Warfare & defence
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Warfare & defence
Paperback. Ahmed Al-Dawoody examines the justifications and regulations for going to war in both international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. He studies the various kinds of use of force by both state and non-state actors in order to determine the nature of the Islamic law of war. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. Num Pages: 356 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HRH; JWA; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540744
- ISBN
- 9781137540744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Paperback. On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. This book makes you rethink what it means to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JM; BGHA; JPVR; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572299
- ISBN
- 9780099572299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. After the US invasion of Iraq, a loosely organized insurgency continues to target American and Coalition soldiers, as well as Iraqi security forces and civilians, with devastating results. This book reveals the insurgents behind the widespread revolt, their motives, and their tactics. Series: Crises in World Politics. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 123. .
- Publisher
- CORNELL UNIV+PRESS
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850657958
- ISBN
- 9781850657958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Humanitarian Intervention after Kosovo identifies why the dominant pro-intervention position has not and cannot serve as a progressive template for establishing a viable model for humanitarian intervention. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD; JPVH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359851
- ISBN
- 9781349359851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Hardback. When should the international community intervene to prevent suffering within sovereign states? This book argues that since Kosovo, the normative thesis has failed to influence international politics, as evidenced by events in Iraq and Darfur. This critique rejects realism and offers a new perspective on this important issue. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542211
- ISBN
- 9780230542211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904943402
- ISBN
- 9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.91
€ 11.99
€ 10.91
Hardback. Since the Cold War, humanitarian interventions have transitioned through a range of stages. These 12 essays focus on the challenges associated with interventions, conflict and attendant human rights violations, unmitigated and systematic violence, state re-building, and issues associated with human mobility and dislocation. Editor(s): Warren, Aiden; Grenfell, Damian. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JKSR; JPS; JWA; LBBS; LBBV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474423816
- ISBN
- 9781474423816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 109.07
€ 112.96
€ 109.07
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456829
- ISBN
- 9780752456829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. Series: Pilot's Notes. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 145 x 4. Weight in Grams: 86. Series: Pilot's Notes. 36 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JWG. Dimension: 240 x 145 x 4. Weight: 84.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 36
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Facsimile of 1951 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859790697
- ISBN
- 9780859790697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.14
€ 9.99
€ 9.14
Hardcover. Examining relations between America and the Muslim world, the author draws on forty case studies representing the global span of Islam to demonstrate how the US has become involved directly or indirectly in each of these societies. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815723783
- ISBN
- 9780815723783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
paperback. Presents the stories of 48 American and Asian witnesses who participated in the Vietnam War, including POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American build-up from his bamboo cage; Vietnam operative, Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; and, Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. Series: Vietnam War Era Classics Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213044
- ISBN
- 9780253213044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action from the 1970s, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. This book describes his full career, from the bush and jungles of Africa to the forests of the Balkans and the merciless mountains of Afghanistan. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBWS; JWG; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772. The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary. 432 pages, illustrated throughout. A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action from the 1970s, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. This book describes his full career, from the bush and jungles of Africa to the forests of the Balkans and the merciless mountains of Afghanistan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBWS; JWG; JWXN. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight: 764.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000701
- ISBN
- 9781612000701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.67
€ 48.99
€ 41.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNLR; JP; JPHF; JPHV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319537115
- ISBN
- 9783319537115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.23
€ 139.23
Hardback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JNLR; JP; JPHF; JPHV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319560199
- ISBN
- 9783319560199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.28
€ 150.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 black & white halftones, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493018628
- ISBN
- 9781493018628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.47
€ 30.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. Patton's Drive tells the story of how a young man born to war-who believed himself the literal incarnation of all great warriors past-became a modern American general: in terms of enemy killed or captured, territory taken, and people liberated, the greatest field commander of World War II. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762761319
- ISBN
- 9780762761319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.98
€ 18.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. An intriguing contribution to the literature published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in August 2014. The book's primary focus is an attempt to explain why Christianity changes its mind about war at different points in its history. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCX6; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281072248
- ISBN
- 9780281072248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.19
€ 18.99
€ 13.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJPG; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1296.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343735
- ISBN
- 9780764343735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.68€ 39.78
€ 54.68
€ 39.78
Paperback. Spotlights an oft-overlooked and under-sung aircraft type, the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. Features over 100 black and white photographs and illustrations, showing the craft in development as well as in flight. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KB; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 247 x 8. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783462216
- ISBN
- 9781783462216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 260 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 866. The Operational History Of The U.S. Navy's World War II Patrol/Bomber Aircraft. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; JWG. Dimension: 276 x 217 x 15. Weight: 840.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321665
- ISBN
- 9780764321665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.40
€ 37.99
€ 25.40