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Naval forces & warfare
Hardcover. This is the second part of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation "Overlord", culminating in its launch on D-Day. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1000 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWG; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 303 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2304. 416 pages, 1000 illustrations. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. This is the second part of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation "Overlord", culminating in its launch on D-Day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWG; JWKT; JWL. Dimension: 303 x 225 x 31. Weight: 2310.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913891
- ISBN
- 9780900913891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.26€ 51.06
€ 53.26
€ 51.06
Hardcover. This is the first of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation "Overlord", culminating in its launch on D-Day. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Num Pages: 320 pages, 800 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWG; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 308 x 219 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1864.
- Publisher
- After the Battle United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913846
- ISBN
- 9780900913846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.34
€ 40.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811716550
- ISBN
- 9780811716550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.24
€ 21.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. On the night of April 8, 1956, marine drill instructor, Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a forced march through backwaters of Parris Island in an effort to restore flagging discipline. Strong currents in Ribbon Creek and panic led to drowning of six recruits. This work examines events of that night, men of Platoon 71, and fate of Sergeant McKeon. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJPG; HBW; JWF; LNDK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037030
- ISBN
- 9781570037030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 42 photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591145509
- ISBN
- 9781591145509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. He's 55 years old. He is being trained by the Royal Marines and he is going to Afghanistan. Chris will be holding a camera and filming the whole ordeal for a major TV series. This book tells of his heroic struggle to become the oldest man to win the coveted Royal Marines Commando Green Beret. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509899
- ISBN
- 9780099509899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571277124
- ISBN
- 9780571277124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
paperback. Commanders at sea struggle with the unpredictability of natural elements and with a shroud of uncertainty often referred to as the "fog of war". Over the centuries, most admirals tried to find in new technologies a means to assert centralized control over their forces. This work observes five centuries of dramatic encounters under sail and steam. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024113
- ISBN
- 9780674024113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.93
€ 37.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWF; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781574885309
- ISBN
- 9781574885309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.36
€ 46.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. The real Master and Commander 'There is no man I envy so much as Lord Cochrane' Lord Byron Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336. The Life and Adventures of Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860. 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). The real Master and Commander 'There is no man I envy so much as Lord Cochrane' Lord Byron. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 326.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747585459
- ISBN
- 9780747585459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. Bestselling account of the life of a real Horatio Hornblower Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304356591
- ISBN
- 9780304356591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Contrary to widespread belief, Roberts concludes, the ironclad program set Navy shipbuilding back a generation. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 26, 9 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; JWF; TRL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887512
- ISBN
- 9780801887512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.14
€ 35.99
€ 31.14
Hardback. Editor(s): Watson, Heidi. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JWA; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846936
- ISBN
- 9781634846936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.25€ 148.63
€ 200.25
€ 148.63
Hardcover. Provides an illustrated account of the role that charts have played in planning, preventing, conducting and recording war on water. An introduction discusses the major themes with regard to naval warfare, navigation, and chart-making. The first chapter covers the period from earliest recorded history to the fifteenth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWF; TRLN; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Conway
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844860319
- ISBN
- 9781844860319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 8.87
€ 23.99
€ 8.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591146735
- ISBN
- 9781591146735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.68
€ 31.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. In August 1914, two navies in the world confronted each other across the North Sea. At first there were skirmishes, then battles off the coasts of England and Germany and in the far corners of the world. This book is about leadership and command, bravery and timidity, and, genius and folly. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523789
- ISBN
- 9780099523789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Num Pages: 208 pages, over 250 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JWF; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1448. The Men and Their Machines. 208 pages, 250ill.(some col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JWF; JWG; WGM. Dimension: 289 x 226 x 25. Weight: 1444.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764310355
- ISBN
- 9780764310355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.24
€ 53.99
€ 35.24
Paperback. A wide-ranging look at the history of the Canadian Navy, from its beginnings in 18th-century exploration and trade, to its astonishing expansion during the Second World War, through to its current roles in operations with United Nations and NATO forces. Num Pages: 504 pages, 82, 82 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 880. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007278
- ISBN
- 9780802096043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
hardcover. Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885187
- ISBN
- 9781574885187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.88
€ 41.99
€ 41.88
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837510
- ISBN
- 9781843837510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57