Warfare & defence
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Warfare & defence
Hardback. Traces the origins and early development of the Royal Marines, outlining their organisational structures, their recruitment and social background, the activities in which they were engaged, and how their distinctive identity was forged. Num Pages: 302 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings, 5 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838371
- ISBN
- 9781843838371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.27
€ 115.27
Hardback. Divided into two parts, this book talks about two common myths about the American-Israeli patron-client relationship - that arms transfers to Israel have been motivated by American domestic politics rather than national interests and that these arms transfers have come without any political strings attached to them. Num Pages: 129 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS; JWXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191788
- ISBN
- 9781845191788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Hardcover. Examines the different aspects that characterise a war, from the centre of gravity to be attacked to the elements constituting military decision, as they are manifested in 'simple' symmetrical wars; asymmetrical wars versus a state opponent; guerrilla warfare; parallel warfare; and next generation warfare. Num Pages: 146 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193782
- ISBN
- 9781845193782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Paperback. Throughout history Jerusalem and its Holy Places have witnessed fierce religious controversy and political dispute. This study analyses an international and diplomatic perspective which highlights the state/national (territorial) versus global/transnational approach to Jerusalem with respect to possession and the right to worship. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194048
- ISBN
- 9781845194048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.45
€ 36.99
€ 33.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mares, David R.; Martinez, Rafael. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPH; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195915
- ISBN
- 9781845195915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Hardcover. Britain's Soldiers explores the complex figure of the Georgian soldier and rethinks current approaches to military history. Editor(s): Linch, Kevin; McCormack, Matthew. Series: Eighteenth Century Worlds. Num Pages: 225 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319556
- ISBN
- 9781846319556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
Paperback. The Disappearing Ninth Legion examines hard evidence for the foundation, development, mysterious disappearance, or possible continuation of Rome's lost Legion. Num Pages: 123 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846945595
- ISBN
- 9781846945595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010421
- ISBN
- 9781847010421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07
Hardback. Investigates development practice, civil organization formation and the increase of ethnically motivated conflicts over the past two decades in Western Africa. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDF; GTC; GTF; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010681
- ISBN
- 9781847010681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07
Hardback. Gives voice to the conscripts who are forced to serve indefinitely without remuneration under the ENS in a powerful critical survey of its effect from the Liberation Struggle to today. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011602
- ISBN
- 9781847011602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Hardback. New information technologies have contributed to the emergence of new lifestyles and modern strategic developments, but they have also provided new forms of weapons for all kinds of belligerents. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JWKF; UB; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848216600
- ISBN
- 9781848216600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.38
€ 173.38
Hardback. A selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers a view of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change that renders many preceding theoretical previsions obsolete. Editor(s): Caforio, Giuseppe. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 596 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848558922
- ISBN
- 9781848558922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.96
€ 164.96
Paperback. Human Nature is the fuel of violent conflict. The War Hotel looks at how we get aroused and how we get silenced into violent conflict. We are pulled apart in the name of justice and loyalty. Past trauma is triggered into a replay. Out of love and longing to step beyond the ordinary world, we sacrifice ourselves and others. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JMH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861564511
- ISBN
- 9781861564511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.84
€ 74.84
Hardback. Rituals of war and images of violence in Mesopotamia ca. 3000-500 BCE examined as "magical technologies of warfare." Num Pages: 280 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBW; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951849
- ISBN
- 9781890951849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85
Hardcover. Schomberg held high command in British, Portuguese, and French armies. But it is as second-in-command to William of Orange during the Glorious Revolution that he is chiefly remembered. He died at the famous battle of the Boyne, a fitting end to a very pub Num Pages: 249 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900604
- ISBN
- 9781903900604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.49
€ 50.49
Hardcover. This introductory text leads readers from the scientific basics to both "old" and "new" threats from NBC weapons and agents prepared by noncombatant forces, as well as principles of protection and response management. Editor(s): Richardt, Andre; Hulseweh, Birgit; Niemeyer, Bernd; Sabath, Frank. Num Pages: 514 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JKSW; JWMC; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527324132
- ISBN
- 9783527324132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.63€ 78.21
€ 87.63
€ 78.21
Hardcover. An investigation on the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe over the last 500 years Editor(s): Zurcher, Erik Jan. Series: Work Around the Globe: Historical Comparisons. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 3J; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089644527
- ISBN
- 9789089644527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.82
€ 143.82
Hardcover. This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, using case studies from Israel, to show how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of national identity and appropriation of the land and its history. Series: Heritage and Memory Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black and white; 32 full color. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HPS; JPFN; JPW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 33.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089649850
- ISBN
- 9789089649850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.47
€ 135.47
Hardcover. In 1974 India joined the elite roster of nuclear world powers when it exploded its first nuclear bomb. Over the course of the twentieth century, India metamorphosed from a marginal place to a serious hub of technological and scientific innovation. This title tells the tale of this transformation. Num Pages: 736 pages, 16 halftones, 1 map, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JWMN; PDX; THK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226019758
- ISBN
- 9780226019758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.00€ 65.28
€ 77.00
€ 65.28
Paperback. How is it that the United States-a country founded on a distrust of standing armies and strong centralized power-came to have the most powerful military in history? This book argues that there are profound relationships among the size and persistence of the American military complex, and the growth in presidential power to launch military actions. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones, 19 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JWJ; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226124070
- ISBN
- 9780226124070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.77
€ 33.99
€ 26.77