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paperback. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665629
- ISBN
- 9780712665629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.78
€ 20.99
€ 16.78
Paperback. This readable and authoritative history of the unit reveals their important role in the Second World War. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457093
- ISBN
- 9780752457093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804727969
- ISBN
- 9780804727969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. This is the book that answers the question: Could Germany have won World War Two? Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304362080
- ISBN
- 9780304362080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
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. On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018317
- ISBN
- 9780141018317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. An account of wartime Greece, exploring the impact of Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. It seeks to offer a vividly human picture of resistance fighters and black marketeers, teenage German conscripts and Gestapo officers, Jews and starving villagers. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300089233
- ISBN
- 9780300089233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.18
€ 21.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. Shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. This title tells the story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3JB; HBLH; HBTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571298198
- ISBN
- 9780571298198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.90
€ 17.99
€ 12.90
Paperback. Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's autobiography, to produce a vivid narrative history. Editor(s): Seaward, Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199228171
- ISBN
- 9780199228171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
€ 18.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in its composition, its actions, and the methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale. This book introduces us to men who killed without hesitation or apparent remorse for years on end. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141000428
- ISBN
- 9780141000428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. The Wars of the Roses featured 16 invasions, four successful; six times kings lost their thrones. This title explores why those invasions occurred, and kept occurring. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w and 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764917
- ISBN
- 9781841764917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007230
- ISBN
- 9781894864589
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A wide-ranging look at the history of the Canadian Navy, from its beginnings in 18th-century exploration and trade, to its astonishing expansion during the Second World War, through to its current roles in operations with United Nations and NATO forces. Num Pages: 504 pages, 82, 82 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 880. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007278
- ISBN
- 9780802096043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. 'The art of command is..to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' "A Seaman's Pocket-Book", 1943, re-issued by Conway in September 2006, has found huge appeal with the British public. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Conway
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007289
- ISBN
- 9781844860548
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, over 150 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBW; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764329234
- ISBN
- 9780764329234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.42
€ 48.99
€ 32.42
Paperback. Surveys the emergence of the Nazi SS and its Death's Head Division, noting the impact of this elite and powerful army upon military history. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691008530
- ISBN
- 9780691008530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. 1905: Foreign Minister Edward Grey enters secret talks with France about sending British forces to their aid in the event of German attack. The details were only revealed to the Cabinet and Prime Minister in 1911, by which point the 'hidden perspective' was firmly entrenched. Owen argues that the outbreak of war in 1914 was far from inevitable. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007764
- ISBN
- 9781908323989
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Looking beyond diplomats and generals, the author shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. He gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725935
- ISBN
- 9780674725935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. Though undeniably bloody the war was in fact a ferment of new ideas and new weapons. Gas, flame throwers, super-heavy artillery, concrete bunkers, tanks, aircraft and other innovations were all introduced, whilst older notions such as barbed wire, machine guns and armour took on a new lease of life. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 drawings, maps & diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 120 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232. Fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Conway London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KKD0009020
- ISBN
- 9781844860722
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Tells the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army - the Iron Brigade. The brigade was initially made up of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin and the 19th Indiana Volunteers; later it was reinforced by the 24th Michigan Volunteers. Num Pages: 432 pages, 57 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208637
- ISBN
- 9780253208637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73