Nonfiction Warfare

Nerve agents are the world's deadliest means of chemical warfare. Nazi Germany developed the first military-grade nerve agents and massive industry for their manufacture. At the end of the Second World War, the Allies were stunned to discover this advanced and extensive program. The Soviets and Western powers embarked on a new arms race, amassing huge chemical arsenals. From their Nazi invention to the 2018 Novichok attack in Britain, Dan Kaszeta uncovers nerve agents' gradual spread across the world, despite international arms control efforts. 

Guerrilla Warfare by the revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, written in 1960, has become a how-to manual for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. Guevara intended it to be a guidebook on guerrilla warfare, as inspiration for the revolutionary movement. Fascinating to admirers and adversaries alike, he captured the minds of millions with his leadership and his belief in guerrilla warfare as the only effective agent to achieve political change.

“The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines.”—Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of...

Shatter the Myths of Valhalla and Discover the Blood-Soaked Reality of Viking Medicine For centuries, the history of Norse healers has been sanitized, replacing the grim reality of battlefield triage with romantic tales of ethereal maidens and mystical forest herbs. In The Butcher's Apothecary: Blood, Fat, and the Brutal Reality of Viking Medicine, Tomas Somerled expertly dismantles this historical propaganda to reveal the horrific, unsterilized mechanics of ancient survival. This immersive and deeply visceral exploration of medieval combat medicine leaves the polite academic distance ...

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations) “Part John le...

The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea. Since his birth in 1984, Kim Jong Un has been swaddled in myth and...

This book is based on some of the personal experiences and Case Files of Reverend William J. Bean. Some of the names, locations, dates, and events have been changed in order to protect the identities of the victims and families. I'm Reverend Bill Bean, and I'm also known as The Spiritual Warrior. I have performed exorcism for people from all over America and the world. I've been involved in every type of case imaginable, and I can tell you with great certainty that demons possess people, places, and things. A battle has been taking place ever since the creation of mankind. It's the battle ...

Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. Now Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring...

The astonishing but true story of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War—and the international manhunt that seized global attention as it revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB operatives. The dramatic arrest in London on January 7, 1961 of five Soviet spies made headlines...

Plunge into a tense military technothriller where cat-and-mouse naval strategy decides the fate of a world on the brink. Perfect for turning a daily commute into an adrenaline-fueled escape, this gripping audio experience traps you inside the steel tubes of an international undersea task force...

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan. WINNER OF THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 The instant New York Times bestseller A Financial Times and The Times Book of the Year 'A terrifying exposé' The Times 'Part...

By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world's leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course of history. In this book, Citino charts the path by which Bewegungskrieg, or a "war of movement," inexorably led to Nazi Germany's defeat.

Pardon My Psychosis delivers a raw and humanizing perspective of the mental, physical, and spiritual toll a psychotic break takes on an individual and their family. Hallucinations and delusions of grandeur weave through James’s perception of reality, setting in motion the swift unraveling of time and space around him. Speaking with angels and defending his home against demons becomes an ordinary day. Until it’s not. When his mind shatters at work, the ER doctor suspects drugs, and his wife fears a tumor, but James wonders what all the fuss is about. His ability to see beyond the natural...

Hell trembles. Heaven listens. Earth responds. It’s time for God’s sons and daughters to rise—not in weakness, but in righteous authority. Commanding the Heavens: Authority of Decrees and Declaration is a prophetic guide for believers who are ready to activate their voice, shift spiritual atmospheres, and release Heaven’s power through bold, Spirit‑led decrees. In this transformational book, Dr. Russell Welch equips readers to move beyond passive Christianity and into active spiritual governance. Drawing from timeless biblical principles and Spirit‑breathed revelation, he ...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILITARY GETS IT WRONG? Singapore fell in 72 hours. 85,000 soldiers surrendered. Churchill called it "the worst disaster in British history." It wasn't the only time. British Military Failures takes you inside 16 of history's most devastating military collapses — from the retreat from Kabul in 1842 (only one man survived) to the Falklands, Gallipoli, and modern Iraq. These weren't flukes. They were patterns. Inside this book: 🔴 The Fall of Singapore (1942) — How an "impregnable fortress" collapsed in days, and why the British never saw it coming...

In Tactics and Triumphs, Author Terry Sloan takes you deep into the violent, wind-powered world of early 18th-century maritime conflict — an era where pirates, privateers, and naval captains waged deadly duels for supremacy on the high seas. Centered around the legendary final voyage of the Sloop William — the ship that marked the end of Blackbeard’s reign — this book unpacks the battle-tested strategies, tactical maneuvers, and ship-to-ship combat techniques that defined the Age of Sail. Inside, you’ll discover: Detailed analysis of real naval engagements involving pirates and ...

The King Who Would Drown Greece: Xerxes and the Invasion That Broke an Empire Discover the true story of history's most audacious military gamble—and its catastrophic failure. In 480 BCE, Xerxes I of Persia commanded the largest empire the world had ever seen, stretching from India to Libya. Yet one region remained defiantly independent: Greece. Inheriting his father's unfinished war and burning with dynastic obligation, Xerxes launched an invasion of staggering scale—bridging the Hellespont with pontoon spans, cutting a canal through a mountain, and assembling perhaps 200,000 troops ...

On 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania was struck by a German torpedo off the coast of Ireland. In minutes, a modern liner built to embody speed, comfort, and confidence rolled into chaos. Lifeboats jammed and swung uselessly. The decks tilted beyond control. The sea filled with voices, then with silence. But the sinking was never just a maritime disaster. It became a turning point in how the world understood war at sea. Lusitania: Civilian Death and the Birth of Modern Naval War follows the ship’s final voyage and the brutal mechanics of her loss, then tracks the shockwave that travelled far ...

This program is read by the author. "[A] very listenable history..." —AudioFile on The King's Bed (an Earphones Award winner) Award-winning author Michael Walsh looks at twelve momentous battles that changed the course of Western history. A sequel to Michael Walsh’s Last Stands, his new book...

The romanticized Viking saga is a comforting lie. Discover the brutal reality of the 793 AD Lindisfarne raid. In Wolves on the Tide: The Slaughter of Lindisfarne, Tomas Somerled dismantles the heroic myths of the Norsemen to present a gritty, historically uncompromising autopsy of the attack that ignited the Viking Age. For the monks of St. Cuthbert’s sanctuary, the ocean was an impenetrable divine wall. They possessed no early warning systems and no defensive naval patrols. On June 8, 793, that profound geographical delusion invited their total annihilation. Introducing The Asymmetric ...