en 13-årig jødisk dreng, der flygter gennem et Europa i krig med nazisterne i hælene. Det er en historie om ekstraordinært mod og en ukuelig vilje til at overleve mod alle odds.I begyndelsen af 1940 bor Chaim Herszman sammen med sin familie i den jødiske Lódz-ghetto i Polen. Drevet af sult sniger han sig ud i den omkringliggende by for at finde noget at spise, men en dag bliver han nødt til at dræbe en tysk vagt for at redde sin lillebror. Det øjeblik ændrer hele hans livsbane, sender ham gennem fjendens linjer og ud på et farefuldt eventyr. Chaim undslipper granater og geværild ved den russiske grænse, finder ly hos en tysk familie i Berlin, bliver forelsket i det besatte Frankrig, taget til fange ved et bjergpas i Spanien og ender i England, hvor han bliver afhørt som en potentiel tysk spion.Forfatteren John Carr er søn af Chaim (som efter krigen ændrede navn til Henry Carr), og han har genskabt sin fars utrolige historie ud fra deres samtaler senere i livet.

En dansk soldats møde med Afghanistans kvinder Anne-Cathrine Riebnitzsky tilbragte 14 måneder i Afghanistans Helmand provins, hvor hun fik kontakt med de afghanske kvinder, der kæmper mod Talebans rædselsregime. Kvindernes krig er en stærk, personlig beretning om disse kvinders kamp for et liv uden undertrykkelse og vold. Bogen er samtidig en gribende fortælling om at være kvindelig soldat i Afghanistan, om den altid nærværende risiko og om sorgen over faldne kammerater. Anne-Cathrine Riebnitzsky er forfatter til romanerne Den stjålne vej og Forbandede yngel, som hun modtog Boghandlernes Gyldne Laurbær for, samt Orkansæsonen og stilheden. Enhver der ønsker dybere indsigt i kampen derude, skal læse denne grundige øjenvidneskildring. - Jyllands-Posten Man læser med en klump i halsen, mens forfatteren med et stort og smukt sprog ganske klarøjet skildrer den ubarmhjertige virkelighed og den heroiske kamp mod vold og undertrykkelse. - Weekendavisen

While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles such as Edgehill and Naseby. This book redresses this imbalance.

In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway - with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the individual Norwegian, British, Polish, French and German units that fought the land campaign over northern Norway. Highly detailed maps guide you step by step through the events. Few other books on Narvik give you as much detail on the forces of the fighting five. From Gebirgsjägers to Guardsmen, Fallschirmjägers to Foreign Legionnaires, it offers you an impressive level of tactical detail, even down to company command, whilst also helping you understand the strategic confusion surrounding the whole Allied expedition to the north too. Among the naval clashes covered in this action-packed story are the destroyer battles in the fjords, the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and the roles the famous battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau played in the fighting. No less dramatic are the land battles, which include amphibious landings, sabotage, commando raids, daring ski missions and a rare parachute insertion by Gebirgsjäger troops.

A new analysis of the technology and tanks that faced off against each other on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, during the very height of the Cold War.From the 1960s onwards, there was a generational shift in tank design and warfare with the advent of CBR (chemical, biological, radiological) protection and a move away from HEAT ammunition to APFSDS. This shift confronted the growing threat of guided anti-tank missiles and saw the introduction of composite armor. Soviet heavy tanks and tank destroyer/assault guns became obsolete, giving way to the technological might of the T-62 and T-64, while NATO forces employed the Chieftain, AMX-30, Leopard I, and M60, plus the initial attempt at a common US-German tank, the MBT-70. Using detailed illustrations and contemporary photographs, this companion volume to NVG 301, Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946-60 focuses on key battle tanks and their technology to give a comprehensive overall picture of how tanks developed during modern times.

The third in the series, this book examines the Battle of Pavia that marked a decisive turning point in the Great Italian Wars.

Volume Five of this series chronicles aerial warfare primarily in the New Guinea theatre in the critical period between September and December 1942. It can be read alone or as a continuation of the previous four volumes which span the first nine months of the Pacific War.

***'Reads like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' -James Risen, The Intercept'A compelling account of the ongoing search for the Fourth Man... a gripping and mind-bending read' - Dr. Mark Stout, The Daily Beast For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the explosive story of how insiders believe a KGB mole rose to the highest ranks of the CIA.In the aftermath of the Cold War, US intelligence caught three high-profile Russian spies. However, these arrests left major questions unanswered, and rumours have long swirled of another mole, often referred to as the Fourth Man. Three pioneering female veterans of counterintelligence were tasked with unearthing him. With steadfast determination and expertise, they came to a shocking conclusion, one which had, and continues to harbour, dramatic consequences for American security.In this gripping insider account, Baer tells a thrilling story of Russian espionage and American intelligence. With profound implications for the rise of Vladimir Putin and international relations with Russia, The Fourth Man is a real-life spy thriller with echoes of John Le Carré.