Author: Christian Plume
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Target de Gaulle
Author: Christian Plume
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Target
Author: Mike Welham
Publisher: Welham Books
ISBN: 1843964848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A passenger aircraft heads towards London; it has a bomb on board. In the city, members of Islamic State have placed a dirty bomb at a strategic London location. Their plan is for the aircraft to crash into central London to combine with the detonation of the dirty bomb. It means the destruction of London is about to begin.The Islamic State has secreted thousands of battle-hardened IS soldiers into Europe, hidden amongst the flood of refugees and migrants, so that they can spread their Jihad. They are going to do battle and attack the non-believers with the aim of total domination through their radical form of Islam.Grenville Makepeace runs the MI6 Middle East anti-terrorist section but has to take a cautious line because there are those who ignore the terrorist threat already embedded in the corridors of power. Those responsible for safeguarding the country from attack are being challenged, so he turns to the Excalibur Foundation for help. They in turn look to Dan Pierce, a former French Foreign Legion sniper, and his reporter associate, Katie Jackson, to cut the head off the IS snake...
Publisher: Welham Books
ISBN: 1843964848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A passenger aircraft heads towards London; it has a bomb on board. In the city, members of Islamic State have placed a dirty bomb at a strategic London location. Their plan is for the aircraft to crash into central London to combine with the detonation of the dirty bomb. It means the destruction of London is about to begin.The Islamic State has secreted thousands of battle-hardened IS soldiers into Europe, hidden amongst the flood of refugees and migrants, so that they can spread their Jihad. They are going to do battle and attack the non-believers with the aim of total domination through their radical form of Islam.Grenville Makepeace runs the MI6 Middle East anti-terrorist section but has to take a cautious line because there are those who ignore the terrorist threat already embedded in the corridors of power. Those responsible for safeguarding the country from attack are being challenged, so he turns to the Excalibur Foundation for help. They in turn look to Dan Pierce, a former French Foreign Legion sniper, and his reporter associate, Katie Jackson, to cut the head off the IS snake...
The French Secret Services
Author:
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781560001119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The French secret services have a long history dating back to the "ancien regime. "With the founding of the Third Republic (1870-1940) the famous Second Bureau was created as France's principal intelligence-gathering organization. After the Germans invaded France in 1940, however, the services splintered and diversified, with Vichy agencies and Collaborationists, the Free French and the internal resistance all in contention. More recently, since 1944 the activities of the reorganized French secret services have extended across a surprisingly wide area, sometimes with spectacular results as in the 'Greenpeace Affair' in New Zealand in 1985. This volume deals with the French secret services according to a chronological framework which reflects the evolution of the services which were created and transformed by both internal and external historical factors. The bibliography commences with an examination of the origins and development of the French Intelligence Service from the "ancien regime "to 1870. It then considers the history and activities of the secret services during the following periods: the Third Republic; the Second World War; the Fourth Republic; and the Fifth Republic, firstly between 1958 and 1981 and then during the 1980s and 1990s, including the 'Greenpeace Affair'. This is an essential reference tool for all those interested in the history of intelligence agencies and national security in general and in the development of the French secret services in particular.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781560001119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The French secret services have a long history dating back to the "ancien regime. "With the founding of the Third Republic (1870-1940) the famous Second Bureau was created as France's principal intelligence-gathering organization. After the Germans invaded France in 1940, however, the services splintered and diversified, with Vichy agencies and Collaborationists, the Free French and the internal resistance all in contention. More recently, since 1944 the activities of the reorganized French secret services have extended across a surprisingly wide area, sometimes with spectacular results as in the 'Greenpeace Affair' in New Zealand in 1985. This volume deals with the French secret services according to a chronological framework which reflects the evolution of the services which were created and transformed by both internal and external historical factors. The bibliography commences with an examination of the origins and development of the French Intelligence Service from the "ancien regime "to 1870. It then considers the history and activities of the secret services during the following periods: the Third Republic; the Second World War; the Fourth Republic; and the Fifth Republic, firstly between 1958 and 1981 and then during the 1980s and 1990s, including the 'Greenpeace Affair'. This is an essential reference tool for all those interested in the history of intelligence agencies and national security in general and in the development of the French secret services in particular.
