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Paperback. John Keegan concentrates in this book on significant war themes: the impact of war on the 20th century and the forms it has taken; the origin of war in human nature and history; the adoption and use of war by states as an instrument of policy; and the experience of war by individuals. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000311
- ISBN
- 9780712665667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an account of the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. This title examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847922977
- ISBN
- 9781847922977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137497
- ISBN
- 9781844137497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. This title is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137381
- ISBN
- 9781844137381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.51
€ 21.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. 'No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence,' wrote Marlborough, and from the earliest times commanders have sought knowledge of the enemy, his strengths and weaknesses, his dispositions and intentions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666503
- ISBN
- 9780712666503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and Okinawa. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712673488
- ISBN
- 9780712673488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
paperback. Explores the historical origins, present-day meanings and political potential of a global civil society. Series: Contemporary Political Theory S. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024725
- ISBN
- 9780521894623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. Explores the historical origins, present-day meanings and political potential of a global civil society. Series Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian; Hardin, Russell; Holmes, Stephen; Isaac, Jeffrey; Kiss, Elizabeth; Okin, Susan; Parijs, Phillipe Van; Pettit, Phillip. Series: Contemporary Political Theory S. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521815437
- ISBN
- 9780521815437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Paperback. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBS; JPQB; RN; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310180
- ISBN
- 9781349310180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of BLAIR'S WARS comes a devastating new insight into how the power and democratic values of the West are under threat. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214. Good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0305437
- ISBN
- 9781416526049
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic 'reform' and 'adjustment'. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPWF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182474
- ISBN
- 9780631182474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.14
€ 37.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403935489
- ISBN
- 9781403935489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Paperback. At the end of the 20th century, democracy appeared to have overcome the Cold War partition of the world, as countries across the globe had deposed autocratic regimes. This title offers a critique of existing theories of democratization, as well as of earlier understandings of the fall of communism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBG; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749282
- ISBN
- 9780804749282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.76
€ 21.99
€ 21.76
hardcover. This book is a fascinating analysis of news management in the 1780s that sheds new light on the role of the press in early America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945612155
- ISBN
- 9780945612155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500292518
- ISBN
- 9780500292518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Hardback. Examines modern Western cultural and social explorations of "other" forms or aspects of life that are devalued or coded as unacceptable in the modern ethos. The author describes how the body seeks to go beyond the conventional pieties of modern "rationality" to uncover these "other" dimensions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211099
- ISBN
- 9780631211099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Paperback. Gives an account of the social and cultural aspects of modernity over the past two centuries. This work covers topics such as: the civilizing process, gender identity, sexuality, consumerism, city life, the role of popular culture and the media in structuring experience and aspirations, and the significance of 'modernism' in culture and the arts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631196228
- ISBN
- 9780631196228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. Gives an account of the social and cultural aspects of modernity over the past two centuries. This work covers topics such as: the civilizing process, gender identity, sexuality, consumerism, city life, the role of popular culture and the media in structuring experience and aspirations, and the significance of 'modernism' in culture and the arts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631196211
- ISBN
- 9780631196211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Paperback. Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572350
- ISBN
- 9780099572350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
€ 25.99
€ 19.45
hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- R&L Education United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610487320
- ISBN
- 9781610487320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.45
€ 101.45