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Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: Richard Bolling, John Bowles. xv, 272 p. ill. 24 cm. Associated Names: Bowles, John,. Associated Dates: 1935-. Dust wrapper. A good clean copy. Library marked internally and externally."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0138857
ISBN
9780070064386
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.99
€ 4.99

Private military contractors, especially those in Iraq, have taken on far more than their original mandates required. Initially intended for combat support, they have become full-fledged warriors, many with little experience, scant oversight, and no accountability to the rules of engagement that constrain the U.S. military and coalition forces. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972383
ISBN
9781597972383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Examines the historical and theoretical assumptions that have underpinned the discussion of capital punishment in the United States Editor(s): Garland, David; McGowen, Randall; Meranze, Michael. Num Pages: 241 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732670
ISBN
9780814732670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. In slightly shelf worn dustjacket, remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harpercollins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KLJ0000184
ISBN
9780060162511
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Heller, Charles E.; Stofft, William A. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 450 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700602773
ISBN
9780700602773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.53

Paperback. This is the biography of Benjamin O. Davis Sr., one of just six black officers in the line of the Regular Army in the 86 years from the Civil War to World War II. He became the only one to make the rank of brigadier general. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609635
ISBN
9780700609635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.63

Paperback. Here are the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of such upstanding and quintessential Americans as Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Clinton. Editor(s): Adler, Bill. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589792999
ISBN
9781589792999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Hardcover. Even though they were not granted citizenship until 1924, Native Americans have served in all of America's wars. During World War 1, 12,000 served and in World War II, 44,000 (out of a total population of 350,000). This book offers a tribute to the Native American warriors, men and women, who have served in all of America's wars. Num Pages: 128 pages, 107 colour photos. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 289 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135648
ISBN
9780890135648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Gregg, Gary L., II; Hall, Mark David. Series: Lives of the Founders. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610170239
ISBN
9781610170239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. As the Cold War heated up, however, the US government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. This work charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057470
ISBN
9780674057470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.92

Translator(s): Roth, Professor Kathe. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Edition
2
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981240527
ISBN
9780981240527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.71

Paperback. 357pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Amer Assembly
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New edition
SKU
KHS1012598
ISBN
9780393958201
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Interweaves the life stories of the CIA Arabists with the momentous historical events through which they lived, revealing that the US stance toward the Arab world was once quite different than it is today - and that the current crisis in US relations with the Middle East was a tragic, but not inevitable, rupture between two former friends. Num Pages: 384 pages, B&W illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465019656
ISBN
9780465019656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.04

Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index. Commissioning organisation: Joseph A. Califano, Jr. x, 241 p. 25 cm. Quarter cloth over boards. Good clean copy with dw. 1st ed." Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Health Issues - General,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - Health Issues - General"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0072665
ISBN
9780394542911
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "Bibliography: p. [237]-249. Commissioning organisation: edited by Chester Hartman (The Institute for Policy Studies). xi, 249 p. 22 cm. Associated Names: Hartman, Chester W. Paperback. Good copy in edge worn and dulled covers."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Routledge & Kegan Paul
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
SKU
KEX0047852
ISBN
9780710200396
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 44.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. As an Army lieutenant, the author served in Tokyo as an intelligence officer. He translated thousands of letters, interviews, and other documents by Japanese citizens of all kinds, and came to know, as few Americans could, the hearts and minds of a defeated people as they moved slowly to democracy. This is a chronicle of his experience in Japan. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225156
ISBN
9780823225156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.05

Hardcover. Exploring the wider implications about the nature of liberalism, the author of this book aims to show how state constitutions not only remade the states but also expressed careful deliberation about citizenship, popular sovereignty, individual rights and America's political identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHC; JPR; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802442
ISBN
9780875802442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87

Hardback. A study of Birmingham, Alabama, and the black struggle for civil rights. It argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that in the North and Midwest. No other industrial city in the United States depended so much upon the exploitation of black labour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694808
ISBN
9780847694808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.80

Paperback. 166p. Paperback. P.B.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
SKU
KON0587409
ISBN
9780801813306
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy in dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Heinemann London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
SKU
KEX0225023
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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