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Warfare & defence

An examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088049
ISBN
9780719088049
Condition: New

€ 156.29

Hardcover. A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteenth century (c.1780-1914). Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBW; JWXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354852
ISBN
9780230354852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Paperback. Throughout history Jerusalem and its Holy Places have witnessed fierce religious controversy and political dispute. This study analyses an international and diplomatic perspective which highlights the state/national (territorial) versus global/transnational approach to Jerusalem with respect to possession and the right to worship. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194048
ISBN
9781845194048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Num Pages: 424 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GBC; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810855816
ISBN
9780810855816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.90

Paperback. Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to anticipate the coming of war. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: JWKF; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013544
ISBN
9780674013544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.20

Hardcover. A comprehensive guide to computer assisted exercises Readers can turn to this indispensable reference guide for comprehensive and lucid coverage of the operational, technical, and organizational knowledge needed to harness successful and constructive computer assisted exercises (CAX) and war games. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JW; UYV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470412299
ISBN
9780470412299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.54

Hardcover. Ancient Rome was a highly militaristic culture, at war almost annually throughout the period of the republic. The expert contributors to this volume delve into this culture, offering an extensive account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire. Editor(s): Erdkamp, Paul. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 600 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121538
ISBN
9781405121538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.06

Paperback. The focus of this book is on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan's expansionist policies from the Manchurian Incident in 1931 until the end of the Pacific War in 1945. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBW; HBWQ; JFC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370580
ISBN
9781349370580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.60

Paperback. An illustrated collection of 100 personal accounts of young men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. Series: Voices of the Second World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 107. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658599
ISBN
9781445658599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.85

Hardback. Defines the basics of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) for the concerned citizen, including non-alarmist scientific descriptions of the weapons and their antidotes, methods of deployment and defensive response, and the likelihood in the current global political climate of additional proliferation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWMC; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387950761
ISBN
9780387950761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.09

Hardback. BIC Classification: BGH; JWT; VFV; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250129901
ISBN
9781250129901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Mariner Books
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780547750385
ISBN
9780547750385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Eric and Jane Lawson present a unique treatment of the air actions of World War I as a single grand campaign, with both sides striving for mastery using new technology and new tactics. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306812132
ISBN
9780306812132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. This text explores the composition, equipment and personnel of the 1944 Panzer regiment model, focusing on the Panzer units which served in Normandy. Photographs of the battleground now and then are revealed, as is the grave of the most famous panzer commander. Translator(s): Cooke, R. Num Pages: 212 pages, 373 illustrations, 19 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWD; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1284. Then and Now. 212 pages, 373 illustrations, 19 maps. This text explores the composition, equipment and personnel of the 1944 Panzer regiment model, focusing on the Panzer units which served in Normandy. Photographs of the battleground now and then are revealed, as is the grave of the most famous panzer commander. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWD; JWM. Dimension: 306 x 223 x 24. Weight: 1282. Translator(s): Cooke, R.
Publisher
After the Battle Magazine
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913297
ISBN
9780900913297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.24

paperback. During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGHA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099582311
ISBN
9780099582311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. An exploration of the battles and tactics of the air war in the Pacific, including discussion of combatants, their morale, their planes, living conditions, and leadership. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations portraits, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 54. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813338699
ISBN
9780813338699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.54

Paperback. Interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037912
ISBN
9780141037912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Hardcover. Bermuda was besieged by German and Italian U-boats in the Second World War, representing an ignominious period of defence and defeat for the Allies. It was a small but fascinating body of water, and a bellwether for the overall war at the time. This book will add colourful new content to the history of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1MTANB; 1QSAN; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781556061
ISBN
9781781556061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. Traces Peter Howard, who was to become one of The Wooden Horse escapers, from his being shot down, through his capture, and first two POW camps. This work gets into the mind of a man determined to escape his captors. It shows that for all the many schemes dreamt up, very few ever got started and of those a 'home run' was like a lottery win. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155385
ISBN
9781844155385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. From Afghanistan and Sierra Leone to East Timor, the aftermath of any armed conflict presents a complex set of challenges. Whatever political agreements may have been reached, conflicts are often at risk of reigniting, and the fates of their former participants remain uncertain. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPWS; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648866
ISBN
9780745648866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Hardback. From Afghanistan and Sierra Leone to East Timor, the aftermath of any armed conflict presents a complex set of challenges. Whatever political agreements may have been reached, conflicts are often at risk of reigniting, and the fates of their former participants remain uncertain. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPWS; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648859
ISBN
9780745648859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardcover. This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTQ; JWT; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137270986
ISBN
9781137270986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473837980
ISBN
9781473837980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. From a brutal Attila the Hun who went down to defeat on the Catalaunian Fienls, to an overbearing French artillery colonel at Dien Bien Phu; from the stout walls of Constantinople to a skimpy mealie-bag wall at Rorke's Drift; it was always an incident that decided the outcome of battle. This book discusses the hinges of battle. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 b/w map diagrams. BIC Classification: HBG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340819784
ISBN
9780340819784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

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