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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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