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Paperback. During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. As the Cold War heated up, however, the US government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. This work charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057470
ISBN
9780674057470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.92

Translator(s): Roth, Professor Kathe. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Edition
2
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981240527
ISBN
9780981240527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.71

Hardcover. Interweaves the life stories of the CIA Arabists with the momentous historical events through which they lived, revealing that the US stance toward the Arab world was once quite different than it is today - and that the current crisis in US relations with the Middle East was a tragic, but not inevitable, rupture between two former friends. Num Pages: 384 pages, B&W illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465019656
ISBN
9780465019656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.04

Hardback. As an Army lieutenant, the author served in Tokyo as an intelligence officer. He translated thousands of letters, interviews, and other documents by Japanese citizens of all kinds, and came to know, as few Americans could, the hearts and minds of a defeated people as they moved slowly to democracy. This is a chronicle of his experience in Japan. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225156
ISBN
9780823225156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.05

Hardcover. Exploring the wider implications about the nature of liberalism, the author of this book aims to show how state constitutions not only remade the states but also expressed careful deliberation about citizenship, popular sovereignty, individual rights and America's political identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHC; JPR; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802442
ISBN
9780875802442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.87

Hardback. A study of Birmingham, Alabama, and the black struggle for civil rights. It argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that in the North and Midwest. No other industrial city in the United States depended so much upon the exploitation of black labour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694808
ISBN
9780847694808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.80

Num Pages: 344 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
5 Rev ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150767
ISBN
9780231150767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 335 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972020749
ISBN
9780972020749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.04

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays on the theme of America's 'special relationships' that consider the quality of 'specialness' in the context of America's relationship with particular countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Russia, Iran and Israel. Editor(s): Dumbrell, John; Schafer, Axel. Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415483759
ISBN
9780415483759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 11 black & white tables, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; JFSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415537605
ISBN
9780415537605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16-pp colour photo insert; 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553393958
ISBN
9780553393958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Hardback. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBW; JPA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319518794
ISBN
9783319518794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.75

Paperback. It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great 'empire of liberty.' This title takes Jefferson's phrase as a key to the saga of America - helping unlock both its grandeur and its paradoxes. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Penguin Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141033679
ISBN
9780141033679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594037085
ISBN
9781594037085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Explores how a secret cabal of influential families has shaped the United States according to the principles of sacred geometry and Goddess veneration Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620553978
ISBN
9781620553978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595554284
ISBN
9781595554284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. This work examines the movement to abolish slavery in the US, from the origins of the movement in the 18th century through to the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865. Within a basic chronological framework it also considers black abolitionists, feminism, and anti-slavery violence. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, chronology, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582357389
ISBN
9780582357389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.04

Paperback. Now in its second edition, American Adventurism Abroad traces US foreign policy from the late 1940s through the past six years of America's "war on terror," and examines the impact of its repeated militaristic meddling into developing nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405170758
ISBN
9781405170758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Hardback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 150 black and white and color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317699
ISBN
9780764317699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.25

Num Pages: 460 pages, over 350 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2078.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405778
ISBN
9780887405778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.72

Hardback. A look at US Cold War diplomacy, examining a policy compromised by the demands of anti-communist ideology. Through case studies of America's relationships with Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia, it reveals how the fear of communism led to the over-commitment of US security in the region. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739103043
ISBN
9780739103043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.90

Paperback. The 39 selections in this volume represent the increasingly diverse areas of research and range of lasting accomplishments in American anthropology during the interwar period through World War II. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Num Pages: 543 pages, 2 maps, 4 tables, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
Number of pages
543
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227909
ISBN
9780803292963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814745182
ISBN
9780814745182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

American Arsenal examines the United States' transformation from isolationist state to military superpower by means of sixteen vignettes, each focusing upon an inventor and his contribution to the cause. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199959747
ISBN
9780199959747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.17

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