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Hardback. This book uses the life and work of lawyer and Supreme Court justice, Benjamin R. Curtis, as a window on the most serious constitutional crisis in American history, the Civil War. The book reassesses Curtis's common-law methods in the context of his times and shows how his views continue to shed light on issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923420
ISBN
9780813923420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.28

hardcover. Focusing on Fannin and Lumpkin counties in the Blue Ridge Mountains along Georgia's northern border, this work argues for a localized, idiosyncratic understanding of the Civil war. This book reveals that, for many participants, this war was fought less for abstract ideological causes than for reasons tied to home, family, friends, and community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813925493
ISBN
9780813925493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

Hardback. Offers a portrait of Virginia's wartime economic, political, and social institutions. This work includes essays that examine such concerns as the war's effect on slavery in the state, the wartime intersection of race and religion, and the development of Confederate social networks. Editor(s): Ayers, Edward L.; Gallagher, Gary W.; Torget, Andrew J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 maps & graphs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925523
ISBN
9780813925523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.16

Hardback. Few wartime cities in Virginia held more importance than Petersburg. On the eve of the Civil War, the city elected a conservative, pro-Union approach to the sectional crisis. This book provides a study of this city, looking at both Petersburg's civilian experience and the city's place in Confederate military strategy and administration. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925707
ISBN
9780813925707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.32

Hardback. Editor(s): Molineux, Will. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 b&w illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813929033
ISBN
9780813929033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.82

hardcover. The first in a series of annual Signature Conferences sponsored by the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, "America on the Eve of the Civil War" was held in April 2009. Editor(s): Ayers, Edward L.; Martin, Carolyn R. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813930633
ISBN
9780813930633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPZ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931272
ISBN
9780813931272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

Paperback. Pbk. reprint. Originally published in 2010. Editor(s): Ayers, Edward L.; Martin, Carolyn R. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931791
ISBN
9780813931791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933177
ISBN
9780813933177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardback. Tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from US occupation to local sovereignty. Undoing Saddam goes beyond the attacks and violence to detail the day-to-day problems of rebuilding a nation, including constructing schools, digging wells, completing roads, and building new power plants. Num Pages: 226 pages, 30 b&w photos, 2 maps, timeline illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JPHV; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597970242
ISBN
9781597970242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.88

paperback. What distinguishes Richard F. Miller's "A Carrier at War" is its focus on individual officers and sailors and shipboard morale as distinct from the usual "bomb and bullet" reporting. The USS Kitty Hawk's mission paralleled the tortuous course of events leading up to the Iraq War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781597970471
ISBN
9781597970471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

paperback. Presents a study of unconventional warfare in American military history. This book includes: guerrilla fighting during the American Civil War; wars between the United States and Native Americans; the Philippine Insurrection; the campaign against Mexico's Pancho Villa; and, US occupations of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Num Pages: 308 pages, 6 b&w photos, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971560
ISBN
9781597971560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.92

paperback. It is only in the past two decades that scholars have breached the language barrier in Germany, Austria, and Russia, permitting a comprehensive reexamination of the Napoleonic Wars. Series: Essential Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972093
ISBN
9781597972093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. The books in the Essential Bibliographies series include an essay by a noted scholar on the important historiographical issues and a pertinent bibliography for a particular period or theme in military history. Series: Essential Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972468
ISBN
9781597972468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.28

hardcover. From 1917 to 1920 the Woman's Land Army (WLA) brought thousands of city workers, society women, artists, business professionals, and college students into rural America to take over the farm work after men were called to wartime service. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 b&w photos, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781597972734
ISBN
9781597972734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.94

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

Hardback. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974257
ISBN
9781597974257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.69

Hardback. As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation's front pages to become the "other war," supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974271
ISBN
9781597974271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.93

hardcover. This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century. Num Pages: 522 pages, 27 B&W. BIC Classification: HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781597974400
ISBN
9781597974400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.80
€ 49.36

paperback. Rarely has a foreign policy event spawned such interest in international public opinion as has the Iraq War. Editor(s): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barrett, Bethany. Num Pages: 322 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974936
ISBN
9781597974936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Hardback. The Revolutionary Years, 1775-1789, reveals how the nation's leaders asserted power during the fourteen crucial years from the Revolution's first shots at Lexington in April 1775 to the adoption of the Constitution in 1789. Num Pages: 174 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976749
ISBN
9781597976749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.73

Hardcover. British children were mobilised for total war in 1914-18. It dominated their school experience and they enjoyed it as a source of entertainment. Their support was believed to be vital for Britain's present and future but their participation was motivated by a desire to remain connected to their absent fathers and brothers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221758
ISBN
9780230221758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333962107
ISBN
9780333962107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.40

Paperback. The Greater War is an international history of the First World War. Comprising of thirteen chapters this collection of essays covers new aspects of the French, German, Italian and American efforts in the First World War, as well as aspects of Britain's colonial campaigns. Editor(s): Krause, Jonathan. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBJQ; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137360649
ISBN
9781137360649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

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