Weapon Control

A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons. Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs...

In a near-future United States obsessed with speed, unity, and global supremacy, the government cannot legally impose blind obedience—so it offers citizens a permanent choice instead: yes… or no? Those who say yes rise through society, gaining power, security, and privilege. Those who say no are not imprisoned, but quietly erased—excluded from opportunity and reduced to irrelevance. Colonel Nathaniel “Nate” Hale is a flawless product of this system. A decorated military officer, he has built his career on loyalty, discipline, and unquestioning compliance. He believes the system is...

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.

The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization, whose legacy - and renewal under the Obama administration - threatens the very survival of humanity. It is scarcely possible to estimate the true dangers of our present nuclear policies without penetrating the secret realities of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, when Ellsberg had high-level access to them.

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America’s most controversial weapon. In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight...

Based on newly discovered, secret documents from German archives, diaries and newspapers of the time, Gun Control in the Third Reich presents the definitive, yet hidden history of how the Nazi regime made use of gun control to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate power. The countless...

The emergence of autonomous weapons systems—commonly referred to as "killer robots" in popular discourse—represents one of the most consequential technological developments in modern warfare. These systems, capable of selecting and engaging targets without direct human control, are not merely theoretical constructs but increasingly tangible realities that demand urgent examination of their profound implications for international security, conflict dynamics, and the very nature of warfare itself. Let us consider this in the book

You can’t defeat what you tolerate. And you can’t cast out what you refuse to discern. The Ahab and Jezebel spirit is not a story, it’s a system. A spiritual agenda designed to silence prophets, destroy families, weaken prayer altars, and dethrone spiritual authority. And it’s likely hiding in places you haven’t even looked. Discerning and Defeating the Ahab and Jezebel Spirit exposes this demonic partnership and its influence in churches, marriages, governments, and bloodlines. This is not just a teaching, it’s a confrontation. Inside, you’ll learn: How Jezebel spirits ...

In this “engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to reveal Washington's secret strategies for combating germ warfare and the deadly threat of...

What if fear wasn’t just a weapon, but an empire? For three centuries, the name Blackbeard has haunted the seas, a symbol of terror, rebellion, and raw human imagination. Yet behind the smoke, the fire, and the legend lies a truth far more fascinating than myth. Fear as a Weapon: The Untold Story of How a Pirate Crafted the Most Enduring Myth in Maritime History reveals the man behind the monster: Edward Teach, the cunning strategist who turned psychological warfare into an art form. In a world ruled by empire and oppression, Teach rose from obscurity to become the most feared figure on ...

Military assets generate operational capability only when defence organisations know what they control, where each item remains, who holds custody, what condition it carries and whether personnel can employ it safely. Military Asset Management and Accountability provides a practical and authoritative guide to controlling defence equipment, infrastructure, weapons, vehicles, digital systems, spare parts and sensitive stores throughout their complete lifecycle. The book connects military readiness with asset governance, financial stewardship, internal control and command responsibility. It ...

For decades, China’s rise was presented as an inevitable story of growth, technological progress, and efficiency. But behind that narrative lies another reality: a silent, patient, and deeply strategic war. China and the Invisible War reveals how the Chinese Communist Party has learned to project power without openly declaring it, to influence without appearing propagandistic, and to transform cooperation, investment, and economic dependency into instruments of political penetration. From Western media and think tanks to critical infrastructure and the green transition, Beijing is not ...

Modern civilization rests on an invisible infrastructure. High above Earth, thousands of satellites orbit in disciplined silence, powering navigation systems, financial networks, military operations, telecommunications, and global data exchange. These machines are no longer optional—they are essential. THE ORBITAL WAR reveals how space has transformed from a domain of exploration into a contested arena of geopolitical power. What began as a Cold War competition has evolved into a strategic struggle for orbital dominance among the world’s leading nations. The book traces the historical ...

Mushroom Cloud, a fact-based historical novel, is the first book of The First Strike Trilogy: USA and the Soviet Union are building nuclear arms for a face off in a potential nuclear war in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. "This novel is so important for everyone who cares about nuclear disarmament because as philosopher George Santayana wrote: 'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'" ~ Melissa Burch, Bestselling & Award Winning Author My Journey Through War and Peace For a decade, Dr. Caleb Young, a gifted physicist and chief science officer for the CIA, had shaded ...

When Reagan and Gorbachev sat down in Reykjavik in 1986, George Shultz said that it was “the poker game with the highest stakes ever played”. It was the last time the world had a chance to do away entirely with nuclear weapons. This is the behind-the-scenes story of this remarkable summit conference. An Impossible Dream is the first exploration of recently available archives of both sides - top-secret archives of the Kremlin, the personal papers of Gorbachev, as well as Reagan's archives.

Carnage Control – Surviving The Gun God The United States of America is awash in guns with over 270,000,000 in the hands of private individuals. Gun violence and deaths happen at an alarming pace every day and recently, stunning acts of mass shootings have staggered the public’s sensibilities. The final straw may have been the killing of 27 people, including 20 six and seven year old students when Adam Lanza attacked Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut armed with a semiautomatic assault style rifle in December, 2012. Public outrage has led to a renewed effort to curb ...

On September 23, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced that an atomic explosion had occurred in the Soviet Union. Over the next few days, The New York Times and Washington Post ran articles discussing the timing of the explosion, its impact on military aid to Europe, and subsequent calls for international atomic control.

A CINEMATIC MYSTERY THRILLER. What if everything you’ve ever believed about Christ was engineered? Ex-soldier Gabriel Knox uncovers a classified Vatican file that reveals the unthinkable: CHRIST was never a man, but a protocol, built to bury the divine spark inside humanity. Now hunted by priests, black-ops Watchers, and a power older than Rome itself, Gabriel races through catacombs, deserts, and frozen vaults, unlocking bloodlines and secrets erased for centuries. Every step reveals a darker truth... cloned messiahs, hidden gospels, and a twin flame the Church tried to erase from ...

A Cold War machine buried beneath the Arctic ice is about to decide the future of the world’s energy supply When former MI6 operative Jack Maddox and his partner Lucia Navarro are drawn into a covert mission in the High Arctic, they uncover the Black Atlas—a secret Soviet system designed to control massive methane reserves beneath the seabed. Now a ruthless private operator intends to seize the installation and weaponise it, while Russian commandos and Western intelligence race toward the same frozen target. Deep beneath the ice, Maddox and Navarro must reach the heart of the machine ...

My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat.