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The book challenges the traditional expectation that military leaders must unquestioningly follow the orders of politicians. It advocates for a reformed approach to the relationship between political decision-makers and military commanders, suggesting that a more collaborative and critical dialogue is essential for effective governance and military strategy. The author emphasizes the importance of accountability and the need for generals to engage in thoughtful discourse rather than blind obedience.

»Dieses Buch hat es verdient, unsterblich zu werden.« Der Spiegel Die weltbekannte Saga vom Exodus der Kaninchen. Das Thema könnte nicht zeitgemäßer sein, denn genau dort, wo sie leben, entsteht ein Neubaugebiet: Der junge Fiver spürt, dass seinem Volk das Verderben droht. Nur seine engsten Freunde kann er überreden, mit ihm den Kaninchenbau zu verlassen und sich auf die Suche nach einer neuen Heimat zu machen. Doch auch ein unerwarteter Gefährte schließt sich ihnen an. Was sie unterwegs durchleben, ist so beispielhaft wie fesselnd: zahllose Abenteuer, falsche Freunde, Meuterei, Verrat und Heldentum, Schlachten mit hohem Blutzoll – und schließlich der glückliche Einzug ins Land der Freiheit und des Friedens.

Tales From Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adams's bestselling Watership Down, the enduring classic of contemporary literature that introduced millions of readers to a vivid and distinctive world. Here, he returns to the delightful characters we know and love--including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion, and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah--and presents new heroes as they struggle to survive the cruelties of nature and the shortsighted selfishness of humankind. These whimsical tales include all-new adventures and traditional stories of rabbit mythology, charming us once again with imagination, heart, and wonder. A spellbinding book of courage and survival, Tales From Watership Down is an exciting invitation to come home to a beloved world.

This tragedy of doomed lovers from warring families has inspired poetic expression from young lovers the world over. The 300-year-old drama is perhaps Shakespeare's best-known work. The CliffsComplete Romeo and Juliet is a revised and expanded study edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a glossary, and expert commentary in a unique, 2-column format. To enhance your learning, notes and definitions appear directly opposite the line in which they occur, and a review section follows the play. This edition also introduces you to the life, works, and times of William Shakespeare.

In this volume, Richard Adams has collected together nineteen enchanting folk-tales from almost as many parts of the world - from Europe to China and from Polynesia to the Arctic Circle. Each has a special magic, an aura that is sometimes beautiful and fascinating, sombre and frightening, or exciting and colourful. But what unites all these stories is the essential quality of folk-lore, something that transcends the boundaries of nations, of custom and time, that gives them their permanence and universality of appeal. "Authors need folk-tales," Richard Adams says, "in the same way as composers need folk-song. They're the headspring of the narrator's art, where the story stands forth at its simple, irreducible best. They don't date, any more than dreams, for they are the collective dreams of humanity." In order to preserve as far as possible the immediacy and directness of authentic folk story-telling, each of the nineteen tales is presented as being told by an imagined narrator to one or more hearers at a particular time and place, sometimes past, sometimes present. However, the reader is never told the identity either of the teller or his hearers, but is left free to infer both them and the occasion solely from the narrator's own words. This original technique adds a novel dash of piquancy to this fine collection.