Caleb Carr is a novelist and military historian whose work delves into the complexities of the human mind and the shadows of history. Drawing from a deep understanding of military and political affairs, his narratives are meticulously researched and intricately plotted. Carr's writing style is characterized by its atmospheric depth and psychological intensity, offering readers a compelling exploration of dark themes and historical settings. His unique perspective, informed by his background, brings a distinct and thought-provoking dimension to contemporary fiction.
In "Masha and Her Daddy," Caleb Carr shares his lifelong bond with cats, particularly highlighting his relationship with Masha, a Siberian Forest cat he rescued. Their extraordinary connection blossomed over seventeen years, showcasing the deep companionship and love that can exist between humans and their feline friends.
Concentrating on the crucial and the seemingly insignificant, historians offer an alternative history and take a provocative look at the way our world could easily have been. For example, what if William hadn't conquered?
Some years ago, a remarkable manuscript long rumoured to exist was discovered: The Legend of Broken. It tells of a prosperous fortress city, Broken, where order reigns at the point of a sword - even as scheming factions secretly vie for control of the surrounding kingdom. Meanwhile, outside the city's granite walls, an industrious tribe of exiles known as the Bane forages for sustenance in the wilds of Davon Wood. At every turn, the lives of Broken's defenders and its would-be destroyers intertwine until secretly, and under pressure from their people, four leaders unite. Together, they hope to exact a ruinous revenge on Broken, ushering in a day of reckoning when the mighty walls will be breached forever in a triumph of science over superstition. Breathtakingly profound and compulsively readable, Caleb Carr's long-awaited new book is an action-packed and enthralling masterpiece.
At the invitation of the Conan Doyle Estate, Caleb Carr has created a new adventure for Holmes and Watson, set in the grandeur of Holyrood Palace in the twilight of Queen Victoria's reign.
In this new collection of essays, some of the world's most important historians speculate about some of America's most intriguing crossroads. Spanning the years from independence to Watergate, What If? America poses some irresistible questions and provides some brilliant answers. Among these, Antony Beevor entertains the possibility of Eisenhower's capture of Berlin before the Soviets' arrival in 1945; Caleb Carr asks what if there had been no American Revolution; and Robert Dallek explores one of the most agonizing American 'what if's' of all: what would have happened if JFK hadn't been assassinated. Engaging, thought-provoking, and convincingly argued, these essays shed new light on the most powerful nation in the world and are indispensable for anyone remotely interested in how the world became what it is today.
Military historian Caleb Carr’s groundbreaking work anticipated America’s current debates on preemptive military action against terrorist sponsor states, reorganization of the American intelligence system, and the treatment of terrorists as soldiers in supranational armies rather than as criminals. Carr’s authoritative exploration demonstrates that the practice of terrorism, employed by national armies as well as extremists since the days of ancient Rome, is ultimately self-defeating. Far from prompting submission, it stiffens enemy resolve and never leads to long-lasting success. Controversial on its initial publication in 2002, The Lessons of Terror has been repeatedly validated by subsequent events. Carr’s analysis of individual terrorist acts, and particularly of the history of the Middle East conflict, is fundamental to a deep understanding of the roots of terrorism as well as the steps and reforms that must be taken if the continuing threat of terrorist behavior is to be met effectively today and, finally, eradicated tomorrow.
Dějiny války proti civilistům Historické kořeny současného mezinárodního terorismu z hlediska vojenských dějin. Obecná charakteristika terorismu (typ války vedené proti civilnímu obyvatelstvu, metoda násilného ovlivňování politiky). Optimální formy odporu proti teroru odvozené z dějin válečných konfliktů. Stručný historický přehled od antiky po současnost. Aktuální strategie boje proti násilí a teroru. USA v čele války proti terorismu.
