War & defence operations
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War & defence operations
Paperback. This title looks at how the men of the Confederate cavalry were recruited, trained, lived and fought. Both routine and campaign life are covered, as well as the weapons and equipment that served them in their combat roles. Key encounters such as the 1863 clash at Brandy Station are also covered. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Warrior S. Num Pages: 64 pages, 52 b&w and 8 colour illustrations, index, glossary, bibliography, colour plate commentary. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF; JWM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 184 x 6. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841763811
- ISBN
- 9781841763811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.89
€ 23.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. Details the French attempts to regain control of Indochina, following Japan's defeat in World War II. From the disatrous "Battle of RC.4" to the final French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, this book includes a variety of French troops, their uniforms and equipment. Illustrator(s): Chappell, Mike. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855327894
- ISBN
- 9781855327894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.02
€ 21.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. "Wabash 1791: St Clair's Defeat". Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 30 b/w; 33 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086769
- ISBN
- 9781849086769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.63
€ 20.99
€ 15.63
Hardback. The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900. 256 pages, 16pgs of illustrations, 6 maps. * A complete and detailed account of a devastating South African conflict The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, and was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1HFMS; HBJH; JWLF. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000077
- ISBN
- 9781612000077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.70
€ 35.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. This account of the Yorktown campaign of the American Revolution presents six full-colour battle scenes detailing the critical points in the battle. Yorktown would be a model example to the British Crown of the impossible odds she now faced in holding onto her colonies. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations, colour plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855326880
- ISBN
- 9781855326880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.25
€ 23.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. In the second of his two-volume analysis of the Yom Kippur War, Simon Dunstan details the fighting in the Sinai, culminating in Operation Gazelle, the Israeli attack on the Suez Canal. Although defeated militarily, Egypt did ultimately succeed in forcing the Israelis back to the negotiating table. Illustrator(s): Lyles, Kevin. Series: Osprey Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48 colour & 48 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841762210
- ISBN
- 9781841762210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.41
€ 23.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Part of the 'Men and Battles' series, this book details Operation Goodwood. Num Pages: 84 pages, full colour plates and maps, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Histoire & Collections France
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352500391
- ISBN
- 9782352500391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.43
€ 21.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. To the Bitter End is a penetrating and detailed account of the climactic battles of the German forces in Slovakia, the Carpathians, parts of Poland, Silesia and Saxony, from autumn 1944 until the end of the war. These were desperate times for the German forces as they fought frantically against overwhelming odds to prevent Soviet forces usurping. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16-pg photo section. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149316
- ISBN
- 9781935149316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.71
€ 27.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JPWL; JWH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846688515
- ISBN
- 9781846688515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.51
€ 18.99
€ 14.51
Hardcover. A history of warfare distilled into 100 momentous battles - epic moments that have shaped our world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 b/w, 150 col illus. BIC Classification: HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007452507
- ISBN
- 9780007452507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 7.81
€ 14.99
€ 7.81
Hardback. Offers a thrilling selection of tales illustrating how victories were achieved against the odds from the Peninsula War of 1811 to Vietnam in 1967. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBW; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473847491
- ISBN
- 9781473847491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 7.28
€ 32.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. The French-Indian War was fought in the forests, open plains and forts of the North American frontier. This title explains the background to the wars and charts the military development of the British Army and the reforms that led to its eventual superiority. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w and 25 colour illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841764566
- ISBN
- 9781841764566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.85
€ 14.85
Hardcover. Explores why the Soviet Union won its war against Nazi Germany despite inept leadership, inefficient campaigning, and enormous losses. Illuminates the Soviets' remarkable ability to recruit and retain soldiers and reveals why so many were willing to fight in the service of a repressive regime. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617760
- ISBN
- 9780700617760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.66
€ 79.66
Paperback. Coveying both the epic and everyday aspects of Mortain's field of battle, Lieutenant Colonel Mark J. Reardon takes the reader down to the platoon level on both sides to produce a comprehensive look at the battle to halt Hitler's Panzer divisions in 1944. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612956
- ISBN
- 9780700612956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73
Hardcover. This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. The book offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began, and challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122504
- ISBN
- 9781405122504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.94
€ 113.94
Paperback. Surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. This book examines the social psychology of military organizations, offers case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster. Num Pages: 448 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JMJ; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712658898
- ISBN
- 9780712658898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.10
€ 21.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Helps you understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like. The author has devoted years to studying memoirs, interviewing veterans and consulting military documents, both German and American. He also has revisited the old battlefields in Belgium and Luxembourg. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803294370
- ISBN
- 9780803294370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Waterloo, the plain where Napoleon's Empire was dealt its final blow after a titanic fight, is not only a name on the map. La Haye-Sainte, Hougoumont, Plancenoit, are real places where men struggled, suffered and died. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 315 x 12. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352504351
- ISBN
- 9782352504351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.89
€ 33.99
€ 29.89
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
Paperback. Aiming to be brutal and moving in equal measure, this book explores pressing global issues, while not losing a sense of the personal. Critical of the West's indifference to developing countries, and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, it provokes controversy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091908867
- ISBN
- 9780091908867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99