Military history
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Military history
Hardcover. Though they yearned for liberation, the French in Normandy nonetheless had to steel themselves for war, knowing that their homes and land and fellow citizens would have to bear the brunt of the attack. In this book, the author turns the usual stories of D-Day around, taking readers across the Channel to view the invasion anew. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136998
- ISBN
- 9780226136998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.58
€ 30.99
€ 23.58
Hardcover. At the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, thirty-eight thousand children were evacuated from their homes. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to orphanages in Eastern Europe, while their adversaries placed the rest in children's homes elsewhere in Greece. This book presents a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JFFD; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226135984
- ISBN
- 9780226135984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.57€ 82.74
€ 100.57
€ 82.74
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226118949
- ISBN
- 9780226118949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. This title asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101552
- ISBN
- 9780226101552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.02
€ 23.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. Focuses on key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics - with dramatically insightful results. The authors also suggests lessons for today's military, from counter terrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 line drawings, 21 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071640
- ISBN
- 9780226071640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.01
€ 24.99
€ 20.01
Hardcover. Examining the American discourse over war and torture, the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers, television commentary, and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; HPQ; JFD; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062495
- ISBN
- 9780226062495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.15
€ 54.99
€ 42.15
Hardcover. The Civil War still occupies a prominent place in the national collective memory. Yet battlefields were not the only landscapes altered by the war. Countless individuals saw their daily lives upended while the entire nation suffered. This book reveals this side of the war as it happened, examining the visual culture of the Northern home front. Num Pages: 192 pages, 90 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061856
- ISBN
- 9780226061856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.94
€ 41.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044194
- ISBN
- 9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.38
€ 37.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This work explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, 70 line drawings, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBWQ; HBWS; JPS; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043593
- ISBN
- 9780226043593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80ill.(10col.).3col.M. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 181 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855322851
- ISBN
- 9781855322851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.41
€ 23.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. This title provides a terse, opinionated and wry short history of the First World War. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps, port. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003587
- ISBN
- 9780141031569
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book, first published in 1948, presents a concise discussion regarding the role of naval power in the history of Britain. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 5. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107645554
- ISBN
- 9781107645554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.39
€ 24.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 650 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348396
- ISBN
- 9780764348396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.71€ 56.76
€ 75.71
€ 56.76
Hardcover. An in-depth 2007 analysis of the sources of success and failure in UN peacekeeping missions in civil wars. Num Pages: 418 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521881388
- ISBN
- 9780521881388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.57€ 87.13
€ 100.57
€ 87.13
Paperback. A magisterial new account of this passionately debated period in Spanish history, by one of the nation's leading experts. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590. 370 pages, 4 maps. A magisterial new account of this passionately debated period in Spanish history, by one of the nation's leading experts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521737807
- ISBN
- 9780521737807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.46
€ 41.99
€ 39.46
Paperback. This book offers a substantial reconsideration of early modern warfare and its relationship to the power of the state. Num Pages: 446 pages, 27 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 734. Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe. 448 pages, 27 b/w illus. 10 maps. This book offers a substantial reconsideration of early modern warfare and its relationship to the power of the state. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521735582
- ISBN
- 9780521735582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.68
€ 41.99
€ 39.68
Paperback. John A. Lynn II examines the important roles of women who campaigned with armies from 1500 to 1815. Num Pages: 252 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBW; JFSJ1; JWD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521722377
- ISBN
- 9780521722377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.53
€ 33.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48ill.(8col.). BIC Classification: GTH; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 183 x 246 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850451719
- ISBN
- 9780850451719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 545 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 218 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343551
- ISBN
- 9780764343551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.06€ 45.85
€ 65.06
€ 45.85
Paperback. Russia's engagement with Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II was ferocious, unprecedented and bloody, costing millions of civilian and military lives. In this challenging new book, Lee Baker distinguishes myth from reality and deflates the idea that this war, while gargantuan in scale, was in essence a war like any other. Series: Seminar Studies in History. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405840637
- ISBN
- 9781405840637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.73
€ 47.99
€ 45.73