Meet Dr. Gideon Wolfe, expert criminologist of the new millenium. A professor at New York's John Jay University in the year 2023, he lives in an era that has seen plague, a global economic crash, and the 2018 assassination of President Emily Forrester. In this turbulent new world order, Wolfe's life and everything he knows are turned upside down when the widow of a murdered special-effects wizard enters his office. The widow hands him a silver disc from her husband's safety deposit box, hoping that Wolfe's expertise in history and criminology will compel him to track down her husband's killers. The disc contains footage of President Forrester's assassination, the same video that has been broadcast countless times on TV and over the internet-with one crucial, shocking difference: This version shows that before the video was released, it was altered with sinister special effects. This explosive discovery will lead Gideon Wolfe on an electrifying journey from a criminal underworld of New York to the jungles of Africa and on a quest to find the truth in an age when all information can be manipulated. With this novel, Carr has boldly established a new genre-future history-combining the best elements of mystery and thrillers with unique historical insight. Breathtakingly suspenseful, Killing Time unfolds as the work of a master novelist.
IT IS THE GREATEST TRUTH OF OUR AGE: INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWLEDGE Manhattan, 2023. Vera Price's husband has been murdered, and she wants criminal psychologist Dr Gideon Wolfe to investigate. On a disk she gives Gideon is the information that almost certainly cost her husband his life. For America is still in shock after the murder of its president, and the disk suggests the wrong man has been convicted... In the internet age, the world is drowning in information. And in a sea of unregulated and unverifiable facts, the truth is harder and harder to find. And as Gideon discovers, although there are those who want to put an end to this, their actions have the consequences of not only killing people, but of killing time itself...
En 1860, la longue agonie de la dynastie mandchoue, qui règne sur la Chine depuis des siècles, semble s'accélérer quand les troupes rebelles des Taiping marchent sur Shanghai. Dirigées par des officiers incapables et corrompus, les armées impériales ne peuvent faire face à la menace. Les hommes politiques chinois prennent conscience qu'il leur faut trouver de l'aide ailleurs. Or un étranger vient lui-même la leur proposer. Frederick Townsend Ward, jeune aventurier américain, débarque en Chine en 1859. Il a vingt-huit ans, pas un sou en poche. Lorsqu'il meurt au combat, trois ans plus tard, il est devenu sujet chinois et général de l'Armée-Toujours-Victorieuse. Comment expliquer ce destin fabuleux ? Ward a réussi à forger ce que ni la Chine ni le monde n'avaient encore vu : une armée hautement disciplinée, commandée par des officiers occidentaux, formée aux tactiques et aux armements modernes. Surnommés les " soldats du diable ", les hommes de Ward ont joué un rôle décisif dans l'issue de la guerre civile chinoise. Les très nombreux documents utilisés par Caleb Carr pour dresser le portrait du Diable blanc éclairent cette silhouette méconnue. Afin de cerner ce personnage hors du commun, l'auteur allie à son talent de romancier une érudition impressionnante.
New York, 1897. Een baby wordt ontvoerd. Dr. Laszlo Kreisler's unieke werkwijze is meer dan ooit gewenst.
In het New York van honderd jaar geleden maakt een onderzoeksteam onder leiding van een psycholoog jacht op de ontvoerster van een baby.
A year after the events narrated in the bestselling THE ALIENIST, the cast of characters from that novel are again brought together to investigate a crime committed in the heady days of New York in the 1890s, but this time narrated by the orphan Stevie Taggert. A young child, the daughter of Spanish diplomats, disappears. It seems she has been abducted but no ransom note is received and the detectives Isaacson quickly discover that a nurse, Elspeth Hunter, is probably the kidnapper. They also discover that Hunter has been a little too closely connected with the death of three other infants. But what are her motives? She married a fortune, and although she is connected to some fairly rough villains this crime does not fit their modus operandi. Is it something as 'simple' as psychological disturbance due to her own inability to bear children, or something more sinister unguessed at?
The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler--a psychologist, or "alienist"--to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over
