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War & defence operations
Paperback. How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia, the first world empire, on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source, Herodotus, have produced one ingenious theory after another. This book argues that Herodotus was right after all. Series: Yale Library of Military History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177664
- ISBN
- 9780300177664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.77
€ 24.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. A fresh and incisive examination of one of the Second World War's crucial campaigns, the battle for Normandy in the months after D-Day. Num Pages: 448 pages, 36, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304365630
- ISBN
- 9780304365630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.54
€ 17.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. Quatre Bras was the battle that turned a campaign - a tale of triumph and disaster. This book combines the testimony with a study of the topography of the battlefield and knowledge of Napoleonic warfare to tell the story of a battle where commanders made errors of omission and commission and where cowardice rubbed shoulders with heroism. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457604
- ISBN
- 9780752457604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874622444
- ISBN
- 9781874622444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.64
€ 40.99
€ 28.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 272. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982611
- ISBN
- 9781909982611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.83€ 62.64
€ 82.83
€ 62.64
Paperback. Primary source engravings, drawings and paintings with 100 images from the Great War period. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473837812
- ISBN
- 9781473837812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.70
€ 19.99
€ 5.70
Hardcover. This is a translation of Faidherbe's slim volume entitled Campagne de l'Armee du Nord (Campaign of the Army of the North), published in 1872. It sets out in some detail the operations of the Army of the North and includes many appendices which give supporting evidence and documents. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 212. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982628
- ISBN
- 9781909982628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 45.65
€ 59.15
€ 45.65
Paperback. In 1942 Attu, the westernmost island in the Aleutian chain, was home to two Americans and forty-five Aleut hunters and their families. This book offers accounts of the survivors. It presents them here in their own immediate, direct, and informal language. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTA; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295575
- ISBN
- 9780803295575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Translator(s): McNeal, Edgar Holmes. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136693
- ISBN
- 9780231136693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. The Bavarian army which fought the War of 1866 was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384019
- ISBN
- 9781909384019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 45.65
€ 59.15
€ 45.65
Paperback. The Battle of the Coral Sea is unique in the annals of naval history. It is the first battle in which enemy fleets never came within sight of one another. Instead, aircraft launched from carrier decks were sent out to attack the enemy with bombs and torpedoes. This book tells the story of this battle in the Pacific War. Illustrator(s): White, John. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034404
- ISBN
- 9781846034404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.34
€ 23.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. A comprehensive account of the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 90, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304351732
- ISBN
- 9780304351732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. The story of the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr has been recounted many times before but not from the German side. The author has spent over a third of a century studying the raid and its consequences, and this book collects an archive of documents and photographs. Translator(s): Ockenden, Michael. Series: Through the Lens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 400 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 297 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1334. Series: Through the Lens. 240 pages, 400 photographs. The story of the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr has been recounted many times before but not from the German side. The author has spent over a third of a century studying the raid and its consequences, and this book collects an archive of documents and photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 215 x 297 x 25. Weight: 1328. Translator(s): Ockenden, Michael.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870067270
- ISBN
- 9781870067270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.64
€ 40.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. Jimmy Doolittle's legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders' official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto. Num Pages: 272 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403477
- ISBN
- 9780887403477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.33
€ 37.99
€ 25.33
paperback. An account of the Russian Front in the First World War. It dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual retreat. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140267259
- ISBN
- 9780140267259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Hardcover. Taking a chronological approach, this work looks at key battles, such as the great encirclement engagements of 1941 - Minsk, Smolensk and Kiev - the sieges of Leningrad and Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and Operation Bagration in June 1944. It also includes information on the central Soviet commanders who led the German and Soviet armies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 350. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862273597
- ISBN
- 9781862273597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Hardback. The Encyclopedia of the Roman Army is a comprehensive three-volume reference to the armed forces deployed by ancient Rome during its Early Period, Republic, Principate, and Late Antique times. Editor(s): Le Bohec, Yann. Num Pages: 1176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; GB; HBLA1; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 285 x 143. Weight in Grams: 3362.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176194
- ISBN
- 9781405176194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 443.46€ 436.05
€ 443.46
€ 436.05
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
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. "The Fall of English France 1449-53". Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086165
- ISBN
- 9781849086165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Hardcover. Fall of Hitler's Third Reich Num Pages: 192 pages, 70col.ill.30col.M. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862272613
- ISBN
- 9781862272613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.73
€ 26.99
€ 23.73