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Hardback. A micro-history of one small district in Afghanistan and the vicissitudes of its people in America's longest foreign war. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042642
- ISBN
- 9781849042642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
Paperback. An account, in her own words, of Christina Keith's ground-breaking education scheme among First World War soldiers. Keith, a Scottish lecturer, left behind the world of academia to live and work among soldiers of all social backgrounds. Her memoirs offer a fresh perspective on life with the army in northern France. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white plates, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953665
- ISBN
- 9780750953665
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Ar...
Valerie M. Hope Eds. Anastasia Bakogianni
paperback. Editor(s): Bakogianni, Anastasia; Hope, Valerie M. Num Pages: 472 pages, 15 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781350005884
- ISBN
- 9781350005884
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 29.39
€ 49.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with battle in the world outside. Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838678
- ISBN
- 9781843838678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.86
€ 33.99
€ 28.86
Paperback. Explores the public role of the intellectual in times of national crisis. This book compares American responses to the Vietnam War and French responses to the Algerian War, finding many similarities in the way intellectuals voiced their outrage at the policies of their governments. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FB; GTB; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293434
- ISBN
- 9780803293434
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Editor(s): Resek, Carl. Translator(s): Resek, Carl. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205017
- ISBN
- 9780872205017
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205000
- ISBN
- 9780872205000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.44
€ 17.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. This book introduces to statebuilding literature the case of Japan, demonstrating the ways in which farmer negotiations with warlords formed the bedrock of a medieval economy that enabled the consolidation of the state. Editor(s): Ferejohn, John; Rosenbluth, Frances. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC1; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763714
- ISBN
- 9780804763714
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.18
€ 25.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. The War for Independence promised liberty, the opportunity for a better life, and the excitement of the battlefield. It also brought disappointment, misery, and mourning. This book presents essays that investigate the diverse experiences of Americans from North to South, coast to backcountry, and white townsfolk to African American slaves. Editor(s): Resch, John; Sargent, Walter. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806143
- ISBN
- 9780875806143
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. Offering new insight into 3000 years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest, this study examines the methods, purposes and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 b&w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077348
- ISBN
- 9780520077348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76€ 49.44
€ 62.76
€ 49.44
Paperback. Constructs the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. This title includes data derived from interviews with principal players in each of the countries involved - Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh - including Indira Gandhi and leaders of the Awami League in Bangladesh. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076655
- ISBN
- 9780520076655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. Explores how various government leaders assess the cost of war in terms of domestic politics and their own postwar fates. This book develops the argument that two sides will wage war until both gain sufficient knowledge of the other's strengths and weaknesses so as to agree on the probable outcome of continued war. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 line illus., 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DVUA; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049441
- ISBN
- 9780691049441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.32
€ 53.29
€ 42.32
hardcover. The hostilities that saw the break-up of Tito's Yugoslavia ravaged the Balkans and generated some of the most tragic episodes in modern history. War and Peace in the Balkans explores the history of the conflict and its themes from an insider's perspective. Series: International Library of War Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850438892
- ISBN
- 9781850438892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Paperback. In the first full-length study of Japan in the Great War, Dickinson highlights the profound impact of the events of 1914-19 on Japan and argues that the war and the collapse of Japan's model, Imperial Germany, aggravated a tumultuous Japanese domestic debate over national identity that generated a drive for national power in the 1930s. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 396 pages, 21ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJF; HBJF; HBWN; JPH; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005075
- ISBN
- 9780674005075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025097
- ISBN
- 9780674025097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Hardback. A study of US imperialism that argues America's leaders have chosen to go to war for influence and power ever since the declaration of independence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327655
- ISBN
- 9780745327655
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Condition: New
€ 100.65€ 83.84
€ 100.65
€ 83.84
Hardback. After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; HBJH; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition Fully Revised and Updated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509509041
- ISBN
- 9781509509041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.43
€ 85.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; HBJH; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509509058
- ISBN
- 9781509509058
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.82
€ 46.99
€ 45.82
Hardcover. In Spain today the civil war remains 'the past that will not pass away'. The author explores the origins, nature and long-term consequences of this exterminatory war in Spain, charting the resonant forms of political, social and cultural resistance to it and the memory/legacy these have left behind in Europe and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195106
- ISBN
- 9781845195106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.74
€ 129.74
Hardback. An analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future US armed intervention abroad. Drawing on various assessments of Bush's presidency, it contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of post - Cold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974370
- ISBN
- 9781597974370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52
Paperback. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1M; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227123
- ISBN
- 9780300227123
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. This book is part of the Images of London series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752401133
- ISBN
- 9780752401133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. This book is part of the Images of London series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752400266
- ISBN
- 9780752400266
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
paperback. Focusing on the native subjects of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico, this book explores the social process of peasant class formation and the cultural persistence of Indian communities, during the transitional period between Spanish colonialism and Mexican national rule. It is useful for those in the fields of Latin American and postcolonial studies. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 maps, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318996
- ISBN
- 9780822318996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77