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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. A study of how literature both reflected and contributed to the eclipse and subsequent revival of militarism in the nineteenth century. Centring on disputes in the Crimea, India, the Sudan, and South Africa, and the role of the army in Britain, Peck discusses the impossibility of reconciling imperial aggression with liberal domestic values. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HBG; HBLH; JWD; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333698525
ISBN
9780333698525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.01

Hardcover. The imperial warfare of the period 1770-1830, including the American wars of independence and the Napoleonic wars, affected every continent. Covering southern India, the Caribbean, North and South America, and southern Africa, this volume explores the impact of revolutionary wars and how people's identities were shaped by their experiences. Editor(s): Bessel, Richard; Guyatt, Nicholas; Rendall, Jane. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229891
ISBN
9780230229891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993498
ISBN
9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardback. Despite wide-ranging reforms triggered by the epic Mexican Revolution of 1910-1923, the 1940s saw a powerful reassertion of Washington's influence over Mexico City. This book traces the course of this reversal and examines the critical role of World War II in changing US-Mexican relations. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 320 pages, charts, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842025508
ISBN
9780842025508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.79

Hardback. This volume examines the impact of the wars in the Atlantic world between 1770 and 1830, focusing both on the military, economic, political, social and cultural demobilization that occurred immediately at their end, and their long-term legacy and memory. Editor(s): Forrest, Alan; Hagemann, Karen; Rowe, Michael. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 675.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137406484
ISBN
9781137406484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466917
ISBN
9781608466917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.70

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

€ 95.06
€ 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

Paperback. Imaginatively conceived and compellingly told, War under Heaven redefines our understanding of Anglo-Indian relations in the colonial period. Num Pages: 380 pages, 17, 3 maps, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878923
ISBN
9780801878923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.97

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

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

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

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472815620
ISBN
9781472815620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.12

Paperback. Operation Iraqi Freedom was one of the most confusing conflicts in US history. The high command could not be sure who to fight, who was attacking Coalition troops, or who among the different Iraqi groups were fighting each other. Yet there were a few astute officers like Lt. Col. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 pages of colour. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 298 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Casemate Books United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004310
ISBN
9781612004310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.78

Hardback. Examines the controversial establishment of the first Anglican Church in Boston in 1686, and how later, political leaders John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Wilkes exploited the disputes as political dynamite together with taxation, trade, and the quartering of troops: topics which John Adams later recalled as causes of the American Revolution. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC91. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542976
ISBN
9780230542976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.34

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

Paperback. Exploring Mexican, American, and Indian sources ranging from diplomatic correspondence and congressional debates to captivity narratives and plains Indians' pictorial calendars, this book presents ways in which economic, cultural, and political developments within native communities affected nineteenth-century nation-states. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 496 pages, 31 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158373
ISBN
9780300158373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on the collective memory of all European nations and regions, and have given them an international dimension. These essays look at how the French Wars were remembered in personal diaries, paintings and literature, allowing a comparative analysis with a transnational perspective. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 435 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137365408
ISBN
9781137365408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.63

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

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

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