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Warfare & defence

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Warfare & defence

Hardcover. Tells the largely unknown story of a small number of British officers who led Muslim soldiers in this hard-fought anti-insurgency war. After outlining the historical, geographical and political background, this book describes military action, including operations with irregular forces and the SAS as well as action in the air and at sea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp of B&W plates. BIC Classification: JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844154678
ISBN
9781844154678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. In this text international experts and members of the MSF analyse the way issues surrounding the role of aid organizations in "just" wars have crystallized over the five years spanning the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 maps, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JKSR; JPSN; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657378
ISBN
9781850657378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127859
ISBN
9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. The author has retraced on foot the routes taken by the Black Prince during the French campaigns of 1355-1356, enabling him to provide an entirely new dimension to the events. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 274 pages, 42, 11 black & white illustrations, 31 black & white line drawings, 11 black and white, 3. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838746
ISBN
9781843838746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 296 pages, 34, 22 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JWA; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478857
ISBN
9780801478857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 516 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 34. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan London
Number of pages
516
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333157817
ISBN
9780333157817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 573 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Edition
1974th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333166956
ISBN
9780333166956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.50

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JPS; JPV; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143745
ISBN
9780231143745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 50.63

Hardback. "Written under the auspices of the Center for International and Strategic Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles." Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPA; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638249
ISBN
9780691638249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.61

Paperback. "Written under the auspices of the Center for International and Strategic Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles." Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610085
ISBN
9780691610085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.96
€ 44.89

Hardcover. Editor(s): Corrigan, John D.; Volmer, Amy M. Num Pages: 227 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JW; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 18. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611228472
ISBN
9781611228472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.71
€ 149.61

Paperback. In May 1998, India shocked the world - and many of its own citizens - by detonating five nuclear weapons in the Rajasthan desert. This title presents a comprehensive history of how the world's largest democracy, has grappled with the twin desires to have and to renounce the bomb. Num Pages: 654 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPQB; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232105
ISBN
9780520232105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Violent ethno-nationalist conflicts continue to mar the history of the twentieth century; yet no satisfactory answer to the question of why humans are susceptible to indoctrination by ideologies that lead to inter-group hostility has so far been found. Editor(s): Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenaus; Salter, Frank K. Num Pages: 450 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps, 40 diagrams, 38 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHM; JPF; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819239
ISBN
9781571819239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.72

Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the way in which infantry and dismounted cavalry achieved such striking successes. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DD; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JWD; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851155715
ISBN
9780851155715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.83

He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JWMV2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410265
ISBN
9781421410265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.78

Paperback. The modern means of communication have turned the world into an information fishbowl and, in terms of foreign policy and national security in post-Cold War power politics, helped transform international power politics. This book analyses the military, technological, and psychological aspects of information operations. Editor(s): Armistead, Leigh. Series: Issues in Twenty-First Century Warfare. Num Pages: 240 pages, tables, charts. BIC Classification: GPF; JP; JWKF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781574886993
ISBN
9781574886993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Introduced in 1998 by the Department of Defense, the concept of information operations (IO) proposed to revolutionize the ways in which warfare, diplomacy, and business were conducted. However, this transformation has not come to fruition. Two large gaps remain. This title focuses on these two discrepancies. Num Pages: 166 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974363
ISBN
9781597974363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.03

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cox, Daniel S.; Ellis, Eric R. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621007876
ISBN
9781621007876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 294.28
€ 198.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Goldenberg, Irina; Soeters, Joseph; Dean, Waylon H. Series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Num Pages: 274 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JWKF; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319428178
ISBN
9783319428178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.42

paperback. Editor(s): Arquilla, John; Borer, Douglas A. Num Pages: 268 pages, 27 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPWS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415545143
ISBN
9780415545143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

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