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The Good Fight Continues. World War II Letters from the Abraham Lincol...
. Ed(S): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.;...
Paperback. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield. This book contains 154 letters selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU's Tamiment Library, provides a fresh perspective on aspects of World War II. Editor(s): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.; Small, Melvin. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716601
- ISBN
- 9780814716601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Propaganda during the Battle of Britain contributed to high national morale and optimism, with 'The 'Few's' prowess and valour projected through Air Ministry communiques and daily claims 'scores'. The media was a willing partner in portraying their heroism, also later consolidated in wartime publications, films and historiography. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279964
- ISBN
- 9780230279964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardback. Examines the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder, Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. Num Pages: 368 pages, 49 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807834534
- ISBN
- 9780807834534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.22
€ 49.22
Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176215
- ISBN
- 9780691176215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988201
- ISBN
- 9781403988201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
hardcover. Clean copy.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0215154
- ISBN
- 9780297819042
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. At the centenary of the commencement of the First World War, Atlantic re-issue this evocative biography of Douglas Haig - one of the most controversial commanders of the Great War. Num Pages: 528 pages, 3x4pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782392248
- ISBN
- 9781782392248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.27
€ 25.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. A magnificent account of one American platoon's tour of duty in Baghdad. It is simply one of the most powerful, nerve-shredding pieces of war writing ever. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873278
- ISBN
- 9781848873278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551549
- ISBN
- 9781871551549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. In building this narrative, Bodnar shows how the idealism of President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms was lost in the public commemoration of World War II, how the war's memory became intertwined in the larger discussion over American national identity, and how it only came to be known as the "good warmany years after its conclusion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405827
- ISBN
- 9781421405827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.12
€ 33.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph, a 'good war' in comparison to the debacle in Iraq. This book explores the intentions and hubris that caused the West's strategy in Afghanistan to flounder, refuting the long-held notion that the war could have been won with more troops and cash. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578772
- ISBN
- 9780099578772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474743
- ISBN
- 9780801474743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.59
€ 36.59
Hardback. 294pp. Index. Keywords: German History, Nazi Germany
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The Free Press of Glencoe
- Publication date
- 1964
- SKU
- KON0825435
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, chiefly illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872074689
- ISBN
- 9781872074689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.56
€ 29.99
€ 27.56
Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728757
- ISBN
- 9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.41
€ 207.41
Hardback. THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS explores the historical significance of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Focused on laboring animals at its inception, the movement evolved into an expansive "gospel of kindness," transforming animal mercy into a signature American value. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199733156
- ISBN
- 9780199733156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.32
€ 103.32
Paperback. How two southern ministers preached and practiced a vision of a more democratic America Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078408
- ISBN
- 9780252078408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Tales of child sacrifice, demon lovers, incestual relations, and returns from the dead are part of English and Irish gothic literature. This book shows how Anglo-Irish gothic works written from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries reflect the destructive effects of imperialism on the children. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324140
- ISBN
- 9780822324140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313518
- ISBN
- 9781349313518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234062
- ISBN
- 9780230234062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. There are many interpretations of the word 'Gothic'. Nick Groom explores the rich history and chronology of the term, bringing together various underlying and disparate elements to clarify its meaning. By examining its history, he argues that we can better interpret and understand society today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, Approx 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199586790
- ISBN
- 9780199586790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.39
€ 14.39
Paperback. This volume draws on literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the Goths' dramatic history, and to explore the meaning of Gothic identity at different moments and in different contexts. It is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209324
- ISBN
- 9780631209324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.47
€ 48.99
€ 48.47
Hardback. The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165361
- ISBN
- 9780631165361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.79
€ 131.79
Paperback. Brings together many important historical texts, including speeches of Themistius, the "Passion of St Saba", and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853234265
- ISBN
- 9780853234265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81