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History
Paperback. The first major synthesis of the war since 2001, drawing upon a host of newly declassified documents, presidential tapes, and overlooked foreign sources to give the most comprehensive look to date of the war that still haunts America. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619405
- ISBN
- 9780700619405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.60
€ 54.60
Paperback. The only insider's account of Project AZORIAN, a wildly ambitious CIA operation to recover a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine three miles below the ocean's surface during the height of the Cold War. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619412
- ISBN
- 9780700619412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. The first and only book to focus entirely on the selection and performance of American army generals in both major theaters (Europe and the Pacific) of World War II. Chronicles and critiques the background, character, achievements, and failures of the more than three dozen general officers chosen for top combat group commands. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619429
- ISBN
- 9780700619429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.08
€ 43.08
Hardcover. In a thoroughly engaging style John Miller introduces us to the small-town Midwestern boys who dreamed the America we know today and who made it real; from Frederick Jackson Turner and George Washington Carver to Henry Ford and Sam Walton. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619498
- ISBN
- 9780700619498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Hardcover. The story of Hoover's numerous wartime battles against Axis, American, and British adversaries, and how they transformed the FBI's culture and intelligence gathering capabilities, helps us understand why the Bureau occupies its powerful position in the national security apparatus today. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619528
- ISBN
- 9780700619528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.07
€ 78.07
Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (U.S. Army War College Guide...
Bowery, Charles R. Jr., Rafuse, Ethan S.
Paperback. The most thorough and accurate guide book available for one of the most complex and prolonged campaigns of the Civil War by two experts in military history and Civil War battlefield sites. Series: U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619603
- ISBN
- 9780700619603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.88
€ 46.88
Paperback. Examines the depiction of women in World War II popular visual art, showing that it reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women in American society. Dispels the popular belief that World War II was a halcyon age for women's rights in America. Series: Culture America (Hardcover). Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619665
- ISBN
- 9780700619665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.89
€ 43.89
Paperback. The career of controversial San Francisco publisher James Mason Hutchings, the tireless promoter whose efforts were essential to establishing Yosemite's place in the American imagination and to its preservation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGT; HBJK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619672
- ISBN
- 9780700619672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.91
€ 41.91
Paperback. A deeply informed yet concise and sprightly narrative traces the stories of the people, events, and developments that have shaped the Old Dominion State and also the USA. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619948
- ISBN
- 9780700619948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.05
€ 40.05
Hardcover. William Howard Taft's post-presidential career as the energetic Republican elder statesman and public servant leading to his Supreme Court nomination. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620012
- ISBN
- 9780700620012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Hardcover. The story of how Soviet children experienced the horrors of the Great Patriotic War, both as victims and as heroes who helped make victory possible. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620029
- ISBN
- 9780700620029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.91
€ 70.91
Hardcover. An innovative and thorough history of how Hitler's war to eliminate Europe's Jews and the Wehrmacht's war versus the Allies were in conflict with each other to the material detriment of the latter. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620067
- ISBN
- 9780700620067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.47
€ 60.47
Hardcover. Michael Rinella provides careful editing, historical context and analysis to a memoir of a friendship with Oswald during his Dallas days. Editor(s): Rinella, Michael A.; De Mohrenschildt, George. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620135
- ISBN
- 9780700620135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.56
€ 60.56
Paperback. A pathbreaking study of the Romanian Front in World War I. Provides a unique account of Romanian military operations and restructures our understanding of the Balkan and south Russian theaters of operation. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620173
- ISBN
- 9780700620173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
Paperback. The first and only book to cover the World War II exploits and contributions of Detachment 101 considered by many to be the forerunner of today's Special Forces in Burma against the Japanese Imperial Army." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620180
- ISBN
- 9780700620180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
Paperback. John Lewis Barkley's memoir provides a rare and vivid ground-level look at World War I through the eyes of a soldier whose exploits rivaled those of Sergeant York and won him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620197
- ISBN
- 9780700620197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.05
€ 34.05
Paperback. The first book-length survey of cinema's vital role in the Cold War cultural combat between the U.S. and the USSR. Focuses on 10 films five American and five Soviet, both iconic and lesser-known works showing that cinema provided a crucial outlet for the global "debate" between democratic and communist ideologies." Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620203
- ISBN
- 9780700620203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. The first comprehensive analysis of the Founders' religious beliefs as they themselves expressed them. Contends that they were neither what contemporary secularists nor what contemporary Christians often wish they were that is, neither deist nor Christian." Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBWF; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620210
- ISBN
- 9780700620210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardback. In this significantly expanded second edition of The Presidency of George H.W. Bush , John Robert Greene takes full advantage of newly released documents to revisit BushAEs term, to consider his post-presidency accomplishments, and to enhance and clarify our understanding of his place in history. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620791
- ISBN
- 9780700620791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.54
€ 78.54
Paperback. Examines the military operations that emerged from the Japanese invasion of Southern China. Opens a new window on this rarely studied theater in World War II and shows for the first time how the conflict served as a "proxy war" to support aims more in line with the goals of the Allied nations than with China's. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621088
- ISBN
- 9780700621088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50