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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
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.99
€ 31.99
€ 27.99
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
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
€ 35.18
€ 35.18
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€ 17.33
€ 17.99
€ 17.33
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
€ 53.99
€ 38.68
America's Forgotten Founders, second edition (Lives of the Founders)
Gregg Ii, Dr. Gary L., Hall, Mark David
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€ 16.70
€ 19.99
€ 16.70
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
€ 23.99€ 21.71
€ 23.99
€ 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
€ 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€ 26.39
€ 31.99
€ 26.39
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 43.26
€ 43.26
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 4.99
Hardback. "American ed. (New York, Harper) has title: Master plan U. S. A. 205 p. 22 cm. Original cloth. Very good tight, clean copy in a worn and chipped d.w." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- H. Hamilton
- Publication date
- 1951
- SKU
- KEX0024180
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 77.01€ 4.99
€ 77.01
€ 4.99
Paperback. Argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. This book documents the history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; HBLX; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised & expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154923
- ISBN
- 9780691154923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in original cloth. World War 2.20th Century History.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Day Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- SKU
- KEX0251659
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges, with nicks to edges and a tear to top back, but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- TBS The Book Service Ltd
- SKU
- KOG0002278
- ISBN
- 9780700221998
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. 323pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KHS1015873
- ISBN
- 9780297764892
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy in dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KEX0225032
- ISBN
- 9780297764892
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99