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Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.23
€ 52.90
€ 42.23
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBTR; JHMC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999548
- ISBN
- 9780295999548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.61
€ 36.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Translator(s): Kiyooka, Eiichi. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139878
- ISBN
- 9780231139878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
€ 42.99
€ 30.89
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12, 9 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451805
- ISBN
- 9780801451805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.88
€ 55.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; ACBP; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798112
- ISBN
- 9780804798112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.50
€ 76.50
Hardcover. Rather than a stark, unbroken line dividing East and West in Cold War Europe, the Iron Curtain was instead made up of distinct landscapes. This book traces a genealogy of one such landscape - the woods between Czechoslovakia and West Germany - to debunk our misconceptions about the iconic partition. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226154190
- ISBN
- 9780226154190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.13
€ 50.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) - commonly called the Tokyo trial - established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II. This title explores some of the central misunderstandings and historiographical distortions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033399
- ISBN
- 9780674033399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.51
€ 29.99
€ 26.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22, 11 black & white halftones, 7 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450419
- ISBN
- 9780801450419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.38
€ 62.38
Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824811
- ISBN
- 9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.04
€ 107.04
paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824828
- ISBN
- 9780774824828
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.91
€ 36.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Remembrance of a once-thriving Jewish culture in Slovakia Num Pages: 128 pages, 39 color illus., 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJH; AJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253223777
- ISBN
- 9780253223777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardcover. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018989
- ISBN
- 9781903018989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 49.47
€ 52.90
€ 49.47
Hardback. Traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons from the imperial past are relevant for China today. This book demonstrates that the empire survived and adjusted to a variety of domestic and external challenges through a peculiar combination of rigid ideological premises. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134956
- ISBN
- 9780691134956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.14
€ 52.90
€ 42.14
Paperback. In 221 BCE the state of Qin vanquished its rivals and established the first empire on Chinese soil, starting a millennium-long imperial age in Chinese history. This book integrates textual sources with archeological and paleographic materials, providing a boldly novel picture of Qin's cultural and political trajectory. Editor(s): Pines, Yuri; Shelach, Gideon; Falkenhausen, Lothar von; Yates, Robin D.S. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289741
- ISBN
- 9780520289741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.50
€ 44.99
€ 32.50
Hardback. 101pp. Keywords: German History
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Novosti Press Agency Pub. House
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KON0825547
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. 101pp. Cover is very slightly stained. Keywords: German History
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Novosti Press Agency Pub. House
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KON0825526
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This work accesses the period during which Ukraine rose to become an important part of the European geo-strategic posture. The collection treats Ukraine's relations with the US and Israel; the Chornobyl aftermath; the status of Sevastapol; NATO enlargement; and Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458850
- ISBN
- 9780916458850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.42
€ 14.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481789
- ISBN
- 9780801481789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 1096 pages, 416 b/w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176949
- ISBN
- 9780691176949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Yuval. Series: The Library of Black America. Num Pages: 832 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556523311
- ISBN
- 9781556523311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.96
€ 36.99
€ 34.96
Hardback. Yuval Ben-Bassat examines the petitions, including many previously unpublished ones, sent during the last decades of the Empire to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. The petitions enable Ben-Bassat to explore Palestine's history in this formative period from a unique perspective, providing first-hand accounts. Num Pages: 331 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764573
- ISBN
- 9781780764573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.83€ 137.06
€ 152.83
€ 137.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465062980
- ISBN
- 9780465062980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.83
€ 20.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. Asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This book explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that shapes the twenty-first century - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 489.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703936
- ISBN
- 9781784703936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834526
- ISBN
- 9781843834526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78