Political Terrorism
Author: A.J. Jongman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351498614
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
While there is no easy way to define terrorism, it may generally be viewed as a method of violence in which civilians are targeted with the objective of forcing a perceived enemy into submission by creating fear, demoralization, and political friction in the population under attack. At one time a marginal field of study in the social sciences, terrorism is now very much in center stage. The 1970s terrorist attacks by the PLO, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Japanese Red Army, the Unabomber, Aum Shinrikyo, Timothy McVeigh, the World Trade Center attacks, the assault on a school in Russia, and suicide bombers have all made the term terrorism an all-too-common part of our vocabulary.This edition of Political Terrorism was originally published in the 1980s, well before some of the horrific events noted above. This monumental collection of definitions, conceptual frameworks, paradigmatic formulations, and bibliographic sources is being reissued in paperback now as a resource for the expanding community of researchers on the subject of terrorism. This is a carefully constructed guide to one of the most urgent issues of the world today.When the first edition was originally published, Choice noted, This extremely useful reference tool should be part of any serious social science collection. Chronicles of Culture called it a tremendously comprehensive book about a subject that any who have anything to lose--from property to liberty, life to limbs--should be forewarned against.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351498614
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
While there is no easy way to define terrorism, it may generally be viewed as a method of violence in which civilians are targeted with the objective of forcing a perceived enemy into submission by creating fear, demoralization, and political friction in the population under attack. At one time a marginal field of study in the social sciences, terrorism is now very much in center stage. The 1970s terrorist attacks by the PLO, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Japanese Red Army, the Unabomber, Aum Shinrikyo, Timothy McVeigh, the World Trade Center attacks, the assault on a school in Russia, and suicide bombers have all made the term terrorism an all-too-common part of our vocabulary.This edition of Political Terrorism was originally published in the 1980s, well before some of the horrific events noted above. This monumental collection of definitions, conceptual frameworks, paradigmatic formulations, and bibliographic sources is being reissued in paperback now as a resource for the expanding community of researchers on the subject of terrorism. This is a carefully constructed guide to one of the most urgent issues of the world today.When the first edition was originally published, Choice noted, This extremely useful reference tool should be part of any serious social science collection. Chronicles of Culture called it a tremendously comprehensive book about a subject that any who have anything to lose--from property to liberty, life to limbs--should be forewarned against.
Storm Front
Author: Charles Ryan
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786015665
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
In this second novel of Ryan's World War II series, Rommel is to be arrested for conspiracy in the plot to kill Hitler. Lt. John "Red" Parnell and his elite Blue Team are deep in occupied France when they receive order to escort an American officer to Rommel's HQ to see if the Desert Fox will join the Allies. Original.
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786015665
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
In this second novel of Ryan's World War II series, Rommel is to be arrested for conspiracy in the plot to kill Hitler. Lt. John "Red" Parnell and his elite Blue Team are deep in occupied France when they receive order to escort an American officer to Rommel's HQ to see if the Desert Fox will join the Allies. Original.
The Beast Reawakens
Author: Martin A. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135281246
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135281246
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Romain Gary
Author: David Bellos
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 144640286X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Airman, war hero, immigrant, law student, diplomat, novelist and celebrity spouse, Romain Gary had several lives thrust upon him by the history of the twentieth century, but he also aspired to lead many more. He wrote more than two dozen books and a score of short stories under several different names in two languages, English and French, neither of which was his mother tongue. Gary had a gift for narrative that endeared him to ordinary readers, but won him little respect among critics far more intellectual than he could ever be. His varied and entertaining writing career tells a different story about the making of modern literary culture from the one we are accustomed to hearing. Born Roman Kacew in Vilna (now Lithuania) in 1914 and raised by only his mother after his father left them, Gary rose to become French Consul General in Los Angeles and the only man ever to win the Goncourt Prize twice. This biography follows the many threads that lead from Gary's wartime adventures and early literary career to his years in Hollywood and his marriage to the actress Jean Seberg. It illuminates his works in all their incarnations, and culminates in the tale of his most brilliant deception: the fabrication of a complex identity for his most successful nom de plume, Émile Ajar. In his new portrait of Gary, David Bellos brings biographical research together with literary and cultural analysis to make sense of the many lives of Romain Gary - a hero fit for our times, as well as his own.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 144640286X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Airman, war hero, immigrant, law student, diplomat, novelist and celebrity spouse, Romain Gary had several lives thrust upon him by the history of the twentieth century, but he also aspired to lead many more. He wrote more than two dozen books and a score of short stories under several different names in two languages, English and French, neither of which was his mother tongue. Gary had a gift for narrative that endeared him to ordinary readers, but won him little respect among critics far more intellectual than he could ever be. His varied and entertaining writing career tells a different story about the making of modern literary culture from the one we are accustomed to hearing. Born Roman Kacew in Vilna (now Lithuania) in 1914 and raised by only his mother after his father left them, Gary rose to become French Consul General in Los Angeles and the only man ever to win the Goncourt Prize twice. This biography follows the many threads that lead from Gary's wartime adventures and early literary career to his years in Hollywood and his marriage to the actress Jean Seberg. It illuminates his works in all their incarnations, and culminates in the tale of his most brilliant deception: the fabrication of a complex identity for his most successful nom de plume, Émile Ajar. In his new portrait of Gary, David Bellos brings biographical research together with literary and cultural analysis to make sense of the many lives of Romain Gary - a hero fit for our times, as well as his own.
