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Hardback. Is the United States "overstretched" in its international commitments? This book examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113267
- ISBN
- 9780231113267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.18
€ 118.30
€ 90.18
Paperback. The Holocaust continues to leave survivors and their descendants, as well as historians searching for words to convey the enormity of that event. This title features nine contributors who tackle questions about the nature of memory and forgiveness after the Holocaust to encourage others to participate in similar inter- and intrafaith inquiries. Editor(s): Patterson, David; Roth, John K. Series: Pastora Goldner Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984063
- ISBN
- 9780295984063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stacey International
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906768065
- ISBN
- 9781906768065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.07
€ 19.99
€ 9.07
Paperback. McNamara, aware of the magnitude of his errors and burdened by the war's destructiveness, draws lessons from his experience with the aim of preventing wars in the future. Editor(s): Neu, Charles E. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863325
- ISBN
- 9780801863325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia and flew to the US as a refugee. She and her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings. This book follows the parallel lives of Loung and her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845963088
- ISBN
- 9781845963088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Extending historical approaches to Greece, this work contains essays that map a social history of Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, a period in which the country grappled - bloodily - with foreign occupation and intense civil conflict. It explores how war and civil war affected the family, the law, and the state. Editor(s): Mazower, Mark. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058429
- ISBN
- 9780691058429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Paperback. For the fifteenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall: The bittersweet memoir of a young East German woman, searching for her country and herself Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586485597
- ISBN
- 9781586485597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.89
€ 20.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. How did Britain's power and influence decline? Seeking to answer this question, this book begins with the reign of Edward VII, when Great Britain commanded the mightiest empire in the world. It ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, when Britain emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099451877
- ISBN
- 9780099451877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.09
€ 27.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTV; HBW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785370519
- ISBN
- 9781785370519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.74
€ 19.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. In the chaos after the Reich an astonishing 2.5 million ordinary citizens were killed. This harrowing history uncovers the extraordinary stories of real German people from all walks of life in the aftermath of the Second World War Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719567667
- ISBN
- 9780719567667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. Scholars have described the eighteenth century in China as a time of "state activism" and often associate the Taiping Rebellion and postbellum restoration efforts with the origins of elite activism. Seunghyun Han, however, argues that the ascendance of elite activism can be traced to the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns in the early nineteenth century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737174
- ISBN
- 9780674737174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474262
- ISBN
- 9780801474262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardcover. 223pp. Keywords: Irish Abroad. These essays examine diverse elements of the Irish American Experience in the fifteen years after World War II. It emphasises the transition through which the diaspora were moving with focus on social and political developments
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd Dublin
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780716529873
- ISBN
- 9780716529873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.00€ 42.11
€ 60.00
€ 42.11
Hardback. Through careful examination of the lives of East Germans in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this book details how a very sudden and very radical system change alters the interweaving of individual agency with institutions and social structures in shaping life-course trajectories. Editor(s): Diewald, Martin; Goedicke, Anne; Mayer, Karl Ulrich. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752084
- ISBN
- 9780804752084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
paperback. In looking back on four decades of anthropology in the field, Geertz creates a personal history that is also a retrospective reflection on developments in the human sciences amid political, social, and cultural changes in the world. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1HBM; GTF; HBJF; HBJH; HBLW; JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008724
- ISBN
- 9780674008724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.82
€ 35.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Untangling the ongoing consequences of Guatemala's 1954 coup d'etat Editor(s): Smith, Timothy J.; Adams, Abigail E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077845
- ISBN
- 9780252077845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.21
€ 25.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. A work of genuine social history, this book leads the reader, as concretely as possible, into the real villages and cities of European society. It begins with a description of family and community structure, social conflict, and religious beliefs. Series: Interdisciplinary Studies in History. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253211804
- ISBN
- 9780253211804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. As the Holocaust recedes from us in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors and witnesses to the generation after. Through personal reflections and explorations of the historical, psychological and moral implications of the second-generation experience, the author talks about the legacy of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099464723
- ISBN
- 9780099464723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. This volume restores the lost and concealed to the historical record. Exploiting newly-released Russian archival materials, it reveals the unbounded ambitions that shaped the Stavka's winter offensive and the full scope and scale of the Red Army's many offensive operations Num Pages: 536 pages, c 50 photos, 117 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907677052
- ISBN
- 9781907677052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.01
€ 46.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Insisting on the critical value of Latin American histories for recasting theories of postcolonialism, this title features essays that give insights of postcolonial studies in diverse Latin American contexts, ranging from the narratives of 18th century travelers and clerics in the region to the status of indigenous intellectuals in Colombia. Editor(s): Thurner, Mark; Guerrero, Andres G. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331940
- ISBN
- 9780822331940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801479267
- ISBN
- 9780801479267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452628
- ISBN
- 9780801452628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardcover. The most important historical and journalistic portrait to date of a nation whose destiny will determine the fate of a continent. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404787
- ISBN
- 9780871404787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.94
€ 37.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. In 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations. This work features stories of mountain men including John Colter, George Drouillard, Hugh Glass, Andrew Henry and Kit Carson. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 illustrations, 24 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295643
- ISBN
- 9780803295643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98