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2054
A NovelThis kind of fiction can induce a kind of sublime awe at the complexity of the global networks in which we’re enmeshed . . . 2034 and 2054 are near-future tales, extrapolating from the present to a carefully imagined next five minutes, designed to elicit a little spark of recognition, the feeling of being shown a possible path from “here” to a utopian or dystopian “there”
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2054
A NovelThis kind of fiction can induce a kind of sublime awe at the complexity of the global networks in which we’re enmeshed . . . 2034 and 2054 are near-future tales, extrapolating from the present to a carefully imagined next five minutes, designed to elicit a little spark of recognition, the feeling of being shown a possible path from “here” to a utopian or dystopian “there”
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2034
A Novel of the Next World WarThis kind of fiction can induce a kind of sublime awe at the complexity of the global networks in which we’re enmeshed . . . 2034 and 2054 are near-future tales, extrapolating from the present to a carefully imagined next five minutes, designed to elicit a little spark of recognition, the feeling of being shown a possible path from “here” to a utopian or dystopian “there”
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The Restless Wave
“The Restless Wave is not only a stirring and gripping story of the sea, but also of love and war and leadership. Admiral Stavridis’s sweeping knowledge of history and life in the Navy shines on every page, imbuing this work with authenticity and power.” —David Grann, #1 NYT bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon“In the engaging tradition of Herman Wouk and Patrick O’Brian, Admiral James Stavridis has given us a fascinating novel of one young man’s—and one great nation’s—war at sea. The book is at once entertaining and illuminating, touching on the most fundamental of human themes with deftness and an appreciation of the immense achievements of the United States Navy in the deadliest of eras.” —Jon MeachamFrom the New York Times bestselling former NATO commander comes a riveting historical novel that charts the coming-of-age of a gifted but immature young naval officer as he is tested in the crucible of World War II in the PacificScott Bradley James arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, as a plebe in the class of 1941 without a terribly good idea why he wants to be a naval officer, other than that his father was a sailor, and he wants to see the world, whatever that means. Scott and his roommate become fast friends, and, after surviving scrapes of their own making, the two fetch up at Pearl Harbor. War is brewing, and their class has graduated early. They have been sent to battle stations.Admiral James Stavridis is an acclaimed novelist, a decorated military leader, and a great student of military history. He draws on it all to capture the experience of being storm-tossed by the first bloody years of the Second World War. Scott Bradley James is a talented young officer, but he has a lot to learn. And war will have a lot to teach him.The Restless Wave offers a gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s astonishing progress through the first three years of the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor through to the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. A story of character under pressure in the harshest of proving grounds, it is written with careful fidelity to the truths of war that have made tales of the sea essential to the art of storytelling since Odysseus.
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Liderlerin Kitapligi
Liderlerin Kitapligi, Önemli Amerikali General ve Amirallerin okuduklari en etkili kitaplarin kendi perspektiflerinden özetlerine yer veren bir kitaptir. Icerisinde yaklasik 50 adet dünyaca meshur kitabin kisa özetleri yer almaktadir. Amiral James Stavridis ve es yazar R. Manning Ancell, son birkac yilda, liderlik becerilerini güclü bir sekilde etkileyen ve karsilastiklari pek cok zorluga ragmen, basariyla ilerlemelerinde onlara yardimci olacak özel icgörüler sunan kitaplarin listesini sorarak, 200ün üzerinde aktif olarak görev alan ya da emekli olmus rütbeli subayin okuma aliskanliklari ve en sevdigi kitaplarla alakali bir calisma yapmistir. Liderlerin Kitapligi, neredeyse herkesin daha iyi bir lider olmasina yardimci olacak ilk elli kitabi belirlemek icin subaylarin vermis oldugu cevaplari sentezler. Roman, ani, biyografi, otobiyografi ve yönetim alanindaki eserlerin her biri özetlenerek, önemli liderlik dersleri sunulmustur. Ister bütün listeyi okuyabilir, isterseniz size en cok hitap eden kitabi tercih edebilirsiniz. Liderlerin Kitapligi size daha iyi bir liderlik icin etkili bir yol haritasi sunuyor.Hem felsefi hem de pratik anlamda okumanin degerini vurgulayan Liderlerin Kitapligi, kapsamli bir kütüphane insa etme konusunda saglam tavsiyeler sunuyor. Liderlik becerilerini gelistirmek icin okumaya deger veren diger kitaplari listeliyor ve liderlerin hedeflerine ulasmak icin okuduklari kitaplari nasil kullandiklarini analiz ediyor. Edebiyatin en önemli eserlerinden bazilarini örneklemek ve hangilerinin basari merdivenlerini tirmanmaya yardimci olacagini belirlemek icin önemli bir calisma olan Liderlerin Kitapligi; aile hayatinda, profesyonel mücadelelerinde, toplumda ya da sivil kuruluslarda liderlik yeteneklerini gelistirmek isteyen herkes icindir.
