True war & combat stories
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True war & combat stories
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550022131
- ISBN
- 9781550022131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.00
€ 23.99
€ 21.00
Paperback. Using archival primary material such as photographs, yearbooks, artwork, and first-person written accounts, A Captive Audience offers an inside look at the experiences of young people at the Rohwer and Jerome Relocation Centers in Arkansas during the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Editor(s): Welky, Ali. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; BTM; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935106869
- ISBN
- 9781935106869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.89
€ 23.99
€ 19.89
Paperback. Follows the soldiers of the Fifty-seventh as they push far into Unionist Kentucky, starve at the siege of Vicksburg, guard Union prisoners at the Andersonville stockade, defend Atlanta from Sherman, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 table, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329338
- ISBN
- 9780820329338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.33
€ 27.33
Paperback. A classic wartime trilogy originally published in the 1960s, this book is the author's account of his service on HMAS Perth, his account of life as a POW in Burma and coal mining in Nagasaki before the atom bomb freed them. Num Pages: 951 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1M; BTM; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 951
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522850673
- ISBN
- 9780522850673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
mass_market. Offers a firsthand account of the exploits and accomplishments of the first African American special operations LRRP team in Vietnam, and describes their perilous missions amid the vast Viet Cong tunnel complexes of Cu Chi. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations , ports. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BTM; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Presidio Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891418177
- ISBN
- 9780891418177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.93
€ 10.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors - Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell - crashed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. This work presents their tale of survival, friendship, and rescue, revealing the details of their crash, what they witnessed, and how they survived their experiences. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JMC; BTM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061769535
- ISBN
- 9780061769535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.02
€ 19.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Leche, Christine Dumaine. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMG; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936611
- ISBN
- 9780813936611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.97
€ 17.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. As a twenty-three-year-old veterinarian, William W. Putney joined the Marine Corps at the height of World War II. He commanded the Third Dog Platoon during the battle for Guam and later served as chief veterinarian and commanding officer of the War Dog Training School, where he helped train former pets for war in the Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; BTM; HBG; HBWQ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Potomac Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887198
- ISBN
- 9781574887198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.59
€ 23.99
€ 21.59
Paperback. An account of the Krakow Jewish resistance, written during World War II, this book is the story of a group of young Jewish idealists who formed a clandestine unit to commit acts of defiance against the Nazi's, and was written on scraps of paper smuggled into the author's prison cell. Editor(s): Hirsch, David H. Translator(s): Hirsch, Roslyn; Hirsch, David H. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BTM; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490383
- ISBN
- 9781558490383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31ill. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646241
- ISBN
- 9780816646241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.98
€ 24.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. Combining personal interviews with contemporary and vintage photographs, this work pairs the stories of a handful of rescuers with those of people they saved. It creates a multidimensional picture of the evasive strategies and heartstopping close calls that filled the years of the Holocaust for both rescuers and rescued. Num Pages: 344 pages, 100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; AJCR; BTM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074028
- ISBN
- 9780252074028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.68
€ 24.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. A Civil War memoir about Marcus B Toney - who served with the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the campaigns in West Virginia and the Wilderness, where he was captured. This book reports his experiences as a Federal POW, the war's immediate aftermath, and the growth and appeal of the Ku Klux Klan directly following its formation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fire Ant Books
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352561
- ISBN
- 9780817352561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardback. A Holocaust story told from the perspective of a young boy. His Jewish family moves through a series of hiding places in the countryside. When the father is murdered, the family flees across Poland, carrying forged papers identifying them as Catholics. Translator(s): Wieniewska, Celina; Lourie, Richard. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGP; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119017
- ISBN
- 9780810119017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69
Hardcover. For the 160 national guardsmen from America's heartland, Baghdad was more than just a long way from home. It also confronted the 233rd Military Police Company with America's most difficult challenge in Iraq. This work features the horrors of firefights and summary executions and the drama of the UN bombing. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614981
- ISBN
- 9780700614981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.85
€ 80.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 76 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059110717
- ISBN
- 9789059110717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.86
€ 13.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120730519
- ISBN
- 9788120730519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.87
€ 8.99
€ 7.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694483
- ISBN
- 9781894694483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Bibliography: p175-179. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939650620
- ISBN
- 9780939650620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peanut Butter Publishing,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897168151
- ISBN
- 9780897168151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.74
€ 20.99
€ 15.74
mass_market. This is the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the soldier who, at the age of just 32, became South Korea's first four-star general. The book brings an unprecedented perspective to the Korean War. Num Pages: 271 pages, 13 b&w photos, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BTM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887433
- ISBN
- 9781574887433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46