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Hardcover. 1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of America's strategy to defeat Japan. In the pithy prose of the soldier's pocketbook series, this guide captures the essence of Australians, their vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable humour. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 72 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 104 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. 72 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. 1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of America's strategy to defeat Japan. In the pithy prose of the soldier's pocketbook series, this guide captures the essence of Australians, their vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable humour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWT. Dimension: 121 x 148 x 10. Weight: 100.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243952
- ISBN
- 9781851243952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.47
€ 7.47
hardcover. In 1942 the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the 'British, their country, and their ways'. By turns hilarious and poignant, many observations remain quaintly relevant today. Reproduced in a style reminiscent of the era, this is a wonderfully evocative war-time memento. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 218 x 9. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851240852
- ISBN
- 9781851240852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.55
€ 7.55
Hardcover. In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. This book is an irresistible insight into British attitudes towards the French and an interesting, timeless commentary on Anglo-French relations. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 107 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good illustrated cover. Inscription to previous owner inside cover
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0005218
- ISBN
- 9781851243358
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The book underscores the complicated struggle that accompanied integration and sheds new light on a broad range of comparable issues that affect civilian society, including affirmative action, marriage laws, and sexual harassment. Editor(s): Bristol, Douglas Walter, Jr.; Stur, Heather Marie. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBWS; JFFJ; JFS; JWT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422473
- ISBN
- 9781421422473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 85 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606922095
- ISBN
- 9781606922095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 51.97
€ 73.68
€ 51.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Montgomery, Johanna A. Num Pages: 161 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 258 x 15. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614709008
- ISBN
- 9781614709008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.30€ 133.92
€ 197.30
€ 133.92
Paperback. How can we ever understand why those in the Third Reich acted the way they did? What could have led them to commit such atrocities in the name of the Fuhrer? This title offers shocking insight into Hitler's henchmen. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ; JPHL; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140284546
- ISBN
- 9780140284546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.08
€ 27.99
€ 21.08
Hardcover. "This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period following emancipation and Confederate defeat"--Provided by publisher. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936758
- ISBN
- 9780813936758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.37
€ 61.37
Paperback. This is the contemporary account of Jakob Walter, a Westphalian conscript in Napoleons Grande Arme. Walter took part in the Emperors campaigns against Prussia, Austria and finally, the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812. This is what it really meant to march with the Emperor. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BJ; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 9. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781591451
- ISBN
- 9781781591451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.75
€ 16.99
€ 15.75
Num Pages: over 1150 color/bw images. BIC Classification: HBW; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2164.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764335129
- ISBN
- 9780764335129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.43€ 71.97
€ 97.43
€ 71.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1,008 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBW; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343810
- ISBN
- 9780764343810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.43€ 71.71
€ 97.43
€ 71.71
Paperback. On the night of 28 March 1942 the Royal Navy and British commandos assaulted the German-held French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire. This is the true story behind 'The Greatest Raid of All'. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782064473
- ISBN
- 9781782064473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardcover. Into the Swarm tells the sobering and heroic stories of RAF fighters pilots in the most ferocious air battles of the war. Gripping and detailed stories of aerial combat are accompanied by unpublished photographs and letters which add to the rich content provided by the authors whose passion for the subject is apparent within each chapter. Num Pages: 240 pages, 70 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781552469
- ISBN
- 9781781552469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.70
€ 34.99
€ 30.70
Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lh...
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paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Edition
- First Trade Paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802139993
- ISBN
- 9780802139993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.15
€ 17.15
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
€ 29.99€ 27.03
€ 29.99
€ 27.03
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553251
- ISBN
- 9781781553251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.80
€ 25.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. In this revised and updated edition new accounts have been included of the ways in which the islanders resisted occupation and did not - hitherto unpublished material describes how a small minority of islanders threw their lot in with the Argentines. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473853430
- ISBN
- 9781473853430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Hardcover. * A newly updated edition of this highly regarded volume on the Normandy landings and battles in English and French Num Pages: 480 pages, over 1000 photographs. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 220 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2250.
- Publisher
- Heimdal
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782840482895
- ISBN
- 9782840482895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.12€ 115.11
€ 121.12
€ 115.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 b/w. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Motorbooks International
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760345917
- ISBN
- 9780760345917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.57
€ 26.99
€ 24.57
Hardcover. Unique story of "Operation Exporter" - the little-known WW2 battle. Translator(s): Land, William. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8 bw in 8pp plates, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534493
- ISBN
- 9781784534493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.43€ 54.65
€ 59.43
€ 54.65
On the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy: a revised and updated edition of Paul Carell's great classic. Num Pages: 291 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 826. German Account of the D-Day Landings and the 80 Days' Battle for France. 291 pages, 32pp photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWL. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight: 792.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407161
- ISBN
- 9780887407161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.26
€ 43.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. A follow-up to Losing Small Wars, this book analyses the cost - both financial and human - of Britain's involvement in the Afghanistan war. It pieces together the enormous burden the Afghan intervention has placed on the shoulders of British soldiers and their families, UK taxpayers and - by far the greatest sufferers - Afghan civilians. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS5; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205268
- ISBN
- 9780300205268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.64
€ 15.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. "Destined to be the classic account of what may be the oldest .. hardest form of war."-John Nagl, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 784 pages, 70 illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406880
- ISBN
- 9780871406880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.72
€ 24.99
€ 21.72
Hardcover. Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327570
- ISBN
- 9780820327570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.98
€ 38.98