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Warfare & defence

Paperback. If It Moves, Salute It! relays the uproarious experiences of a young man in the navy during the twilight years of National Service, the late 1950s. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752461915
ISBN
9780752461915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Because the nexus of information conflict is most easily seen in the world's contemporary violent confrontations, this anthology reflects the experience and lessons learned by military personnel who have managed these difficult issues. Num Pages: 458 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972611
ISBN
9781597972611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence? Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World War. This book tells 30 Assault Unit's story. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571250639
ISBN
9780571250639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

paperback. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665629
ISBN
9780712665629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who, despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009, continued his medical and humanitarian work aimed at bringing the people of the region together in peace. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BM; JKSR; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who, despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009, continued his medical and humanitarian work aimed at bringing the people of the region together in peace. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BM; JKSR; JWLP. Dimension: 169 x 203 x 17. Weight: 192.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408822098
ISBN
9781408822098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardback. Kurt Frank Korf's story is one of the most unusual to come out of World War II. Drawing on his correspondence and on oral histories and interviews with Korf, the author paints a portrait of a man forced to flee Nazi Germany because the Nuremburg Laws had relegated him to the status of "second-degree mixed breed" as Korf had one Jewish grandparent. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 607.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225286
ISBN
9780823225286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.66

Paperback. How one woman took on the Ministry of Defense after her husband Mark was killed in action. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Publisher
Lion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745980119
ISBN
9780745980119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.54

Paperback. Sergeant Charles Windolph was the last white survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. A six-year veteran of the Seventh Cavalry, Windolph fought in Benteen's troop on that fatal Sunday, and here he recalls the battle that wiped out Custer's command. This work is useful for students of American Western or military history. Num Pages: Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297203
ISBN
9780803297203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Tells the stories of seven veterans who went through a hellish baptism of fire in the first battles on the front line, and fought in the last-ditch defence of Dunkirk. In this book, their accounts gives us an insight into the reality of the war and what it was really like to face the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552162340
ISBN
9780552162340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Waverley Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902407197
ISBN
9781902407197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.57

Num Pages: 574 pages, 48 pp of photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887407376
ISBN
9780887407376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat, using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and White). BIC Classification: 3JJH; JWMV3; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445621203
ISBN
9781445621203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic. This title presents the real account of how the Nazis escaped at the end of the war, the attempts to bring them to justice, and what really happened to those that got away. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553819397
ISBN
9780553819397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409139010
ISBN
9781409139010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

paperback. In 1966, a group of respected aerospace engineers revealed that US scientists were perfecting ways to control gravity. Aerospace and defence journalist Nick Cook considers the possibility that America did indeed crack the gravity code, examining German weapons technology along the way. Num Pages: 416 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWM; JWX; PDZ; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 109 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099414988
ISBN
9780099414988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9789075323108
ISBN
9789075323108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers. This work presents describes the leading role of the United States in initiating military and other interventions, but also on the obvious support given to it by European powers and NATO. Translator(s): Johnstone, Diana. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
English Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583671474
ISBN
9781583671474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Hardcover. Howard Hughes popularised the light helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine-powered light observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotorcraft propulsion research and, finally, developed the world's most advanced attack helicopter - the Apache - that was purchased and also saw service with the UK. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550892
ISBN
9781781550892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. The first book to reveal how movie mogul Howard Hughes' aircraft division emerged from a hobby shop into an empire to be later sold for $490 million Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBWS; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554197
ISBN
9781781554197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. Helps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 halftones. 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140605
ISBN
9780691140605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

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