Military history
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Military history
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
€ 46.99€ 42.19
€ 46.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. It was common knowledge among American soldiers in Vietnam that women were sometimes brave and even ferocious fighters for the North. This text provides vivid accounts of training, deployment, strategy and tactics, propaganda, support services and torture involving women. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 182 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612567
- ISBN
- 9780700612567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBWS2; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625340184
- ISBN
- 9781625340184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.48
€ 36.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. A Wampum Denied reassesses the much-maligned career of Henry Procter, commander of the British forces, traces the Canadian/British/Native side of the conflict (amid a literature dominated by the American view), and casts new light on an allied military strategy that very nearly succeeded, but when it failed, failed spectacularly. Series: Carleton Library Series. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773539372
- ISBN
- 9780773539372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.01
€ 39.01
hardcover. This Companion offers a major re-examination of the poetry of the First World War at the start of the war's centennial commemoration. Editor(s): Das, Santanu. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107018235
- ISBN
- 9781107018235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.71
€ 96.71
Hardcover. This book, a veritable encyclopaedia, is the result of an exceptional job presenting members of the Luftwaffe 1935-1945 for the first time and in full uniform and equipment. Having gathered an impressive collection of original pieces, including service uniforms and flying equipment, the author ensures the experience of these men shines through. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 307 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Editions Heimdal France
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782840483649
- ISBN
- 9782840483649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.40€ 97.65
€ 108.40
€ 97.65
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€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Imperial War Museums
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904897743
- ISBN
- 9781904897743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.71
€ 20.99
€ 19.71
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
€ 15.99€ 15.20
€ 15.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 223 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296573
- ISBN
- 9789652296573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.38
€ 21.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574415766
- ISBN
- 9781574415766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. This work looks at the massacre at the village of Oradour in 1944, and how the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village, which is now a tourist destination. Through interviews and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are investigated. Num Pages: 317 pages, 25 black-and-white photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224834
- ISBN
- 9780520224834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Hardcover. This text links two areas of inquiry: crime and delinquency with war and social change. In a study based on archival research, Sarah Fishman reveals the impact of the Vichy regime on one of history's most silent groups - children - and offers enlightening information about the Vichy administration. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSP1; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007550
- ISBN
- 9780674007550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.70€ 80.63
€ 89.70
€ 80.63
Paperback. The definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for them Num Pages: 496 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119366
- ISBN
- 9780349119366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Hardcover. Offers readers a portrait of the American people - industrialists, labor leaders, federal officials, municipal leaders, social reformers, and industrial workers and their families - that lays bare the foundations of community, the high costs of racism, and the tangled process of negotiation between New Deal visionaries and wartime planners. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTK; HBWQ; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226025421
- ISBN
- 9780226025421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.40
€ 69.40
CD-Audio. 1917 was a year of decisive events. Germany raised the stakes at sea, America eventually declared war; the Nivelle offensive almost destroyed the French army; and, following two revolutions in February and October, Russian forces collapsed. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 125. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785297540
- ISBN
- 9781785297540
CD
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.65
€ 17.99
€ 13.65
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBTB; HBW; JFD; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556592
- ISBN
- 9781137556592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.55
€ 111.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JNB; JNLR; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520104
- ISBN
- 9781137520104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback. In the aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, the discovery of unmarked mass graves revealed Europe's worst atrocity since World War II: the genocide in the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. This title provides an account of the genetic technology developed to identify the eight thousand Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys found in those graves. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255753
- ISBN
- 9780520255753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to grow up amidst the daily struggles and horrors of this devastating war. Num Pages: 352 pages, (b/w illus throughout). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007303571
- ISBN
- 9780007303571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.25
€ 12.25
Paperback. A gripping and fascinating account of the Great War - told through the events of 100 key dates between 1914 and 1918. Num Pages: 544 pages, Integrated b&w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444763386
- ISBN
- 9781444763386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the psychology of military incompetence and the reasons even the most well-oiled military machines inflict disaster upon themselves. It analyses why things go wrong on the battlefield and who is to blame. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780334936
- ISBN
- 9781780334936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. This is the true story of the greatest special forces' operation of the 20th Century and the first shot in the West's long war against international terrorism. It is a tale of human drama and unbearable tension in which courage, comradeship, fanaticism, incompetence and luck all play their part. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 x 8 pg B&W insets. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444762549
- ISBN
- 9781444762549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
paperback. The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. This title looks at the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141015699
- ISBN
- 9780141015699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.60
€ 19.99
€ 11.60