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Hardcover. The Battle of Midway in the central Pacific, on the morning of June 4, 1942, marked a dramatic turning point in the Second World War, when Allied forces seized the upper hand from the Axis powers. Lincoln Prize winner Craig Symonds offers an account of the Battle from a global perspective, as well as of the first six months of the war. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 halftones, 10 line. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1QSPN; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195397932
- ISBN
- 9780195397932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.17
€ 33.99
€ 31.17
Paperback. The Battle of Midway in the central Pacific, on the morning of June 4, 1942, marked a dramatic turning point in the Second World War, when Allied forces seized the upper hand from the Axis powers. Lincoln Prize winner Craig Symonds' riveting, global account of the Battle is now in paperback. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 halftones, 10 line. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199315987
- ISBN
- 9780199315987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.30
€ 23.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458298
- ISBN
- 9780752458298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. Examines the controversy between Beatty and Jellicoe over the failure to defeat the German fleet. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBWN; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848324534
- ISBN
- 9781848324534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.86
€ 42.99
€ 35.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages, over 900 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 220 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2754. 592 pages, over 900 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBW; JWLF. Dimension: 303 x 216 x 42. Weight: 2740.
- Publisher
- After the Battle - Battle of Britain International Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870067652
- ISBN
- 9781870067652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.42€ 51.15
€ 53.42
€ 51.15
Paperback. The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no-one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were at the French coast and looking across at Britain, a country still reeling from the opening salvoes of the war. This book tells epic stories from a 360 perspective. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552156103
- ISBN
- 9780552156103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.06
€ 18.99
€ 13.06
Hardback. Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPVN; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284548
- ISBN
- 9780230284548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 120 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750963909
- ISBN
- 9780750963909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 112. .
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718186296
- ISBN
- 9780718186296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In the skies above south-east England in 1940, battle was waged between men and machines of the Royal Air Force and Hitler's Luftwaffe. This title looks at the origins and events of the battle, but focuses especially on the men and women of the RAF and on the ordinary people of the nation, above whose heads the great battle for freedom was waged. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 152 x 4. Weight in Grams: 144. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810476
- ISBN
- 9780747810476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. In 1940 Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi war machine had been unrelenting: France and Belgium had quickly fallen and now the British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone to counter the grave threat. This book offers an in-depth assessment of the situation leading up to the summer of 1940. Series: General Aviation. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472808721
- ISBN
- 9781472808721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Hardback. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, the author shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPS; KCLF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149097
- ISBN
- 9780691149097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781551264
- ISBN
- 9781781551264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.13
€ 23.99
€ 17.13
hardcover. Reexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. This book demonstrates that not only did Eisenhower and his staff at SHAEF have a good campaign strategy that was refined to reflect current developments but that they also had a chance of destroying the Germans. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b&w illus., 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253354358
- ISBN
- 9780253354358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.81
€ 43.99
€ 43.81
hardcover. Vital Stepping Stone in America's War Against Japan. 264 pages, Illustrated section. The pivotal Battle of Tinian island, later to become the site of the biggest airport in the world and the base from which the the United States launched their atomic bomb attacks on Japan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MKP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000947
- ISBN
- 9781612000947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.98
€ 35.99
€ 29.98
Hardback. Relates how the British, aided by Arab insurgents and the French, defeated the Turks, although not without difficulty, and captured northern Palestine and most of Syria. Num Pages: 270 pages, 22, 16 black and white, 6 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838036
- ISBN
- 9781843838036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.86
€ 46.99
€ 38.86
Hardcover. This book illuminates the politics and policy of the current struggle over Social Security in light of the program's compelling history and ingenious structure. After a brief introduction describing the dramatic response of the Social Security Administration to the 9/11 terrorist attack, the book recounts Social Security's lively history. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471771722
- ISBN
- 9780471771722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.56
€ 36.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. Three battles for the control of the key fortress-city of Gaza took place in 1917 between the 'British' force and the Turks. The Allies were repulsed twice but on their third attempt captured southern Palestine and, as instructed by Lloyd George, took Jerusalem in time for Christmas. This book talks about the Battle of Palestine in 1947. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832638
- ISBN
- 9781843832638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Paperback. The sixteen-year-long war in Mozambique between the Frelimo government and Renamo rebels remains one of the most overlooked and misunderstood of the conflicts that raged across Africa during the height of the Cold War. This book provides the first real comprehensive history of a war too long neglected in the chronicles of modern African history. Num Pages: 256 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384927
- ISBN
- 9781909384927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Hardcover. The German seige and Soviet defence of Leningrad in World War II was an epic struggle in an epic war, a drama of heroism and human misery unmatched in the annals of modern warfare. This work provides a military history of the conflict waged beyond the city's borders. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 660 pages, 90 illustrations, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 234 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 660
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612086
- ISBN
- 9780700612086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39
€ 84.39