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Paperback. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, "Evil Men" confronts atrocity head-on how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes s unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them." Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HBWQ; HPQ; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416796
- ISBN
- 9780674416796
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.54
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Paperback. The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775 America s smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Undying faith in its exceptionalism made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power, but developing this brand did not come without costs." Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWF; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416819
- ISBN
- 9780674416819
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
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Paperback. This saga opens with the enslavement of a woman from Senegambia, and then traces her family s quest, across five generations, for lives of dignity and equality. The story of Rosalie and her descendants unfolds against the background of three great antiracist struggles: the Haitian Revolution, the French Revolution of 1848, and the U.S. Civil War." Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416918
- ISBN
- 9780674416918
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Hardcover. In Defensive Positions, Noell Wilson shows how control of coastal defense by regional domains exacerbated the shogunate's inability to respond to major military and political challenges as Japan transitioned from an early modern system of parcelized, local maritime defense to one of centralized, national security in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 341 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504349
- ISBN
- 9780674504349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. A study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history. It shows how US officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. It sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the United States as the predominant power of the century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 358 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725775
- ISBN
- 9780674725775
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.90
€ 37.99
€ 31.90
Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728868
- ISBN
- 9780674728868
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
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Paperback. The wave of ethnic conflict has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious. This work argues that ethnic conflict is not caused directly by intergroup differences or centuries-old feuds. The contributors include Timur Kuran, Stuart Hill, Donald Rothchild, Colin Cameron, Will H Moore, and others. Editor(s): Lake, David A.; Rothchild, Donald S. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 line illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBW; JFSL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016900
- ISBN
- 9780691016900
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Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 50.94
€ 65.13
€ 50.94
Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089317
- ISBN
- 9780691089317
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
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€ 38.09
Paperback. Takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars through the words of twenty combat commanders. This book offers a take on military history by those who lived it. The leaders showcased here range from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. They include such diverse figures as Napoleon Bonaparte. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123691
- ISBN
- 9780691123691
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128184
- ISBN
- 9780691128184
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
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Hardback. Looks at the relationship between torture and colonial domination through a examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. This book presents an anatomy of torture - its methods, justifications, functions, and consequences. It also shows how torture was central to guerre revolutionnaire. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBW; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131351
- ISBN
- 9780691131351
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Condition: New
€ 71.05€ 55.55
€ 71.05
€ 55.55
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138879
- ISBN
- 9780691138879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
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Paperback. From the Korean War to the conflict in Iraq, this book examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, it demonstrates that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS; JPS; JPVK; JPWS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139081
- ISBN
- 9780691139081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
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Hardback. Tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. This book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: HBWN; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139920
- ISBN
- 9780691139920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
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Hardback. A work on the wartime letters of Dr Konrad Jarausch, a German high-school teacher of religion and history who served in a reserve battalion of Hitler's army in Poland and Russia, where he died of typhoid in 1942. Editor(s): Jarausch, Konrad H. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140421
- ISBN
- 9780691140421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.32
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Paperback. Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery. This book includes a complete collection of Lincoln's important writings on both race and slavery. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.; Yacovone, Donald. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149981
- ISBN
- 9780691149981
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
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Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBTW; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157924
- ISBN
- 9780691157924
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
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Hardback. Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. This title explores how government structures and party politics in NATO countries shape how battles are waged in the field. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1QFN; HBWS4; JPSN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159386
- ISBN
- 9780691159386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
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Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168098
- ISBN
- 9780691168098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 halftones. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168432
- ISBN
- 9780691168432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
€ 26.99
€ 20.52