War & defence operations
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War & defence operations
Paperback. A guide to British siege craft in the Napoleonic period. It provides a comprehensive explanation of the various aspects of siege craft, including weaponry, fortifications, engineering and tactics. Illustrated with large pictures, maps and plans, it also details all ten of the sieges by Wellington's army in the Penisular War 1811-13. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps and plans. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274273
- ISBN
- 9781862274273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWII Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BGA; JWLF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304361564
- ISBN
- 9780304361564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. The bloody sacrifices made by Australian and British soldiers notwithstanding, the fighting at Bullecourt resulted in the first breakthrough of the 'impregnable' Hindenburg Line. Author Paul Kendall has contacted many of the living relatives of those who fought to bring a human face to those terrible statistics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 366 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750981781
- ISBN
- 9780750981781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Paperback. A raw, honest and evocative account of life as the most highly decorated serving soldier in the British Army. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KSG0011745
- ISBN
- 9780753828045
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557504258
- ISBN
- 9781557504258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.00
€ 29.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. * Three best-selling and highly acclaimed books condensed into one complete volume. * Tank (the first of the three) was described by The Times as having an authenticity 'which could only come from deep personal experience translated by a lucid pen.' * Graphic, first-hand description of life inside a Sherman tank during the Second World War. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780709091158
- ISBN
- 9780709091158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.39
€ 15.99
€ 14.39
Paperback. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850453065
- ISBN
- 9780850453065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. The guide will take the visitor beyond the ferry terminal and hypermarkets to reveal the hidden Calais and the actions of individuals and units in this defence. Series: Battleground Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850526479
- ISBN
- 9780850526479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. A collection of presidential messages and speeches that called America to war. Editor(s): Buhite, Russell D. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; HBJK; JPHL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842025928
- ISBN
- 9780842025928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.97
€ 167.97
paperback. The author of this work, Louis Faidherbe was given command of the Army of the North on 18 November 1870 after the disaster of Sedan. Faidherbe was a modest man and well aware that the raw material with which he had to fashion his army was most inadequate. Translator(s): Sutherland, Stuart. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033675
- ISBN
- 9781906033675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.07
€ 26.99
€ 20.07
Paperback. Out of print for more than two decades, this book recognizes the unique contribution of these Canadians to the underground war effort in WWII. It is also a study of unstinting personal courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Num Pages: 352 pages, 38 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811002
- ISBN
- 9780774811002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.92
€ 37.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473852655
- ISBN
- 9781473852655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. The allies landed at Salerno and Taranto in September 1943. They reached the main German fortified position - the Gustav line - in December. This work details how it took a massive offensive by 11 divisions to take Cassino in a brutal battle of attrition. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 46 b&w and 28 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841766232
- ISBN
- 9781841766232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.74
€ 23.99
€ 22.74
In assessing these threats, David contends that the United States's only viable option is to view other-state civil upheaval similarly to natural disasters and to develop a coherent, effective emergency response mechanism, which does not exist today in any systemic, nationwide form. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889882
- ISBN
- 9780801889882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.46
€ 70.46
Paperback. In assessing these threats, David contends that the United States's only viable option is to view other-state civil upheaval similarly to natural disasters and to develop a coherent, effective emergency response mechanism, which does not exist today in any systemic, nationwide form. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889899
- ISBN
- 9780801889899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Hardback. The battle of Chancellorsville decimated the Union Eleventh Corps, composed of large numbers of German-speaking volunteers. This work reconstructs the battle and its aftermath from the German-American perspective, military and civilian. It critically analyzes the performance of the German regiments. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226504
- ISBN
- 9780823226504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.97
€ 111.97
paperback. The true story of the greatest battle of World War II - back in print and now packaged as a Great Read. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Britsh Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340933985
- ISBN
- 9780712353526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.06
€ 15.99
€ 11.06
Hardback. This book describes, in vivid detail, the history of the Japanese invasion and occupation and of different parts of China, from the viewpoints of scholars in China, Japan, and the West Editor(s): Lary, Diana; MacKinnon, Stephen R.; Vogel, Ezra F. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 tables, 1 figure, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755092
- ISBN
- 9780804755092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.70
€ 112.70
Hardcover. Presents an account of institutional transformation under extreme stress that balances Churchill's self-serving memoirs. This work demonstrates that what political leaders demand from their armies is less important than what those armies are designed to do - and that this oft-recurring disconnect lies at the root of wartime civil-military tension. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615124
- ISBN
- 9780700615124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.05
€ 78.05
paperback. The VA is not your loving Uncle Sam who opens his wallet and says, 'Here you are, nephew-a $1,000 check per month for the rest of your life. That should take the pain out of your service injuries,' " writes John D. Roche. Far from it, he reveals. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971164
- ISBN
- 9781597971164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35