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Paperback. The tank destroyer (TD) was a bold-if some would say flawed-answer to the challenge posed by the German blitzkrieg. The TD was conceived to be light and fast enough to outmaneuver panzer forces and go where tanks could not. This is the story of American TD Force in North Africa, Italy, and the European Theater during World War II. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932033809
- ISBN
- 9781932033809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. Examines various aspects of ancient warfare from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight. This work looks at war in a wider context and explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict: can a war be just? Why was siege warfare particularly bloody? What role did divine intervention play in the outcome of a battle? Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Half-tones and drawings throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804709
- ISBN
- 9780192804709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Destroyer actions Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274839
- ISBN
- 9781862274839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJF; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462551
- ISBN
- 9781349462551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JPA; JPFC; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174817
- ISBN
- 9780231174817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.28
€ 30.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. These essays, which make the science of economics intelligible to a general audience, are grouped into six areas: the relevance of economics; the "Keynesian revolution"; economics and the university; economics and contemporary problems; world inflation, money, trade, growth, and investment; and economics and the environment. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401638
- ISBN
- 9780226401638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Hardcover. This text examines centuries of colonial interaction and argues for a close link between revolution in 18th century Europe and the development of Asian nationalism from the 19th Century onwards. It reviews how adoption of European industrial practices encouraged an adoption of European ideologies. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333921494
- ISBN
- 9780333921494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. This book is a full translation of the Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, a history of the Chinese state of Lu from 722 to 481 BCE, annotated so as to highlight the moral philosophy of its supposed writer, Confucius. Editor(s): Miller, Harry. Num Pages: 319 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505142
- ISBN
- 9781349505142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 173.55
€ 173.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 5. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1940
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833014726
- ISBN
- 9780833014726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.52
€ 19.52
Paperback. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 81, 57 maps, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JWA; JWKT; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866487
- ISBN
- 9780801866487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.19
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
Hardback. A fact-filled journey through 100 years of world history, exploring famous people and events in addition to lesser-known historical happenings. 100 Amazing Years presents a concise, punchy analysis of years and personalities which instigated big changes and were particularly formative in the making of the modern world. Series: Whitaker's. Num Pages: 304 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 241 x 313 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1576.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472932945
- ISBN
- 9781472932945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, over 90 b/w photographs, line schemes, charts. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322204
- ISBN
- 9780764322204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.51€ 39.09
€ 54.51
€ 39.09
Hardback. Through a bold combination of meticulous historiographical research and autobiographical material, this book characterizes the post-World War II era as a time of "latency" during which there emerged a new "chronotope," or change in our relationship to time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785181
- ISBN
- 9780804785181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.71
€ 41.99
€ 40.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887406713
- ISBN
- 9780887406713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Covers the design and multiple uses of the Heinkel He 115. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 270 x 3. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887406676
- ISBN
- 9780887406676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.85
€ 10.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Northcott, K.J.; Lutzeier, E. Num Pages: 230 pages, 64 halftones, 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226586588
- ISBN
- 9780226586588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061148477
- ISBN
- 9780061148477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.43
€ 24.99
€ 21.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 106
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210156
- ISBN
- 9780805210156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Technology and Security in the Twenty-First Century
Hamre, John J.; Farrar, Jay C.; Lewis, James ...
Paperback. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 76 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892064014
- ISBN
- 9780892064014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Hardcover. Reflects the social and political conditions which prevailed when the Fatimids began to consolidate their rule. This book, a translation of the "Iftitah al-Da'wa", is an important primary source for understanding the emergence of the Fatimid state in the early years of the tenth century. Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations. Num Pages: 273 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850438854
- ISBN
- 9781850438854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 49.06
€ 53.24
€ 49.06