Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
hardcover. Written to educate American soldiers on Vietnam's history, culture, politics, infrastructure, geography, and people, this is an eloquent and compelling document of a seminal decade, the legacy of which continues to resonate. As relevant today as when it was first written. Adopts similar format to the bestselling 'Instructions' series. Num Pages: 112 pages, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851242856
- ISBN
- 9781851242856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.49
€ 14.99
€ 6.49
paperback. Examines the true history of the conflict and asks what could inspire such a caricature or whether any truth contributes to this. Should Israel shoulder the blame, or are the realities of the conflict far more complex? And how can a geographically tiny state be thought to have such a profound effect on world politics? Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 285. Very good clean copy showing minor shelf wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Icon Books U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025419
- ISBN
- 9781840466249
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. This title presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland. It should be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588. Good clean copy showing light age and wear, light scoring throughout text
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025455
- ISBN
- 9780415206938
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Ireland today stands at a defining moment. The prosperity of Celtic Tiger years has given way to the sudden crash, the turbulence of the euro crisis, and the loss of our sovereignty to the faceless technocrats of Europe and the IMF. This title delves into the Irish psyche to answer the question: What happened to our hopes and dreams? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428. Very good copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transworld Ireland London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025491
- ISBN
- 9781848271258
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031433
- ISBN
- 9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 16.99€ 14.00
€ 16.99
€ 14.00
paperback. Michael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A leading figure in the nation's bloody resistance to British Rule, he played a key part in reshaping Ireland's history as we know it today. This is an account of a major turning point in Ireland's history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPV; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164. Michael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A leading figure in the nation's bloody resistance to British Rule, he played a key part in reshaping Ireland's history as we know it today. This is an account of a major turning point in Ireland's history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPV; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Some photographic pages loose from spine. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031434
- ISBN
- 9781840184273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
paperback. Keogh reconstructs the complex, often contradictory relationship between the Irish state and the Jewish community in Ireland since the turn of the 20th century, highlighting the emerging signs of anti-Semitism as well as the Jewish contribution to Ireland. Series: Irish history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574. From the library of June Levine and Ivor Browne. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031459
- ISBN
- 9781859181508
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
paperback. Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. Translator(s): Flower, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031479
- ISBN
- 9780192812339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
paperback. From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic Tiger had finally woken, and the rules for everything from gender roles and religion to international relations were being entirely rewritten. This title examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031481
- ISBN
- 9780141017655
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. "In the year 216 B.C., Hannibal of Carthage, faced with an opposing Roman army twice the size of his own, outwitted the enemy at Cannae by means of a strategy which has become a classic of its kind. As" Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306804984
- ISBN
- 9780306804984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.53
€ 25.99
€ 19.53
hardcover. Fumo illuminates the rich socio-economic history of twentieth-century Italy by following the cigarettes diffusion across class and gender boundaries, navigation of imperialism, Wars, Fascism, and 1970s protest movements to its eventual decline in recent decades. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804795463
- ISBN
- 9780804795463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.04
€ 140.04
hardcover. In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left a hole was dug as deep as a man, and as wide as a bedroom, in which was stowed the family heirlooms. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 col plates (8pp). BIC Classification: BM; HBJF; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 39. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007479436
- ISBN
- 9780007479436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.29
€ 29.99
€ 8.29
paperback. In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780195134179
- ISBN
- 9780195134179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
paperback. The most complete picture to date of how U.S. strategies of containment and empire-building spiraled out of control in Southeast Asia, investigating also how the demoralizing experience of Vietnam radically undermined U.S. enthusiasm for the region in a strategic sense. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231108812
- ISBN
- 9780231108812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
hardcover. Translator(s): Cave, Jane. Num Pages: 528 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780271023083
- ISBN
- 9780271023083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
A Badger Boy in Blue: The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke (Grea...
(With An Introduction And Appendix By William...
paperback. Chauncey Cooke enlisted in the Union army in 1862 at only sixteen, after lying about his age. His letters to family members paint a realistic and compelling picture of daily life in the Civil War. He also describes the boredom of camp, the chaos of battle, and the suffering caused by illness. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814333433
- ISBN
- 9780814333433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
hardcover. In November 1774, a pamphlet to the "People of America" was published in Philadelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and liberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence from Britain. This book features a portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the American revolutionaries. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814767658
- ISBN
- 9780814767658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
hardcover. Author of the Declaration of Independence, and president of the US, Thomas Jefferson is a classical liberal philosopher-king that America produced in the birth throes of the republic. This book helps readers recognize Jefferson as a champion of limited government, natural rights, and antagonism of the states towards interference by federal powers. Num Pages: 320 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780881461862
- ISBN
- 9780881461862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
hardcover. Covers the Second World War operations of the Royal Navy in one concise and affordable volume. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pages black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473844643
- ISBN
- 9781473844643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.29
€ 29.99
€ 8.29
paperback. A fresh pictorial history of Ukraine during the Second World War, featuring 300 striking, previously unpublished photographs taken by a professional photographer conscripted into the German Army. Num Pages: 224 pages, 300 images. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJH; AJCR; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473848665
- ISBN
- 9781473848665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.29
€ 29.99
€ 8.29