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Military history

Paperback. Factual, yet human and vivid and eminently readable, The Battle for Guadacanal, is military history at its best Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068911
ISBN
9780252068911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. The tenth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's classic History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II focuses on the war on enemy submarines, a war fought up and down the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Brazil Num Pages: 448 pages, photo section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591145769
ISBN
9781591145769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.39

Paperback. The twelfth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's classic History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II returns to the Pacific for a dramatic retelling of the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle of all time. Num Pages: 512 pages, photo section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591145356
ISBN
9781591145356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9780747578116
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0012132
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A fascinating portrait of the U.S. Army on the early American frontier. Shows how the officer corps played a crucial role in stabilizing the frontiers of a rapidly expanding nation. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618842
ISBN
9780700618842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.79

Hardcover. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619153
ISBN
9780700619153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.15

hardcover. This volume collects together battlefront letters composed by Dunn Browne (the pseudonym of Captain Samuel Wheelock Fiske of the 14th Connecticut regiment) during the American Civil War. Fiske was both a fighting infantryman and an experienced newspaper correspondent. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218332
ISBN
9780823218332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.78

Hardback. This study covers the battles on the Western Front from the collapse of the Normandy line in France in the summer of 1944 until the Germans were able to bring the Allied army to a halt on the borders of the Reich itself. However, this only delayed the inevitable. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275968571
ISBN
9780275968571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 47.45

Paperback. States that from its secret post-World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders. This book profiles the leaders, describing the Luftwaffe's battles - both in the skies and behind the scenes - and explaining why it was so decisively defeated. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 346 pages, 51 b/w photos & 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592. Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 346 pages, 51 b/w photos & 8 maps. States that from its secret post-World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders. This book profiles the leaders, describing the Luftwaffe's battles - both in the skies and behind the scenes - and explaining why it was so decisively defeated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight: 594.
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811734059
ISBN
9780811734059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. Dealing with the German ground forces in World War II, this work covers the 291st through 999th Infantry Divisions; named infantry divisions (Division von Manteuffel and Division Sicily); jaeger, light, and mountain divisions; security divisions; and Luftwaffe ground divisions, including parachute, flak, and field troops. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 375 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811734370
ISBN
9780811734370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. Discusses the battles for the Germans' last line of defence in World War II, including Arnhem, Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and Metz. Built as a series of forts, bunkers, and tank traps, the West Wall - known as the Siegfried Line to the Allies - stretched along Germany's western border. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811736022
ISBN
9780811736022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. In a series of battles marked by raids and thrusts against Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. The Axis campaign climaxed in June with the recapture of Tobruk, a triumph that netted 33,000 prisoners and earned Rommel a field marshal's baton. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 251 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811734134
ISBN
9780811734134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.65

Hardback. After a crushing loss at Stalingrad, the German war machine regrouped in early 1943 to stave off total defeat, but it could not stem the rising Allied tide. In the Mediterranean, Rommel's early successes in Africa were erased by the surrender of Tunisia, and German forces barely escaped Sicily before the Allies seized the island. Num Pages: 316 pages, 62 b/w photos & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811705332
ISBN
9780811705332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. This book presents the desperation of the Wehrmacht as the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a dash back to the Reich. It includes informative details and recounts the German retreat and the erosion of Germany's stronghold on Europe. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 277 pages, 25 b/w photos & 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494. The German Defeat in France, 1944. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 277 pages, 25 b/w photos & 12 maps. The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. This book presents the desperation of the Wehrmacht as the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a dash back to the Reich. It includes informative details and recounts the German retreat and the erosion of Germany's stronghold on Europe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811733847
ISBN
9780811733847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

hardcover. From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history. OR The untold story of the use of sub-standard men in militaries, from the American Civil War to the dawn of the Cold War Editor(s): Marble, Sanders. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239771
ISBN
9780823239771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.23

Paperback. From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history. OR The untold story of the use of sub-standard men in militaries, from the American Civil War to the dawn of the Cold War Editor(s): Marble, Sanders. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239788
ISBN
9780823239788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

Wealth and family privilege are no match for the brutal forward march of two armies intent on eliminating each other. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 266 x 35. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346335
ISBN
9781612346335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. A magisterial survey of the military giants of the modern world. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857385918
ISBN
9780857385918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In June of 2002, war looms and Saddam Hussein still has a brutal grip on a nation in disarray. The author travels the length and breadth of Iraq, following the fast-evolving events and interviewing people from all walks of life and all religious and political affiliations. This title offers a personal history of this controversial conflict. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611453539
ISBN
9781611453539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.28

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