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Hardcover. In this wide-ranging study of the politics of memory in Northern Ireland, Brian Conway examines the 'career' of the commemoration of Bloody Sunday, and looks at how and why the way this historic event is remembered has undergone change over time. Drawing on original empirical data, he provides new insights into the debate on collective memory. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228887
- ISBN
- 9780230228887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. This volume offers detailed accounts of the cults of individual writers and a comparative perspective on the spread of centenary fever across Europe. It offers a fascinating insight into the interaction between literature and cultural memory, and the entanglement between local, national and European identities at the highpoint of nation-building. Editor(s): Leerssen, Joep; Rigney, Ann. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349489459
- ISBN
- 9781349489459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. A generously illustrated survey of memorials to different kinds of seafarers, recounting the stories behind them. Num Pages: 273 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTM; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839705
- ISBN
- 9781843839705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Hardback. Commemorating Pushkin is a study of the fascination with Pushkin that has helped Russian culture define itself, as seen in poems, stories, essays, memoirs, films, museums, and commemorative celebrations. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734486
- ISBN
- 9780804734486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.92
€ 103.92
Paperback. An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Commandos Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0001957
- ISBN
- 9780747266457
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Commandos Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000893
- ISBN
- 9780747266457
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Scottish highlands played a pivotal role in the secret development of special service training during the Second World War. This book looks at the variety of special training establishments set up, and at how use was made of the landscape and coastline and of specialist civilian skills such as stalking and mountaineering. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JWH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267149
- ISBN
- 9781905267149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
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€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Num Pages: 288 pages, 92 colour photos. BIC Classification: HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764345821
- ISBN
- 9780764345821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.89
€ 37.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Long interested in Nazi Germany, Dixon, now an investigator for the London police, presents his first book on it, emphasizing what is most important to him: the personalities of the people involved. He profiles 162 SS officers who served at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, of whom some served during the entire time the camp was in operation, Num Pages: 256 pages, over 130 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1426. The SS Officers Who Ran the Largest Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-1945. 256 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWD. Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight: 1420.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321757
- ISBN
- 9780764321757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.11€ 45.85
€ 65.11
€ 45.85
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€ 12.85
€ 17.99
€ 12.85
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Num Pages: 67 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 11 colour. BIC Classification: JKV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 67
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319278438
- ISBN
- 9783319278438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Command Legacy: A Tactical Primer for Junior Leaders, Second Edition, ...
Lt. Col. Raymond A. Millen Usa
Paperback. The burden of fighting wars, large or small, often rests on the soldiers and junior leaders of small infantry units. Command Legacy, the definitive source on small-unit tactics, presents one combat officer's conclusions about how to approach tactical problems and missions and about the links among tactical theory, doctrine, and practice. Num Pages: 436 pages, 50 figures, 30 tables. BIC Classification: JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972079
- ISBN
- 9781597972079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.96
€ 25.99
€ 24.96
paperback. The burden of fighting wars, large or small, often rests on the soldiers and junior leaders of small infantry units. Command Legacy presents a combat officer's conclusions about how to approach tactical problems and missions and about the links among tactical theory, doctrine, and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, tables, diagrams. BIC Classification: GBC; JWD; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574884234
- ISBN
- 9781574884234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.77
€ 25.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674144415
- ISBN
- 9780674144415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.56
€ 49.56
Hardcover. Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Adopting a psycho-historical approach to understanding decision making in war, this book presents seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HBT; JM; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253343789
- ISBN
- 9780253343789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.13
€ 33.13
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€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590218
- ISBN
- 9781781590218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037912
- ISBN
- 9780141037912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Now a Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447256786
- ISBN
- 9781447256786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11