History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
hardcover. Immediately after the Second World War, the radio was the best-preserved medium of mass communication in Germany. This book explores the implications of this dominance by asking how everyday broadcasting constructed ideas of 'normal' times, people and places in the destroyed, divided and occupied zones of what would become the Federal Republic. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230009035
- ISBN
- 9780230009035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008939
- ISBN
- 9780230008939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.16
€ 140.16
Hardback. This book comprises twelve illustrated, interdisciplinary essays on gender and material culture across the eighteenth century. These essays point to the many ways in which gender mediated and was shaped by the consumption and production of goods and elucidate the complex relationships between material and social practice in the period. Editor(s): Batchelor, Jennie; Kaplan, Cora. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007055
- ISBN
- 9780230007055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.47
€ 108.47
Hardback. From his 1956 Suez triumph to the 1967 defeat, President Nasser of Egypt dominated the Arab revolution. Drawing on new Arabic material, this history casts a fresh light on Nasser's era and legacy of conflict and provides an essential background to developments in the contemporary Arab world. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006430
- ISBN
- 9780230006430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Paperback. This book follows four Seventeenth-century Englishmen on their journeys around the Ottoman Empire while the British were, for the first time in history, becoming important players in the Mediterranean. This book shows that hostility between East and West is neither historical nor inevitable, but rather the result of selective memory. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBG; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003262
- ISBN
- 9780230003262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. A major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values. This was the period of art as great fashion. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 colour plates, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 201 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300081640
- ISBN
- 9780300081640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.06€ 43.93
€ 56.06
€ 43.93
Hardback. As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation's front pages to become the "other war," supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974271
- ISBN
- 9781597974271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.79
€ 30.79
Hardback. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974257
- ISBN
- 9781597974257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22
Hardback. Delves into the myths associated with the Vietnam veteran's experience and looks at them through the war stories they told and continue to tell. Kulik conducts an extremely thorough review of the Vietnam literature and interviews participants wherever possible, poking holes in the war myths of people throughout the political spectrum. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973045
- ISBN
- 9781597973045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.63
€ 30.99
€ 28.63
Hardback. In New York City in 1939, neither eighteen-year-old Jack "Jake" Jacobson nor his comrade Murray "Duke" Davison had any intention of joining the military. Their sights were set on playing club dates in what Duke called the "upholstered sewers" of Manhattan. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972857
- ISBN
- 9781597972857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
hardcover. From 1917 to 1920 the Woman's Land Army (WLA) brought thousands of city workers, society women, artists, business professionals, and college students into rural America to take over the farm work after men were called to wartime service. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 b&w photos, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781597972734
- ISBN
- 9781597972734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.58
€ 30.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. The books in the Essential Bibliographies series include an essay by a noted scholar on the important historiographical issues and a pertinent bibliography for a particular period or theme in military history. Series: Essential Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972468
- ISBN
- 9781597972468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.94
€ 15.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. President John F. Kennedy remains a subject of fascination for both historians and citizens. Consistently ranked among the most popular U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971485
- ISBN
- 9781597971485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
hardcover. In 1955, after assignments at the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and on board a destroyer, Marvin Durning arrived at ONI's office in Munich, Germany. During this year, he participated in the final stages of transforming Germany from a defeated enemy into a respected democracy. World Turned Upside Down is Durning's account this period. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971348
- ISBN
- 9781597971348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
€ 25.99
€ 23.91
hardcover. In October 2001, the Bush administration sent Amb. James F. Dobbins, who had overseen nation-building efforts in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, to war-torn Afghanistan to help the Afghans assemble a successor government to the Taliban. Num Pages: 192 pages, b+w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970839
- ISBN
- 9781597970839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.97
€ 25.99
€ 23.97
paperback. What distinguishes Richard F. Miller's "A Carrier at War" is its focus on individual officers and sailors and shipboard morale as distinct from the usual "bomb and bullet" reporting. The USS Kitty Hawk's mission paralleled the tortuous course of events leading up to the Iraq War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781597970471
- ISBN
- 9781597970471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.36
€ 18.99
€ 18.36
Hardback. Tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from US occupation to local sovereignty. Undoing Saddam goes beyond the attacks and violence to detail the day-to-day problems of rebuilding a nation, including constructing schools, digging wells, completing roads, and building new power plants. Num Pages: 226 pages, 30 b&w photos, 2 maps, timeline illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JPHV; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970242
- ISBN
- 9781597970242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.57
€ 27.99
€ 25.57
hardcover. Translator(s): Tranviet, Thuy. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Southeast Asia Program Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877271703
- ISBN
- 9780877271703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.81
€ 161.81
paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- ILR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780875461687
- ISBN
- 9780875461687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.79
€ 23.99
€ 21.79
hardcover. The Seven Years War was the most successful in British History, with naval supremacy triumphantly asserted over France and Spain, and a vast new overseas empire conquered. This book tells the story of the British shipping that carried, supplied and sustained the British expeditions that shattered French and Spanish imperial power in America. Series: Exeter Maritime Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780859897860
- ISBN
- 9780859897860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.40
€ 140.40