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Hardcover. What are the nation's obligations to those who fight in its name? And when does war's legacy of disability outweigh the nation's interests at home and abroad? This book examines the history of American warfare through the lens of its troubled legacy of injury and disability. It forces you to think about war and its painful costs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JFFG; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226210094
ISBN
9780226210094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. An in-depth account of the relationship between the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812219753
ISBN
9780812219753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hoffman, Ronald; Albert, Peter J. Series: Perspectives on the American Revolution. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JPHC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813910710
ISBN
9780813910710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.86

A prominent member of the Manhattan Project, Robert Serber was one of a team of scientists who assembled the bombs on Tinina Island for transport to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was also one of the first Americans to walk among the Japanese ruins after the catastrophe. This revealing self portrait is the story of Serber's life before, during, and after World War II. Series: George B. Pegram Lectures S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWMN; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231105460
ISBN
9780231105460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.28

Paperback. This major book-length analysis of developments in Northern Ireland after the beginning of actual IRA decommissioning in October 2001 examines the impact of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement on politics, economy and society in Northern Ireland. Editor(s): Neuheiser, Jorg; Wolff, Stefan. Series: Studies in ethnopolitics. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781571816580
ISBN
9781571816580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Examines the events of 1968-2003 in historical perspective, including an exploration of the ideological roots of the conflict in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This title covers the decisive episodes that marked the trajectory of the Troubles, from the Civil Rights Movement, the paramilitary ceasefires and the Good Friday Agreement. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 232 x 39. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951986
ISBN
9781845951986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. An innovative history that sees the agreements and ideas of the American Founders especially the Constitution as an effort to create a "peace pact" both among member states and with other nations." Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614936
ISBN
9780700614936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 200+ illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; JPW; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578588
ISBN
9781877578588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. This is a study of the reasons for two long periods of peace between the European great powers, 1815-54 and 1871-1914, and the reasons for their breakdown. Special attention is paid to the limitations of the Concert of Europe and Balance of Power in making for peace. Series: European History in Perspective. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333620014
ISBN
9780333620014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 31 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. .
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Veritas Publications Dublin
Publication date
1995
Edition
Spi
SKU
KIN0001694
ISBN
9781853902321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This account of Pearl Harbor provides an illustrated examination of one of the most significant events World War II. It seeks to uncover what really happened and why the Japanese were so successful. This 60th anniversary edition includes a CD of extracts from the Osprey Web event. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam; Laurier, Jim. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 colour & 70 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 304.
Edition
Revised edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763903
ISBN
9781841763903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military Photo Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 300 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1MKPH; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 278 x 12. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811718387
ISBN
9780811718387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.12

Paperback. Explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal hours that followed the attack. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465031795
ISBN
9780465031795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. An autobiography and family story of Neil Henry, a black professor of journalism and former award-winning correspondent for the "Washington Post". It sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's past. It gives an account of his black family's rise to success over the twentieth century. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227309
ISBN
9780520227309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629599
ISBN
9780691629599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.09

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613727
ISBN
9780691613727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.58
€ 48.56

Paperback. Sets the pieces of the story that are known to historians into their cultural, religious, and political context. This book explores important questions about the period and about historical memory that is of interest to both the general reader and students of the period. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w photo. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
62987th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253207517
ISBN
9780253207517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFFM; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486609
ISBN
9780801486609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Provides an intervention in the social and cultural history of India by examining the nature of peasant discourses and practices during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that peasants in Gujarat were active in production and circulation of political ideas. It argues that nationalists in Gujarat established power through use of coercion. Num Pages: 329 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 275 x 56. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
University of California Press California
Number of pages
329
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250789
ISBN
9780520250789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.22

Hardcover. This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394088
ISBN
9781137394088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

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