Drama chronicles desperate attempts of sixteen-year-old boy to reconcile his divorced parents.
They in turn work closely with powerful outside players in the world of sanctions , most notably a group called the Foundation for Defense of Democracies , chaired by former CIA director James Woolsey . “ A friend told me recently that ...
Or maybe they just looked out for themselves. This ... book puts some of America's greatest leaders under the microscope, [positing that] their calls for war, usually remembered as brave and noble, were in fact selfish and convenient"--
The Tales of the Apt books gather together the many Apt stories that have appeared in various anthologies and online, and combine them with a wealth of new material written especially for these collections.
After millennia of relentless war, the union of alien races called the Weave was on the verge of winning a decisive victory - thanks to their new allies from Earth, who in a mere handful of centuries had proved masters of combat.
The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world.
The US soldiers stationed in over 800 locations across the world are meant to be the righteous arbiters of justice. Against this background, Andrew Cockburn brilliantly dissects the true intentions behind Washington’s martial appetites.
Depicting a war spinning rapidly out of control, destined to become a modern classic, Spoils is an unsparing and morally complex novel that chronicles the achingly human cost of combat.
In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of 'war, ' experienced daily by women of color
The most beautiful young women aboard, including Pippa and Clara Warburton and Aimee Pembroke, are spared - if 'spared' is the correct word. They begin a nightmare voyage to Akkadis.
If they survive. Author's Note: This novel takes place more than five centuries before the Empire of Bones series and the events unfolding here have implications there.