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Deniz Gücü
- Süper gücler nasil okyanuslarda dogdu- Okyanuslarin insanlik tarihindeki stratejik önemi nedir- Deniz gücü bugün yasadigimiz ve yarin yasayacagimiz dünyayi nasil sekillendirdi- Büyük deniz savaslari dünya tarihini nasil etkiledi- Okyanuslar nasil suc mahalli haline gelir- Sömürgelesme ve ilk deniz savaslari hangi sularda basladi- Arktik Okyanusunun vadettikleri ve tehlikeleri nelerdirSoguk Savasi basindan sonuna kadar denizlerde yasamis, okyanuslarda Sovyetlerle köse kapmaca oynamis ve NATO Ortak Kuvvetler Amirali olarak görev almis James Stavridis, dünyanin en önemli su kütlelerinde olaganüstü bir yolculuk yaparak insanlik tarihinin itici gücü ve mevcut jeopolitik yolumuzun cok önemli bir unsuru olan deniz gücünün hikayesini anlatiyor.Stavridis, nesnel gözlemleri bireysel tecrübeleriyle renklendirerek, Salamis ve Inebahti Deniz Muharebelerinden Trafalgara, Atlantik Savasina ve Soguk Savasin denizalti catismalarina kadar büyük deniz savaslari hakkinda verdigi bilgilerle Deniz Gücünü siradan bir siyaset ve strateji kitabi olmaktan cikariyor.Okyanuslarin önemini ve günümüz güvenligi üzerindeki etkisini hic kimse Amiral James Stavridisten daha iyi anlayamaz. Kendisi her yönüyle öne cikmis bir lider ve denizcidir.Mutlaka okunmasi gereken bir kitapSenatör John McCainAmiral Stavridis yalnizca kirk yilini okyanuslara vermis usta bir denizci ve asker degil, ayni zamanda küresel strateji ve jeopolitika konularinda adini duyurmus bir entelektüel. Deniz Gücü kitabinda bu iki niteligini ustaca birlestirerek dünyanin 21. yüzyilda karsilasacagi meselelere ciddi ilgi duyan herkes icin mutlak okunmasi gereken bir eser ortaya koymus.E. Amiral William McRavenAmiral James Stavridis dünyadaki okyanuslara acilmis ve bu seyahatlerini, denizcilik sahasindaki küresel meselelerin carpici bir sekilde incelendigi jeopolitik bir yaklasim icinde bicimlendirmistir. Bu kitap, calkantili denizcilik dünyasina bir denizcinin gözünden bakmak gibi ve cikmaya deger bir yolculuk.E. Amiral Mike MullenEmekli amiral Stavridis, denizcilik rutininin nasil isledigine dair bir kavrayis olusturmak amaciyla okuyucuya, bir harekat komutani olarak kapsamli kariyerinde edindigi bilgi birikiminin bir derlemesini sunuyor. Aydinlatici ve kiskirtici bir eser. Okyanuslar evcillestirilmis gibi görülse de bunun aslinda yalnizca görünüste dogru olduguna dair yerinde bir uyari.Publishers WeeklyStavridis teorik ve kisisel tecrübe arasinda mükemmel bir denge yakaliyor; denizcilik tarihine konu olmus olaylari okumus, ayni zamanda söz konusu tarihin yazildigi yillara bizzat sahitlik etmistir. Deniz Gücü, modern denizcilikte karsilasilan tehlikeler hakkinda yazilmis yerinde bir kitaptir, ama bir yandan da ilk sayfadan son sayfaya kadar icinde bir ümit tinisini da barindirir. Ancak ümit ya da tehlike fark etmiyor ve kitap bir noktada Okyanuslarin, bu dünya üzerindeki denizlerin cok kritik unsurlari olmaya devam ettigi gercegini ortaya koyuyor.Christian Science Monitor
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2034
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034-and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagrationOn March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris "Wedge" Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weaponry. In a single day, America's faith in its military's strategic pre-eminence is in tatters. A new, terrifying era is at hand.So begins a disturbingly plausible novel, co-authored by an award-winning novelist and decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary admiral who has spent much of his career outmaneuvering America's most tenacious adversaries.Everything in 2034 is an imaginative extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground combined with the authors' years working at the highest and most classified levels of national security. Sometimes it takes a brilliant work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: 2034 is all too close at hand, and this cautionary tale presents the reader a dark yet possible future that we must do all we can to avoid.
