Military Political Fiction

A Chinook helicopter carrying a squad of Navy Seals suddenly plummets to earth in Afghanistan. A car driven by FBI agents tailing a suspicious vehicle is mysteriously rendered immobile in San Francisco. The body of a Chinese agent is found floating miles from the Golden Gate Bridge after being fed to sharks. In A Time for War, the U.S. is under secret attack and only Jack Hatfield, a popular television host hounded from his position by left-wing forces in the media for speaking the truth, suspects the danger of this lethal conspiracy.

The early 1960s were a time of existential unease across the world. The constant threat of a nuclear bomb - and of mutually assured destruction - led to a palpable sense that nuclear holocaust could occur any day. It was in this Cold War environment that social psychologist Erich Fromm wrote May Man Prevail?

It’s the autumn of 1939, and Europe lurches uncertainly into war. Paul Muller is catapulted into a diplomatic cauldron of treachery and betrayal as both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union threaten war on new fronts. In a compelling narrative of political intrigue and violence, listeners will relish being exposed to the little-known events Muller encounters, vividly illustrating the perils of a confused and fearful time.

Jake Fortina can’t believe the news. Children—over 20,000 since February 2022—are disappearing as Russia invades Ukraine. Ukrainian Air Force Colonel Hennadiy Kovalenko and his wife, Mila, suffer heart-rending losses. Private Margarita Romanova, a medic in the Russian Army, faces a terrible dilemma, one that also holds the possibility of love and redemption. And in the background, Sergiy and Gleb, two young Ukrainian boys deported to Russia, must endure devastating and hellish circumstances. An unlikely confluence of Ukrainian, American, Italian, and Russian citizens unites to mount a rescue.

Poco dopo la fine della guerra contro l'ISIS, il professor Kevin Adler, accademico docente di geofisica, viene invitato come relatore da una università del Medio Oriente per un'importante conferenza sul futuro dell'energia. Arrivato in città la notte prima dell'evento non sa che l'autista che lo preleverà dall'albergo il giorno seguente ha, però, ricevuto altre istruzioni.

A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. This is the story of the terrorist campaign that took them away.

It is the near future. The Islamic Jihad is over. The Jihadis have beaten the West. Israel stands alone . . . Can what remains of Western civilization oppose their total world domination? What might arise from the dust of the crushed West to resist the martial efforts of the whole Arab world? This is the controversial novella of the final crusade and one soldier’s dark destiny as part of it.

När kryssningsrobotar förstör en rysk forskningsplattform i Arktis, är kustjägaren och operatören Gustav Sterner ensam kvar med koordinaterna för en tidigare okänd, strategisk fyndighet. Den nation som får tillgång till resursen kan nå global dominans i generationer framöver, varför agenter och militärförband från Öst och Väst tar upp jakten i Barents hav och på Svalbard. Vad kan få USA att riskera krig med Ryssland? Hur ska Gustav undkomma förföljelsen? "Uppdrag Polaris" är den tredje romanen om kustjägaren och SSG-operatören Gustav Sterner. Kaj Karlsson är f d reservofficer vid kustjägarna...

The timeless original text; required listening for any business-person or athlete interested in strategy. This is a work of subtlety and paradox that shows the way to a clean and aesthetic triumph. Sun Tzu insisted that a skilled warrior observes, calculates, outwits, and outmaneuvers an adversary, and in doing so averts the destruction of battle. Includes a soundtrack entitled "The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo", a 43-minute 14-track collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by the Matsu Take Ensemble.

August 22, 1485, Bosworth, Leicestershire. By noon the King of England, Richard III, will be dead and his naked body will be on route to Leicester. This is the story of Richard's final 24 hours, told in a compelling minute-by-minute countdown, which ends with this final heroic battle charge and his death on the field at Bosworth.

With reports of an imminent terrorist attack in Chicago during a speech by the Vice President, Zeta Division is on high alert. Working with the FBI and the Secret Service, headquarters sends Alex Morgan to lead a tactical team. But when they barely escape the explosion of a large bomb, the danger only amps up, along with the death toll. Now a primary suspect, Alex gets a simple message from Zeta: RUN.

The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings are two of the most iconic works of literature ever written, regardless of genre. The perceptiveness with which Sun Tzu and Miyamoto Musashi analyzed human behavior and tendencies apply to strategy in virtually any context, from warfare to business and beyond. In The Master of Strategy Collection, AOG brings you both of these timeless works in full and unabridged, along with extensive supplemental study and discussion materials.

Why is rolling news showing footage of US Marines holding off an armed assault on the White House? Where have the Secret Service taken the President and why has the Vice President invoked the 25th Amendment? Why has US Space Command mobilized its strategic reserve and put it into orbit? Crisis Point is a stand-alone novella set in the near future. It tells the story of a military conspiracy reaching to the top of the US Military to subvert the democratically elected US President. In the middle of the 21st century Mike Duff is a career officer of US Space Force....

La narrativa se desarrolla en un ambiente de conflictos políticos y luchas de poder, donde la esposa del general se convierte en una figura central, no solo por su posición, sino también por su inteligencia y habilidad para navegar en un mundo dominado por hombres. Maugham teje una trama donde el amor, la lealtad y la traición juegan roles cruciales, revelando las complejas dinámicas de las relaciones humanas.

Sun Tzu's iconic treatise, The Art of War, has been studied by military historians and strategists for centuries. The concepts he recommends remain as effective and his advice as perceptive today as it has ever been. However, The Art of War is certainly not only of use to individuals in the military. The principles he lays out are remarkably applicable to a wide variety of professions and situations, from business to politics to everyday interpersonal relationships.

Este tratado de estrategia fue escrito hace más de 2000 años. Sin embargo, sorprende por su vigencia y por la claridad de sus explicaciones, comprensibles para cualquier lector. El autor ha visto claramente los aspectos de la guerra y de la estrategia que no cambian con el paso del tiempo. Leyendo sus páginas se comprende que el triunfo no está necesariamente en manos del más fuerte, sino del más inteligente.

Un U-boat esquiva icebergs mientras se dirige al norte. Su misión es tan peligrosa y secreta, que nadie conoce su existencia. Ni siquiera el alto mando Alemán, porque en realidad... han desertado. En el interior de la máquina de guerra viajan tres personas aparentemente incompatibles: el capitán del submarino y su tripulación, un oficial americano y un representante del pueblo judío.

Lucien Bandemyr, Crown Prince of the Qorathi Empire, looked forward to adventure, excitement, and glory from his first campaign outside of the Empire's star systems. Instead, he found frustration and betrayal, as an assassination attempt, coupled with an unexpected military catastrophe, put him squarely in the center of a galaxy-wide struggle for power. With his father near death, his most trusted advisors not above suspicion, and a Republican-minded princess seemingly determined to set his mind awhirl, Lucien sets out to right the military situation.

Given Tammy Duckworth’s personal heroism as an Army veteran, her stunning recovery from injuries sustained in the line of duty, and her subsequent career as an influential US senator, it’s easy to see why Joe Biden earmarked her as a possible running mate during his Democratic presidential campaign. Senator Duckworth has logged a long list of firsts during her tenure as the first Thai American member of Congress, including being the first woman with a disability to serve in the House and Senate.

Luke and his son Gunner, taking a rare day off together, are walking a local mall - when Luke, against all odds, encounters an active shooter. Luke can’t believe this is happening to him - yet he realizes he must act quickly, must let his instincts kick in and jump into action if he has any chance of saving himself, his son - and the hundreds of civilians who stand no chance without him.