Modern Warfare

This Economist book describes emerging military technologies and places them in the larger context of today's politics, diplomacy, business and social issues. It shows how efforts to win wars or keep the peace are driving enormous and multifold technological advances. Broadly speaking, defence technologies will continue to provide enormous advantages to advanced, Western armed forces. For anyone who wants to know just how smart the global war, defence and intelligence machine is, this will be revealing and fascinating reading.

Plunge into a near-future military thriller where three operatives race to stop a catastrophic global flashpoint. Perfect for a gripping commute, this suspenseful narrative tracks a drone pilot, a special forces officer, and a cyber defense analyst on the brink of a world war. As disinformation...

Master the terrifying reality of global security and cyber warfare in an age where algorithms decide who lives or dies. The traditional battlefield has vanished, replaced by a high-stakes invisible war fought in server farms and satellite orbits. Understand the geopolitical forces and lethal...

Starting not with the United States but with the Corsican constitution of 1755, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen moves through every continent, disrupting accepted narratives. Both monarchs and radicals play a role, from Catherine the Great of Russia, with her remarkable Nakaz, to Sierra Leone's James Africanus Horton, to Tunisia's Khayr-al-Din, a creator of the first modern Islamic constitution. Throughout, Colley demonstrates how constitutions evolved in tandem with warfare, and how they have functioned to advance empire as well as promote nations.

Uncover how weapons of war reshape society, from ancient battlefields to the chilling frontier of AI global security. Whether you are powering through a morning commute or seeking a thought-provoking historical deep-dive, this immersive journey reveals how the tools of conflict dictate human...

Plunge into elite military combat where high-stakes covert operations demand a devastating, irreversible human toll. Perfect for a gripping commute or an intense workout, this immersive narrative follows squad leader Cole Darrow through ten harrowing deployments. From blistering desert...

Witness ten epic military encounters that forged European history, dropping you directly onto the dramatic frontlines. Perfect for an engaging daily commute or an intense afternoon of deep learning, this immersive narrative transforms distant dates into visceral geopolitical realities. Feel the...

The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates armed conflicts arise. This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of law and armed conflict, with the primary goal of providing the listener with both academic and practitioner perspectives. 

Step into the gripping military history of a brutal imperial conflict that forever changed modern warfare. Perfect for your morning commute, this intense historical deep dive transports you to a fractured late nineteenth-century landscape, where the discovery of gold ignites a fierce struggle...

Experience the epic military history of a nation transforming raw medieval militias into a modern combat force. Perfect for an educational commute, this gripping narrative plunges you into the bloody battlefields and strategic revolutions that forged a global superpower. March alongside...

Uncover the gritty reality of industrial warfare, where military history and human endurance collide on the front lines. Ideal for a gripping commute or focused listening, this sobering account strips away the myths of the First World War to reveal the true mechanics of global combat. You are...

Explore gripping military history and the evolution of strategic command, from ancient battles to modern hybrid warfare. Transform your daily commute into an intense, thought-provoking journey through the minds of historical leaders under ultimate pressure. Witness how culture, politics, and raw...

Trace the evolution of military strategy and global conflict from WWI trenches to modern cyber warfare. Perfect for your daily commute or focused learning, this gripping historical analysis explores how technology, politics, and human psychology dictate who wins and loses on the world stage. Go...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Imagine it's midnight, and a server room glows red – a cyberattack has begun. At the same time, fake news appears on social media, and a country's economy begins to falter. That is hybrid warfare, the invisible conflict of modernity. This audiobook...

In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death.

Author Frank Viola gives readers language for all they knew was missing in their modern church experience. He believes that many of today's congregations have shifted from God's original intent for the church. As a prominent leader of the house church movement, Frank is at the forefront of a...

Experience a gripping military history that reveals how an improbable floating runway revolutionized global naval warfare. Perfect for an educational commute, this intense journey transports you from World War Two to Cold War standoffs. Watch visionary inventors and daring pilots battle...

Trace the tense military history of global conflict, where technological evolution constantly rewrites the rules of war. From the first crude stone clubs to silent lines of code crashing enemy networks, experience how human ingenuity remains inextricably bound to organized violence. Ideal for an...

A compulsive listen about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of narrative history'. Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Reichstag in the spring of 1945. Streets were choked with rubble...

Experience gripping military history through ten clashes that revolutionized warfare and global politics. Perfect for an engaging daily commute, this immersive narrative drops you into the dust and smoke alongside ordinary soldiers fighting brutal campaigns. Watch commanders face rapid tactical...