Military Violence

In a world desperate to comprehend and address what appears to be an ever-enlarging explosion of violence, this audiobook provides important insights into crucial contemporary issues, with violence providing the lens. Violence: Analysis, Intervention, and Prevention provides a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis and resolution of violent conflicts.

You can be told how to act in a hypercompetitive environment, but it is far more useful to understand why. As a career infantryman with multiple deployments in support of several different campaigns across various continents, Michael Nolan outlines in this book the natural laws that govern how violence works based upon his experience and observations in the field. He also explains the need to integrate and apply both a rational left-brain approach as well as an intuitive right-brain approach in order to achieve success in the hypercompetitive arena of war.

Jonah and his younger brother, Simon, are on their own. They set out to find what's left of their family, carrying between them 10 dollars, a backpack full of dirty clothes, a notebook, and a stack of letters from their brother, who is serving a tour in Vietnam. And soon into their journey, they have a ride. With a man and a beautiful girl who may be in love with Jonah. Or Simon. Or both of them.

Savage had been eagerly anticipating a vacation – a trip with his brothers to escort the president home. It promised riding, drinking, and a lot of fun. Could life get any better for him? Donna needed a break. She made a mistake and has been struggling to make things right for some time, but the situation has become dire. She has to make her escape immediately. After successfully fleeing, she does whatever it takes, even resorting to sleeping on the streets, to put as much distance as possible between her and her pursuers. When a charming biker offers his assistance, can she trust him? ...

Jack Dawe is an unconventional street cop. His ability to not act or look like a "Copper" enabled him to infiltrate the drug networks of the UK. This no-holds-barred, explosive, and, at times, humorous account of undercover policing takes the listener through a journey of crime, violence, and deception. This memoir is a true story of poacher turned game keeper. A veteran of 30 years’ service as a soldier and police officer, Jack reveals how he grew from a young thief into a soldier in search of danger and adventure across the world.

Jordan suffers from debilitating PTSD, nightmares, and flashbacks from being held captive and tortured during his time overseas. He thinks he's beating them back, moving on from the most terrible month of his life, but one thing after another proves they might actually be getting worse. Lincoln is not a person one might consider to be gorgeous. He’s short and stocky, with a few extra pounds around the middle. Still, as a first-grade teacher and barely in his thirties, he longs for the type of love his friends have. Agreeing to let his friends set him up on what turned out to be an ...

Dans un temps indéfini, des enfants rescapés d'une guerre sont abrités dans une institution, "Les enfants de Melkisédek", en lisière d'une forêt. Ils sont plus habitués à la menace qu'à la tendresse, et reproduisent entre eux la violence qu'ils ont connue. Mais il y a le soleil, l'air, les jeux, pour panser les plaies de la guerre. La violence va cependant les rattraper, quand le village proche est conquis par de vrais supermuslims. Ces ogres aux grands couteaux instaurent la Terreur.

As the tulips bloom and the Nazis tighten their grip across the city, the last signs of Dutch resistance are being swept away. Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and deported to different concentration camps in Germany. Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labor camp or join the camp brothel. On the other side of the barbed wire, SS officer Karl Müller arrives at the camp hoping to live up to his father’s expectations of wartime glory. When he encounters the newly arrived Marijke, this meeting changes their lives forever.