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Sailing True North
From one of the most distinguished admirals of our time and a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, a meditation on leadership and character refracted through the lives of ten of the most illustrious naval commanders in historyIn Sailing True North, Admiral Stavridis offers a lessons of leadership and character from the lives and careers of history's most significant naval commanders. He also brings a lifetime of reflection to bear on the subjects of his study--naval history, the vocation of the admiral, and global geopolitics. Above all, this is a book that will help you navigate your own life's voyage: the voyage of leadership of course, but more important, the voyage of character. Sailing True North helps us find the right course to chart.Simply as epic lives, the tales of these ten admirals offer up a collection of the greatest imaginable sea stories. Moreover, spanning 2,500 years from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century, Sailing True North is a book that offers a history of the world through the prism of our greatest naval leaders. None of the admirals in this volume were perfect, and some were deeply flawed. But from Themistocles, Drake, and Nelson to Nimitz, Rickover, and Hopper, important themes emerge, not least that serving your reputation is a poor substitute for serving your character; and that taking time to read and reflect is not a luxury, it's a necessity.By putting us on personal terms with historic leaders in the maritime sphere he knows so well, James Stavridis gives us a compass that can help us navigate the story of our own lives, wherever that voyage takes us.
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Sea Power
From one of the most admired admirals of his generation-and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO-comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world's most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashing in the Mediterranean, sea power has determined world power. To an extent that is often underappreciated, it still does. No one understands this better than Admiral Jim Stavridis. In Sea Power, Admiral Stavridis takes us with him on a tour of the world's oceans from the admiral's chair, showing us how the geography of the oceans has shaped the destiny of nations, and how naval power has in a real sense made the world we live in today, and will shape the world we live in tomorrow. Not least, Sea Power is marvelous naval history, giving us fresh insight into great naval engagements from the battles of Salamis and Lepanto through to Trafalgar, the Battle of the Atlantic, and submarine conflicts of the Cold War. It is also a keen-eyed reckoning with the likely sites of our next major naval conflicts, particularly the Arctic Ocean, Eastern Mediterranean, and the South China Sea. Finally, Sea Power steps back to take a holistic view of the plagues to our oceans that are best seen that way, from piracy to pollution. When most of us look at a globe, we focus on the shape of the of the seven continents. Admiral Stavridis sees the shapes of the seven seas. After reading Sea Power, you will too. Not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's legendary The Influence of Sea Power upon History have we had such a powerful reckoning with this vital subject.
€ 18,00