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Warfare & defence

Paperback. One of the most influential documents of our time, Mao Tse-tung's pamphlet on guerrilla warfare has become the basic textbook for waging revolution in underdeveloped and emergent areas throughout the world. This book analyzes the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers its implications for American policy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
SKU
V9780252068928
ISBN
9780252068928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardcover. This study looks at the question: "Why do liberal states make war?". Case studies of major conflicts of this century are used, including World War I, the Suez war and the Vietnam war. The author attempts to explain the contradiction between liberalism and statism/nationalism. Series: Library of International Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW; JPHV; JPS; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860640100
ISBN
9781860640100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 137.06

The US has long exploited Earth's orbit to enhance security, generate wealth, and reinforce its position as a world leader, but is ambivalent towards military activities in space. This book sees this as undermining the future security of the US, and suggests how to meet national security demands. Num Pages: 394 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 747.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121987
ISBN
9780813121987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Paperback. Surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. This book examines the social psychology of military organizations, offers case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster. Num Pages: 448 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JMJ; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9780712658898
ISBN
9780712658898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.10

Hardback. Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JWA; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650500
ISBN
9780691650500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.47

Paperback. Dealing with nuclear weapons, this work provides insight into how policymakers consider such issues. It also looks at other weapons of mass destruction such as biological and chemical, and the history of their use. Num Pages: 692 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412806640
ISBN
9781412806640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.84

Paperback. Intends to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Editor(s): Howard, Michael; Paret, Peter. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018546
ISBN
9780691018546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. This abridged edition of On War by Beatrice Heuser, using the acclaimed translation by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, selects the central books in which Clausewitz's views on the nature and theory of war are developed. Translator(s): Howard, Michael; Paret, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JWA; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Abridged Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540020
ISBN
9780199540020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. ON WAR is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832 it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soilders statemen, and intellectuals from Marx and Bismarck to Raymond Aron. Translator(s): Paret, Peter. Num Pages: 870 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 43. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151213
ISBN
9781857151213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 20.83

paperback. In line with Napoleon's own military actions, he illustrated the need to annihilate the enemy and make a strong display of one's power in an 'absolute war' without compromise. But he was also careful to distinguish between war and politics, arguing that war could only be justified when debate was no longer adequate. Translator(s): Graham, Colonel J. J. Num Pages: 464 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444278
ISBN
9780140444278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. In both a philosophical and a practical work, Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of a great commander, assesses the relative strengths of defensive and offensive war, and - in highly controversial passages - considers the relationship between war and politics. Translator(s): Graham, Colonel J. J. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HB; HPC; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Abridged Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264825
ISBN
9781853264825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPSD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167848
ISBN
9780691167848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars through the words of twenty combat commanders. This book offers a take on military history by those who lived it. The leaders showcased here range from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. They include such diverse figures as Napoleon Bonaparte. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123691
ISBN
9780691123691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. The Apache wars were the final episode in the subjugation of the American Indian peoples. Featuring larger-than-life characters such as Geronimo, Cochise and General Cook, this is an account of the battles between the Apache and the US Army for land and freedom. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666282
ISBN
9780712666282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. The most eloquent and personal story of a young man at war since Geoffrey Wellum's FIRST LIGHT Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753821879
ISBN
9780753821879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Hardback. In the spring of 1864, as the armies of Grant and Lee waged a highly scrutinized and celebrated battle for the state of Virginia, a no-less important, but historically obscured engagement was being conducted in the pine barrens of northern Louisiana. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 198 pages, maps, photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029360
ISBN
9780842029360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.81

Paperback. Contrary to those observers who attribute group violence to irrationality, primordial instinct, or complex psychology, this work uncovers a systematic exploitation of self-interest in the underpinnings of group identification and collective violence. It also uses examples from Mafia vendettas to ethnic violence in places such as Bosnia and Rwanda. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPL; JFFE; JMH; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
n Second printing
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048253
ISBN
9780691048253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

paperback. This is a history of how the Navy responded--in doctrine, strategy, operations, preparedness, self-awareness, and force structure--to radical changes in political circumstance, technological innovation, and national needs and expectations. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 36. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727945
ISBN
9780804727945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658. 8vo. Military History. .Like new copy with dustwrappers
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First American Edition
SKU
KEX0275048
ISBN
9781591147954
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 15.00

Hardcover. A biography of the Laird of Torosay Castle Num Pages: 240 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Spellmount Ltd Pub
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862270367
ISBN
9781862270367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.84

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