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Warfare & defence

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Warfare & defence

Hardback. This book examines the various mechanisms through which violent conflict undermines the health and well-being of populations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 tables, 21 figures. BIC Classification: JFFC; JP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758819
ISBN
9780804758819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.57

Hardback. Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756310
ISBN
9780804756310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.81

Paperback. Offering an assessment of India's nuclear strategy, this book shows that the country's nuclear-strategic culture is generally in accord with the principle of minimum deterrence, but is sometimes inconsistent and has a tendency to drift into a more open-ended process. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752565
ISBN
9780804752565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.80

Hardback. This work introduces a comprehensive theory that unifies current ideas about alliances and examines the relationship between threat and alliance politics under conditions of both war and peace. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748667
ISBN
9780804748667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.97

Paperback. Challenging the belief that national security agencies work well, this book asks what forces shaped the initial design of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council in ways that meant they were handicapped from birth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 tables 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JWK; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741316
ISBN
9780804741316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

paperback. This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision makers about nuclear weapons and military strategy. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPHL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737708
ISBN
9780804737708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

Paperback. This book presents both a biography of a Stanford University professor, one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States, and, through Ichihashi's wartime writings, the only known comprehensive first-person account of life in U.S. "relocation centers" for persons of Japanese ancestry. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon G. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 584 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BG; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736534
ISBN
9780804736534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

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
€ 39.97

Paperback. This volume looks at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb. Based on participants experience of "Project Superbomb", and declassified papers the book explains the background to this acceleration of the nuclear arms race. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804717144
ISBN
9780804717144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.97

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
€ 17.37

Paperback. In 1942 Attu, the westernmost island in the Aleutian chain, was home to two Americans and forty-five Aleut hunters and their families. This book offers accounts of the survivors. It presents them here in their own immediate, direct, and informal language. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTA; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295575
ISBN
9780803295575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.56

Paperback. Born in slavery, Charles Young was the third black graduate of West Point, the first black US military attache and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. This biography of Young's years at West Point chronicles the challenges that Young faced, and provides a window into life at West Point in the 1880s. Num Pages: 258 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803293151
ISBN
9780803293151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.37

Paperback. A compact history of the Atlanta campaign. Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803282780
ISBN
9780803282780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. Sheds light on what happened at the Little Bighorn Editor(s): Hardorff, Richard G. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; HBJK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803272934
ISBN
9780803272934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.66

Paperback. Analyses irregular warfare experiences ranging from Hoche's suppression of the Vendee revolt during the French Revolution, to the British wars against semi-organized armies of Marathas and Sikhs in mid-nineteenth-century India, to the Boer War of 1899-1902. Num Pages: 579 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 144 x 43. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
579
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263666
ISBN
9780803263666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.04

Paperback. The majority of the stories of the Alamo fight have been partly legendary, partly hearsay and at best fragmentary. This book reveals the chronicle of the siege of the Alamo in a different light. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 244 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803257795
ISBN
9780803257795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.56

Paperback. The story of the West Point graduating class of 1941, who became front line officers in World War II Num Pages: 408 pages, 19 illustrations, 4 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803234147
ISBN
9780803234147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Hardback. Study of progressivism's influence on the creation of the US Air Force and its use of precision bombing to end wars more quickly Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803233980
ISBN
9780803233980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.92

Paperback. A collection of essays by well-known military historian Roger Spiller. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228160
ISBN
9780803228160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.82

paperback. Presents five stories of individuals interned at Ft Lincoln, North Dakota, during World War II. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 images. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228061
ISBN
9780803228061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.82

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