Warfare & defence
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Warfare & defence
Paperback. Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. This book presents an account of Britain's black allies in the Anglo-Zulu War. Num Pages: 188 pages, 17 illustrations, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353681
- ISBN
- 9780817353681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWN; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355456
- ISBN
- 9780817355456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.92
€ 45.99
€ 45.92
Paperback. First published in 1984, this prize-winning history of the Manhattan Project is now available in paperback for the first time, fifty years after the explosion of the first atomic bomb. Num Pages: 233 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWMN; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826307682
- ISBN
- 9780826307682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.79
€ 26.79
Paperback. For three decades, arms control treaties have provided a legal basis for limiting and reducing long-range nuclear weapons. Editor(s): Alexander, Brian. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 tables, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: JWMN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885859
- ISBN
- 9781574885859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14
Hardback. Few figures in modern French history have aroused more controversy than Marshal Philippe Petain, who rose from obscurity to great fame in the First World War only to fall into infamy during the dark days of Nazi occupation in World War II. This volume examines his life and career. Num Pages: 150 pages, 16 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885989
- ISBN
- 9781574885989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.90
€ 24.99
€ 21.90
Hardback. Explores the controversial subject of Canada's acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and US documents, this volume examines policy, strategy, operational, and technical matters and weaves these seemingly disparate elements into a compelling story that finally unlocks several Cold War mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b&w maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886160
- ISBN
- 9781574886160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.28
€ 33.99
€ 32.28
Paperback. Curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastogne goes much further to show the relationship between these special units and the societies that gave birth to them. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w drawing, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887761
- ISBN
- 9781574887761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
Hardback. Argues that the following points' implications for Russian strategy are profound: the leading military and economic powers are market-based economies and political democracies; the revolution in military affairs is driving both civil and military technology innovation; and the Cold War's fundamental war-fighting premises have changed radically. Num Pages: 192 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888133
- ISBN
- 9781574888133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.15
€ 51.99
€ 43.15
Paperback. Containing more than three hundred photographs, this is written primarily for students of arms, but also contains material of interest to historians, museum specialists, collectors, and dealers of antique arms. Num Pages: 556 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBW; JWM; TTM; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826349989
- ISBN
- 9780826349989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.87
€ 134.87
Paperback. During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Suitable for policymakers, defense and military professionals, military historians, and academics, this book offers a critique of the army's capacity to adapt to likely future adversary strategies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBWS5; JWJ; JWKT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017832
- ISBN
- 9781589017832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.92
€ 74.92
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGXA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414368740
- ISBN
- 9781414368740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.02
€ 17.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. The true story of the Eastern Front in World War II, emphasizing how close Germany came to winning and the USSR to losing Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416573500
- ISBN
- 9781416573500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.51
€ 21.99
€ 20.51
Paperback. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469622842
- ISBN
- 9781469622842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.52
€ 40.99
€ 40.52
Hardback. A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945. However, a complete history of Canada's involvement in the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb has been thwarted by restrictions on classified documents. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773537835
- ISBN
- 9780773537835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.88
€ 41.99
€ 41.88
Hardcover. Harry Springer kept detailed diaries throughout most of his life. His diaries for the time from November 28th, 1917 to August 19th, 1918 were lost during the fighting in the Argonne Forest, but in 1974, just before he died, he wrote these supplementary notes of what he could remember. Editor(s): Bareither, Terry. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531704
- ISBN
- 9781557531704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.35
€ 22.35
Hardcover. Includes coverage of the topics: Coordinating Effective Government Responses to Bio-terrorism; Interagency Relations in Animal Biosecurity Disasters; Nuclear Power Plant Security; and, Modeling and Analysis of Public Policies. This volume is for those who are involved with issues of homeland security from planners to administrators to researchers. Editor(s): Amass, Sandra F.; Chaturvedi, Alok; Peeta, Srinivas. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534187
- ISBN
- 9781557534187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.20
€ 37.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. An analysis of the Pequot War (1636-1637), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. After years of peace, Puritan settlers mounted a brutal assault on the Pequot Indians of Connecticut. This book refutes claims that the settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490307
- ISBN
- 9781558490307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Places the author's own experience within the context of the American military doctrine of "command responsibility" - the set of rules that holds individual officers directly responsible for the commission of war crimes under their authority. This work traces the evolution of this doctrine from the Civil War. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495999
- ISBN
- 9781558495999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Many analysts have heralded the U.S. military's Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), a qualitative improvement in operational concepts and weapons that transforms the nature and character of warfare. Series: Issues in Twenty-First Century Warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886313
- ISBN
- 9781574886313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
Paperback. Given the realities of the Taliban's persistence and the desire of US policymakers - and the public - to find a way out, what can and should be the goals of the US and its allies in Afghanistan? This title provides a comprehensive assessment of the alternatives for restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Editor(s): Rothstein, Hy; Arquilla, John. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWK; JWL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019089
- ISBN
- 9781589019089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.19
€ 75.19
Paperback. Bringing together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition, this collection offers a compelling reassessment of the authority issue's centrality in how we can, do, and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics. Editor(s): Lang, Anthony F., Jr.; O'Driscoll, Cian; Williams, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019966
- ISBN
- 9781589019966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Hardback. These letters by New England soldiers and their families, speak of the hardships of the Civil War in the US, especially frustrations with the army, home-front suffering and government policies. Editor(s): Silber, Nina; Sievens, Mary Beth. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 205 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916682
- ISBN
- 9780813916682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
Hardback. Once revered as one of the finest officers in the US Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont is, if remembered at all, criticized for resisting technological advancement and for half-heartedly leading the disastrous all-ironclad Union naval attack on Charleston. Kevin J. Weddle challenges this reduction. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16ill.4M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923321
- ISBN
- 9780813923321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.43
€ 57.43
paperback. Presents a study of unconventional warfare in American military history. This book includes: guerrilla fighting during the American Civil War; wars between the United States and Native Americans; the Philippine Insurrection; the campaign against Mexico's Pancho Villa; and, US occupations of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Num Pages: 308 pages, 6 b&w photos, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971560
- ISBN
- 9781597971560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.63
€ 20.99
€ 20.63