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Paperback. In November 1943 US forces successfully seized Tarawa and Makin in the first major counteroffensive of the Central Pacific; however, US casualties were heavy. By the end of January 1944. Operation 'Flintlock' - the seizure of the Marshall Islands - was launched: the next stepping-stone towards Japan. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 73ill. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JJH; HBG; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841768519
- ISBN
- 9781841768519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.64
€ 26.99
€ 21.64
Hardcover. The role of massacre in history has been given little focused attention either by historians or academics in related fields. This is surprising as its prevalence and persistence surely demands that it should be a subject of serious and systematic exploration. What exactly is a massacre? When - and why - does it happen? Editor(s): Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 half-tones, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819345
- ISBN
- 9781571819345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.85
€ 151.85
Paperback. A study of the contentious issue of the public's right to know in time of war or limited conflict. Analysis of the relationship between the media and the military in the Falklands, Grenada, Panama and the Gulf reveals a central theme of the battle between the military and their political masters. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JFD; JPVH2; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333719053
- ISBN
- 9780333719053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.36
€ 69.36
Hardcover. The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975584
- ISBN
- 9781403975584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.44
€ 143.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JWXZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- FreeLance Academy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937439033
- ISBN
- 9781937439033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470856
- ISBN
- 9780226470856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 603 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0007956
- ISBN
- 9780486260020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674564664
- ISBN
- 9780674564664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.06
€ 46.99
€ 39.06
Hardcover. Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his 'negroes'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243211
- ISBN
- 9781851243211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.95
€ 20.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. From one of the foremost experts on wartime British special forces, a new volume exploring the Long Range Desert Group Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp B&Wpic section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HB; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472122094
- ISBN
- 9781472122094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.68
€ 16.99
€ 12.68
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960078
- ISBN
- 9781403960078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.96€ 52.78
€ 82.96
€ 52.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810854246
- ISBN
- 9780810854246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.58
€ 96.58
Paperback. "Almighty God--Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor." It was with these words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the troops that were to mount the final a" Num Pages: 622 pages, 78 photographs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 621
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306804861
- ISBN
- 9780306804861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.90
€ 33.99
€ 22.90
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 466 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641959
- ISBN
- 9780691641959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.94€ 147.86
€ 197.94
€ 147.86
Paperback. This is the third edition of a near standard survey of the intellectual life of the age of faith. Num Pages: 586 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 586
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226028408
- ISBN
- 9780226028408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.28
€ 48.99
€ 38.28
Hardback. Chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242425
- ISBN
- 9780520242425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.15€ 64.45
€ 84.15
€ 64.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463027
- ISBN
- 9781580463027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.96
€ 37.99
€ 31.96
Hardback. The Modern American Metropolis: A Documentary Reader introduces the history of American cities and suburbs through a collection of original source materials that historians have long used to make sense of the urban experience. Editor(s): Freund, David M. P. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444339017
- ISBN
- 9781444339017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. With contributions from two dozen scholars, "The Modern Jewish Experience" presents practical information and guidelines intended to expand the teaching repertoire of those concerned with Jewish studies. Sample syllabi are included for survey courses set in diverse linguistic settings. Editor(s): Wertheimer, Jack. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814792629
- ISBN
- 9780814792629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
paperback. A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 440 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBG; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition, with a New Prol ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267572
- ISBN
- 9780520267572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.82
€ 41.99
€ 29.82