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Defence strategy, planning & research
Hardback. The defence industry was one of the pillars of the classic command economy system in Central Europe. Since the early 1990s the sector has gone through dramatic changes. This report describes how the defence industry adjusted to the changed political and economic environment in both the domestic and international context. Series: SIPRI Monographs. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JPSN2; JWK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199271733
- ISBN
- 9780199271733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93
€ 118.93
Paperback. A magisterial survey of the military giants of the early modern world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBW; JWK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 135 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857385901
- ISBN
- 9780857385901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. We may not have metrics that measure our success in the war on terrorism, but realities certainly illuminates failures. In Thinking Like a Terrorist, former FBI counterterrorism agent Mike German contends that the overarching problem is a fundamental failure to understand the terrorists - namely, what they want and how they intend to get it. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970266
- ISBN
- 9781597970266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
Hardback. This book skillfully weaves together four stories: Chinese views of technology during the Communist era; the role of the military in Chinese political and economic life; the evolution of open and flexible conceptions of public management in China; and the technological dimensions of the rise of Chinese power. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804746014
- ISBN
- 9780804746014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.57
€ 85.57
Paperback. The modern means of communication have turned the world into an information fishbowl and, in terms of foreign policy and national security in post-Cold War power politics, helped transform international power politics. This book analyses the military, technological, and psychological aspects of information operations. Editor(s): Armistead, Leigh. Series: Issues in Twenty-First Century Warfare. Num Pages: 240 pages, tables, charts. BIC Classification: GPF; JP; JWKF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781574886993
- ISBN
- 9781574886993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.89
€ 27.99
€ 27.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Thaler, William M. Num Pages: 162 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594541391
- ISBN
- 9781594541391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.94€ 95.56
€ 137.94
€ 95.56
Hardcover. This book seeks to bring order and coherence to the chaotic state of affairs in the intelligence community of North Korea-watchers, as well as to disprove the much-echoed stance that there is little to fear from the DPRK by providing information on a plethora of never-before described weapons systems and modernisation programmes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 110 colour & 15 b/w photos, c 46 colour profiles, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781910777145
- ISBN
- 9781910777145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.66€ 61.95
€ 65.66
€ 61.95
Paperback. As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strategic thinking for more than four decades. In this important and groundbreaking new book, Lawrence Freedman develops a distinctive approach to the evaluation of deterrence as both a state of mind and a strategic option. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631134
- ISBN
- 9780745631134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.07
€ 22.07
Hardback. Providing the leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception, this book has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Translator(s): Minford, John. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HPDF; JWA; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 123 x 34. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141395845
- ISBN
- 9780141395845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.71
€ 18.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. "Silent Warfare" is an insider's guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Abram Shulskey and Gary Schmitt explain such topics as the principles of collection, analysis, counter-intelligence and covert action, and their interrelationship with policy makers and democratic values. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574883459
- ISBN
- 9781574883459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.67
€ 26.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Who was Jean Moulin? The official answer is that he was General de Gaulle's emissary to occupied France and became the political head of the Resistance in 1943. However, Marnham searches for the key to Moulin's political convictions and suggests that he may have been working to a private agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002902
- ISBN
- 9780712665841
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This volume identifies and evaluates the relationship between outer-space geography and geographic position (astrogeography), and the evolution of current and future military space strategy. Series: Strategy and History. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSL; JWK; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714681979
- ISBN
- 9780714681979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43
Paperback. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, maps, plan. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 244 x 4. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850458404
- ISBN
- 9780850458404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.41
€ 20.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. This is the book that answers the question: Could Germany have won World War Two? Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304362080
- ISBN
- 9780304362080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Examines the lives of Andalusian campesinos, rural workers and peasants, who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW; JPFB; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216588
- ISBN
- 9780253216588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.74
€ 27.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Vesky, Jonathon P. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547263
- ISBN
- 9781594547263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.62€ 42.43
€ 58.62
€ 42.43
Hardback. The story of Hans-Thilo Schmidt, France's German spy embedded in the very heart of the Third Reich, and how the intelligence he provided helped to decode the Enigma machine. Translator(s): Key, Curtis. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003719
- ISBN
- 9781612003719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.45
€ 34.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. A magisterial survey of the military giants of the modern world. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857385918
- ISBN
- 9780857385918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white line drawings, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JPV; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781501700736
- ISBN
- 9781501700736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. This book examines the social psychology of military organizations, offers case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster. Num Pages: 448 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JMJ; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712658898
- ISBN
- 9780712658898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 13.83
€ 21.99
€ 13.83