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Sara Daniel, a star European correspondent and one of the few women reporters covering Iraq, dares to venture where few have gone, in this gripping and fascinating memoir. In June of 2002, war looms and Saddam Hussein still has a brutal grip on a nation in disarray. Sara Daniel travels the length and breadth of Iraq, following the fast-evolving events and interviewing people from all walks of life and all religious and political affiliations: from the Kurds in the north to the rising new politicians in Baghdad and beyond....

On January 16, 1991, Speicher participated in the initial air strike of the Persian Gulf War. Moments after an attack by an Iraqi MIG-25, Speicher's plane vanished over the Baghdad desert. The next day, Secretary of State Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell told the American public that Speicher was the first casualty of the Gulf War. He was listed as KIA/BNR.

From the heat of the battlefield to the tension of the strategy room, The Unknown Enemy exposes a hidden threat that can bring even the most formidable military forces to their knees: Theory of Mind Errors. In this gripping exploration, Tim Short peels back the layers of human psychology to reveal how misjudgments, false assumptions, and cognitive traps turn victory into disaster.

El pronunciamiento de julio de 1936 y la guerra civil no fueron inevitables. La República pudo prevenir el golpe de estado y desarticular la conspiración que había ido tejiéndose durante años. Ángel Viñas desvela cómo los servicios de defensa interior y exterior detectaron los riesgos y amenazas de involución, pero también cómo los gobiernos de Azaña y Casares Quiroga desoyeron el ruido de sables contra la democracia.