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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Is any war a "good war"? In Worshipping the Myths of World War II, the author takes a critical look at what he sees is America's dedication to war as panacea and as Washington's primary method for leading the world. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971638
ISBN
9781597971638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

hardcover. Since the conclusion of World War II, the Korean people and the international community have contemplated a unified peninsula, but a divided Korea remains one of the last visible vestiges of the Cold War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 maps; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972796
ISBN
9781597972796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.34

hardcover. Takes the reader on a journey from Iraq's troubled history through the country's invasion and chaotic collapse of governance to the fragile state of political development. This book explains the social, cultural and political roots of violent conflict and political confrontation among Iraq's numerous factions. Num Pages: 332 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597973007
ISBN
9781597973007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

hardcover. Nineteen sixty-two-it's been called "the end of innocence," as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy assassination and the early stirrings of Vietnam. In baseball, 1962 was a thrilling season. Num Pages: 274 pages, 10 b&w photos, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974318
ISBN
9781597974318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

hardcover. Rarely has a foreign policy event spawned such interest in international public opinion as has the Iraq War. Editor(s): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barrett, Bethany. Num Pages: 322 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974929
ISBN
9781597974929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

hardcover. Since radio's debut in the 1920s and television's in the '30s, the baseball announcer has become entertainer, observer, and extended member of the family. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 b index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JMC; BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976701
ISBN
9781597976701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

hardcover. "A Free Man of Color and His Hotel" weaves the story of a uniquely successful black businessman into the burgeoning post-Civil War political struggle that pitted the federal government against the states' desire to remain autonomous. Born in Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597978330
ISBN
9781597978330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.09

hardcover. It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil with more guts than money and the other with more money than sense. It erupted into a national news story, one never told in its entirety - until King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938. Num Pages: 168 pages, 36 b notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597978361
ISBN
9781597978361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Hardback. The magisterial "collaboration" over half a lifetime between historian Dumas Malone and his subject, Thomas Jefferson, is the basis for William G. Hyland Jr.'s compelling volume Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 B notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612341972
ISBN
9781612341972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. When Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, what state was admitted as a free state? President James Buchanan and one member of his cabinet were considered "doughfaces." What does this term mean? The Battle of Honey Springs was unusual in that it did not take place in either a state or an organized territory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345802
ISBN
9781612345802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612347738
ISBN
9781612347738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.79

Paperback. During the 2004 presidential election, Congress and the president remade the post-World War II national security infrastructure in less than five months, creating the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612348230
ISBN
9781612348230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Hardback. Tells the story of the American Christian missionaries in Korea from 1884 to 1942, who brought a new religion, modern education, and American political ideals to a nation conquered and ruled by the Japanese Empire. Project Eagle connects this era for the first time to OSS-Korean cooperation during the war through the story of its central figures. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 photographs, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612348698
ISBN
9781612348698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.52

Paperback. For the British, New Orleans was an unfortunate sideshow. For the Americans, it was the one major, unequivocal land victory of the War of 1812. This lively account describes a campaign of intrigue, muddle, and accident, featuring a cast of colorful characters, led by a future U.S. president. 90 illustrations. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80ill.(10col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 185 x 9. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855323605
ISBN
9781855323605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.60

paperback. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BT; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099477761
ISBN
9780099477761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

paperback. Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir - providing Jane Seymour or the eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty with a passion she had inherited from her parents, Isabella and Ferdinand, the joint-rulers of Spain who had driven the Moors from their country. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber Non Fiction
Condition
New
SKU
9780571235124
ISBN
9780571235124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.64

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691604015
ISBN
9780691604015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.90
€ 45.40

paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 92. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780801494215
ISBN
9780801494215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 29.39

paperback. From the number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408831243
ISBN
9781408831243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.47

Hardback. This reassessment of the critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic and ecological change in northern China during the late Qing Dynasty. It maps changes in local finance, farming, transportation, taxation and popular protest, and analyzes their consequences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080515
ISBN
9780520080515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.77
€ 49.44

Paperback. This work examines a decade of Sino-American relations. David Lampton explores the reasons why the Sino-American relationship is so difficult for both nations to manage and suggests ways it can be more effectively conducted in the future. Num Pages: 510 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234628
ISBN
9780520234628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673063
ISBN
9780816673063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.25

Hardcover. A Selection from Contemporary Tourist Journals. Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series. 266 pages, 43, 42 black and white, 1 line drawing. Editor(s): Durie, Alastair J. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; BJ; WTLC. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scottish History Society
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906245309
ISBN
9780906245309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020604
ISBN
9780253020604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

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