Target Man
Author: Annie Dyer
Publisher: Annie Dyer
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
She’s out of bounds… As the captain of Manchester Athletic, I know exactly what persona the media and fans need to see. Everything else is behind tightly closed bedroom doors. I didn’t have a pretty childhood. I’m all kinds of broken. The only relationships I have contain boundaries, non-disclosure agreements and safe words. My best friend and teammate is one of the few people who knows about what I do in private. My problem? The one woman I think I can fall in love with - his sister. Target Man in steamy, slow burn with a bang, older brother's best friend, soccer sports romance, with a dirty talking hero who knows exactly how to take control. Be warned, one more chapter will keep you up all night! Part of the Manchester Athletic series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.
Publisher: Annie Dyer
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
She’s out of bounds… As the captain of Manchester Athletic, I know exactly what persona the media and fans need to see. Everything else is behind tightly closed bedroom doors. I didn’t have a pretty childhood. I’m all kinds of broken. The only relationships I have contain boundaries, non-disclosure agreements and safe words. My best friend and teammate is one of the few people who knows about what I do in private. My problem? The one woman I think I can fall in love with - his sister. Target Man in steamy, slow burn with a bang, older brother's best friend, soccer sports romance, with a dirty talking hero who knows exactly how to take control. Be warned, one more chapter will keep you up all night! Part of the Manchester Athletic series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.
The Day of the Jackal
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780745133430
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Frederick Forsyth's unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him... He is known only as "The Jackal"--a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He's just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world--Charles De Gaulle, president of France. It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing--only that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin's bullet from reaching its target.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780745133430
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Frederick Forsyth's unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him... He is known only as "The Jackal"--a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He's just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world--Charles De Gaulle, president of France. It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing--only that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin's bullet from reaching its target.
Redefining European Economic Governance
Author: Michele Chang
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317639138
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
The global financial crisis and sovereign debt crisis exposed the inadequacy of European economic governance. Despite the multitude of new mechanisms and institutions that have arisen over the last few years, many contend that economic governance remains inadequate and the EU must integrate even further to calm still-volatile markets. A tension exists between creating effective instruments that will not overstep the authority delegated to an EU that has integrated economically but not politically. Can the EU’s economic governance system satisfy the demands of markets and politics? Relevant issues include the ability of supranational institutions to dictate policy to national governments, the harmonization of economic policies and institutions across Europe, and a substantial increase in the transfer of funds across borders. Can monetary union continue without political union? How will the new institutions alter the distribution of power between EU institutions as well as between member states? This edited volume analyzes the major policy challenges and institutional mechanisms at the EU- and international levels to combat the global financial crisis and the EU’s sovereign debt crisis such as financial integration, fiscal cooperation, and the rising power of the ECB. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317639138
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
The global financial crisis and sovereign debt crisis exposed the inadequacy of European economic governance. Despite the multitude of new mechanisms and institutions that have arisen over the last few years, many contend that economic governance remains inadequate and the EU must integrate even further to calm still-volatile markets. A tension exists between creating effective instruments that will not overstep the authority delegated to an EU that has integrated economically but not politically. Can the EU’s economic governance system satisfy the demands of markets and politics? Relevant issues include the ability of supranational institutions to dictate policy to national governments, the harmonization of economic policies and institutions across Europe, and a substantial increase in the transfer of funds across borders. Can monetary union continue without political union? How will the new institutions alter the distribution of power between EU institutions as well as between member states? This edited volume analyzes the major policy challenges and institutional mechanisms at the EU- and international levels to combat the global financial crisis and the EU’s sovereign debt crisis such as financial integration, fiscal cooperation, and the rising power of the ECB. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.