Warfare & defence
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Warfare & defence
Paperback. How is it that the United States-a country founded on a distrust of standing armies and strong centralized power-came to have the most powerful military in history? This book argues that there are profound relationships among the size and persistence of the American military complex, and the growth in presidential power to launch military actions. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones, 19 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JWJ; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226124070
- ISBN
- 9780226124070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.91
€ 33.99
€ 26.91
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226123912
- ISBN
- 9780226123912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.17
€ 95.07
€ 79.17
Paperback. Presents the history of the British Paratrooper, from 1940 to 1945, that details the training, weapons and equipment used by these elite troops. This book brings the history of the ordinary paratrooper to life, drawing on the author's position as a former curator of the Regimental Museum. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 249 x 3. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472805126
- ISBN
- 9781472805126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 46, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Updated Edition with New Material
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472978
- ISBN
- 9780801472978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Hot Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510703339
- ISBN
- 9781510703339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.40
€ 23.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. Presents a guide to the Antietam battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Colour and black & white photographs, 31 full-colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469630205
- ISBN
- 9781469630205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.57
€ 25.99
€ 24.57
Num Pages: 224 pages, over 280 color and b/w photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: HB; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304781
- ISBN
- 9780764304781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Patterson, Raymond. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634832670
- ISBN
- 9781634832670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.00€ 76.80
€ 101.00
€ 76.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1235 photos. BIC Classification: HBWS2; JWTR; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 310 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2002.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346293
- ISBN
- 9780764346293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.04€ 57.42
€ 76.04
€ 57.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, over 600 photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1634. 336 pages, Over 600 photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 290 x 222 x 27. Weight: 1610.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409097
- ISBN
- 9780887409097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499673
- ISBN
- 9780752499673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472805614
- ISBN
- 9781472805614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.67
€ 23.99
€ 20.67
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
€ 74.59
€ 74.59
paperback. This is the true story of the massive thirty-year cover-up that followed the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780815411208
- ISBN
- 9780815411208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.33
€ 19.99
€ 19.33
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
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pauwels, Rayan M. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: JWXV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628089325
- ISBN
- 9781628089325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.12€ 130.16
€ 190.12
€ 130.16
paperback. J Robert Oppenheimer is among the contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to have eternal ramifications for mankind. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; JWMN; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433538
- ISBN
- 9780099433538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.22
€ 25.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. Offers an overview of the role played by Black British soldiers in the First World War. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBWN; JFSL3; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380192
- ISBN
- 9781781380192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Cabitta, Raul; Rocello, Marzio. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614707905
- ISBN
- 9781614707905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.91€ 48.84
€ 68.91
€ 48.84
Paperback. Sir Ranulph Fiennes' new account of the Battle of Agincourt will be a unique view on one of the most significant turning points in English history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 pg colour insets. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444792119
- ISBN
- 9781444792119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06