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Warfare & defence

Hardback. Describes the relationship between man and horse over four thousand year. This book explores the uses of the horse by highwaymen and figures such as Ned Kelly. It shows that the art of warfare from horseback with its culture of mobility has always been at conflict with the urban domesticated culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
287
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950343
ISBN
9780750950343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750954525
ISBN
9780750954525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.15

Paperback. A magisterial survey of the military giants of the early modern world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBW; JWK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 135 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857385901
ISBN
9780857385901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. The First World War was unique in being fought largely in trenches. Men ate, slept, fought, sang, prayed, and died there. This book brings together a collection of postcards which portray this strange subterranean world and provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of the men who fought one of the most gruesome wars in history. Series: Postcards from.. Num Pages: 112 pages, 106 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243914
ISBN
9781851243914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. The Birthplace of Aerial Power. 112 pages, Over 140 photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBW; JWG. Dimension: 267 x 200 x 5. Weight: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Flight Recorder Pubns/Specialty Pr
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955426865
ISBN
9780955426865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752465760
ISBN
9780752465760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 250ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 191 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844151851
ISBN
9781844151851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. Series: Battleground Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Pen & Sword
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850529043
ISBN
9780850529043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.50

Paperback. The Roman shore forts Num Pages: 208 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA; HD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752419497
ISBN
9780752419497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. This report explores the context of the global innovation environment that is driving the need for the U.S. Department of Defense to better connect with the global commercial economy. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 218 x 3. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442258969
ISBN
9781442258969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.71

Hardback. Proxy wars represent a perennial strand in the history of conflict. The appeal of warfare on the cheap has proved an irresistible strategic allure for nations through the centuries. However, proxy wars remain a missing link in contemporary war and security studies. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651187
ISBN
9780745651187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. Proxy wars represent a perennial strand in the history of conflict. The appeal of warfare on the cheap has proved an irresistible strategic allure for nations through the centuries. However, proxy wars remain a missing link in contemporary war and security studies. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651194
ISBN
9780745651194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Paperback. Explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of a practioner of Britain's naval command, to understand how the greatest warrior transformed the art of conflict, and enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war and international isolation. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571212279
ISBN
9780571212279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. Seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan's military policies are likely to take, by considering how policy has evolved since World War II, and what factors shaped this evolution. This title is based on exploration of three cases of policy evolution. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770668
ISBN
9780804770668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; JHM; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023951
ISBN
9780884023951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01
€ 59.44

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JWXF; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614731
ISBN
9780691614731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.98

Hardback. More than any other episode since the end of the Cold War, the conflict in Kosovo revealed the distinctive attributes of a American "way of war." This volume includes an overview of the war. It explores the conflict's relationship to US strategy, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and American civil-military relations, among other topics. Editor(s): Bacevich, Andrew J.; Cohen, Eliot A. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124829
ISBN
9780231124829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.70
€ 100.69

Paperback. An updated edition of Andrew J. Bacevich's valuable examination of the dangerous obsession that has taken hold of Americans: a marriage of militarism and blind utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might and a blind faith in the universality of American values. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JPS; JPWS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Updated Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199931767
ISBN
9780199931767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.72

Hardback. * A timely, comprehensive and highly readable survey of one of the most exciting and current areas of media studies. * Aims to be the authoritative textbook, providing a synopsis of the field from breaking news on television through to the impact of electronic and digital media, such as war blogging. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638492
ISBN
9780745638492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.09

paperback. * A timely, comprehensive and highly readable survey of one of the most exciting and current areas of media studies. * Aims to be the authoritative textbook, providing a synopsis of the field from breaking news on television through to the impact of electronic and digital media, such as war blogging. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638508
ISBN
9780745638508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. A title that inspired the film The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, and which has received eight Oscar nominations, including: Best film; Best Actor in a Leading Role; Best Supporting Actress; Best Adapted Screenplay; and Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGT; GPJ; JWKF; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Film Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
9781784700089
ISBN
9781784700089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.67

paperback. Reveals the corruption behind BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the relationships that characterise the US Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. This title exposes both the formal government-backed trade in arms as well as the illicit deals and lays bare the shocking links between the two. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JWXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 43. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141040059
ISBN
9780141040059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. From the jungles of New Guinea to the CIA's black ops program in Vietnam, this is the extraordinary life of one of Australia's fiercest soldiers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; BGH; HBJM; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742373782
ISBN
9781742373782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Told through the lives and battles of eleven admirals, this book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.' Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 418.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231577
ISBN
9780571231577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

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