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Hardcover. Explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions, which it had done since the Revolutionary War. This title includes a story that culminates in the postwar establishment of the Veteran's Administration. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWJ; MQV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482538
- ISBN
- 9780226482538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Exploring volunteering as a characteristic of modern wars, this book examines why individuals go to war. It studies the motivations, social backgrounds and military experiences of war volunteers in a wide range of conflicts since the French Revolution, and helps to interpret the relationship between war and society in modern times. Editor(s): Kruger, Christine G.; Levsen, Sonja. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JWT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228054
- ISBN
- 9780230228054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.28
€ 150.28
Paperback. This text analyzes the operations and tactics that defined the conduct of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. It avoids a celebratory view but preserves a respect for the problems the Allies faced and overcame as well as a realistic assessment of the Axis accomplishments and failures. Num Pages: 736 pages, 126 halftones, 23 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006805
- ISBN
- 9780674006805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. A unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems, from the frontier wars of empire to the Boer War and the First World War. Editor(s): Rutherford, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJF; DCF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555505
- ISBN
- 9780199555505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JPHC; JWL; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168036
- ISBN
- 9780691168036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472815620
- ISBN
- 9781472815620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.12
€ 33.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. Drawing on a vast range of sources, this is a study of how war wounds men's minds and of medicine's efforts to heal the damage done. At once a historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it tells the full story of "shell-shock", explaining the aftermath of wars such as Vietnam. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pages of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBT; JWT; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 64. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667838
- ISBN
- 9780712667838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardcover. War Is Coming is an ethnographic study that sheds light on the everyday conversations, practices, and experiences of people in Lebanon who live in between moments of political violence, remember past wars, and anticipate future turmoil. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248869
- ISBN
- 9780812248869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Paperback. Describes, from the perspective of the young anti-apartheid fighters, the tactics that young local leaders used and how the state retaliated Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; JFFJ; JFSJ2; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823243105
- ISBN
- 9780823243105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272656
- ISBN
- 9781782272656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler wanted the Aegean Sea in 1943. This work features eyewitness accounts from a cast of German SS troops, British commandos, partisans, spies, and Greek pirates. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 b/w photos & 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811735193
- ISBN
- 9780811735193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.28
€ 21.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. Examining the many regime changes that took place in occupied Ukraine during WWI. This book traces the similarities among the various occupying forces as well as the important differences that shaped the individual regimes. It also provides historical background to events in Ukraine, and offers lessons on the problems faced by occupying powers. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987538
- ISBN
- 9780295987538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956017
- ISBN
- 9780750956017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844157280
- ISBN
- 9781844157280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.39
€ 43.99
€ 36.39
Paperback. A study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260177
- ISBN
- 9780520260177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. The extraordinary and inspirational story of a young boy soldier in the Sudan People's Liberation Army. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BGHA; HBWS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121253
- ISBN
- 9780349121253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.73
€ 16.99
€ 12.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811701471
- ISBN
- 9780811701471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.88
€ 18.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. America's World War II is most often told through the stories of its great battles, when an entire generation of our young men was suddenly thrust across the oceans to represent the New World in deadly combat against the great powers of the Old. Num Pages: 240 pages, photos throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Casemate Books United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612002903
- ISBN
- 9781612002903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.99
€ 27.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war, particularly those of men taken captive in both Europe and the Far East. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables|Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078545
- ISBN
- 9780719078545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.86
€ 156.86