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Hardcover. A definitive biography of the aviator Bert Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron during World War 1. Hall was variously labelled as: rogue, card cheat, forger, human cannonball, criminal, bigamist, deserter, filmmaker, author, Chinese General, arms smuggler, Foreign Legionnaire, salesman, aerial racer amd aviation pioneer. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781551301
- ISBN
- 9781781551301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.53
€ 25.99
€ 18.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003412
- ISBN
- 9781612003412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.86
€ 34.99
€ 31.86
Paperback. John Wilkes Booth is known for one thing--assassinating America's sixteenth president, Abe Lincoln. But what don't we know? Who helped him--and who tried to stop him? Thomas A. Bogar reveals a thrilling narrative behind the cast and crew of Ford's Theatre and their relations with the infamous actor in Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination. Num Pages: 377 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Regnery History
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621573203
- ISBN
- 9781621573203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.93
€ 19.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. He reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JFC; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801859533
- ISBN
- 9780801859533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. Once dubbed "the widow maker", Martin's B-26 recovered from a poor start to equip eight bomber groups. One of the first American-manned planes to see action in the Second World War, the Marauder is described here including accounts from crews, details of tactics and training, and unit histories. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 b&w illustrations, 10pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855326378
- ISBN
- 9781855326378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.87
€ 26.99
€ 21.87
Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324239
- ISBN
- 9780764324239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.05€ 45.70
€ 64.05
€ 45.70
Paperback. The B-24 was heavily utilized in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the US Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania. This title relates the experiences of the crews who flew the "heavy" of World War II, and of the aircraft itself. Illustrator(s): Styling, Mark; Rolfe, Mark; Wyllie, Iain. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841760810
- ISBN
- 9781841760810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.82
€ 26.99
€ 21.82
Hardcover. RAF Liberators over Burma provides an insight of operational flying in the Far East, including an examination of the importance of bombing bridges and railway constructions to thwart the Japanese transit infrastructure. In many cases the efforts and sacrifice by dedicated Commonwealth aircrew are recounted from their own flying logbooks. Num Pages: 208 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555194
- ISBN
- 9781781555194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.36
€ 26.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 mono. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848846913
- ISBN
- 9781848846913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.78
€ 19.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 70 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931741248
- ISBN
- 9781931741248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.81
€ 11.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. With archival photographs and 1/96 scale drawings, this volume describes the American B-17 Flying Fortress day bomber units. The detailed text includes crews explaining their experiences in battle during the massive daylight bombing raids on Germany. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 112 pages, 30 colour and 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841760216
- ISBN
- 9781841760216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.80
€ 27.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. Superb collection of colour and B&W images of all Axis tanks variants of WW2 across all theatres Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 colour & black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473887008
- ISBN
- 9781473887008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Hardcover. By mid-1944 the Axis missile guidance systems were systematically interfered by the Allies superior technology. As an emergency measure, Germany was forced to use the Soviet tactics of fighter-taran against the American bombers, while Japan used the terminal dive bomber ritual against the invasion fleets and designed new airplanes to that purpose. Num Pages: 288 pages, 128 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555651
- ISBN
- 9781781555651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.44
€ 38.99
€ 27.44
Paperback. Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361366
- ISBN
- 9781349361366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Paperback. In August 2006, many senior U.S. officials thought America had lost the war in Iraq, as the senior U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer there wrote that control of al Anbar Province, the seat of the raging Sunni insurgency, was irrevocably lost to the insurgents. During that time, there were over 100 attacks per day against U.S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Casemate Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000978
- ISBN
- 9781612000978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. The Avro Lancaster was one of the finest bombers of World War II and became the spearhead of the RAF's strategic bombing campaign over the Third Reich. This book tells the story of the Lancaster, providing a comprehensive account of the design, development and operational history of the aircraft and its evolution into successor aircraft. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 277 x 7. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472809445
- ISBN
- 9781472809445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.25
€ 15.99
€ 12.25
The last of O'Connor's series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight German states appear first in alphabetical order. Among the 43 biographies included in this volume are: Althaus, Bhme, von Cassel, Dornheim, Flrke, Friedewald, von Grone, Hehnelt, and von Whlisch. Num Pages: 400 pages, over 700 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 228 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2770.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316265
- ISBN
- 9780764316265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.53€ 56.50
€ 74.53
€ 56.50
Paperback. The autobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D. is an account of 19th-century medicine, politics, and personal life that recovers the experiences of a Civil War-era regimental surgeon who was also a president of the Illinois State Medical Society and a United States consul in Mexico. Series: Shawnee Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325917
- ISBN
- 9780809325917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.32
€ 20.99
€ 19.32
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri Bushwhack...
. Ed(S): Ross, Kirby; Sutherland, Daniel E.
paperback. Editor(s): Ross, Kirby; Sutherland, Daniel E. Series: The Civil War in the West. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288776
- ISBN
- 9781557288776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.56
€ 29.99
€ 25.56
Hardcover. Herman Wouk, James Michener, Alex Haley, Carl Rowan, and other well-known American writers recount their service in the Navy or Coast Guard in World War II, describing submarine attacks, amphibious landings, homesickness, and leadership challenges. UP. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35ill. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557507990
- ISBN
- 9781557507990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.59
€ 48.99
€ 40.59