Military history
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Military history
Paperback. On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018317
- ISBN
- 9780141018317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.22
€ 21.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b/w; 5 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784420406
- ISBN
- 9781784420406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.62
€ 11.99
€ 10.62
Paperback. Recreates the retreat from southern Belgium to the Marne during the opening month of the Great War Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBWN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930025
- ISBN
- 9781909930025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. First published ten years ago to enthusiastic reviews and critical acclaim, this classic celebrated readable scholarship is now available in paperback. Using their letters and diaries, Echoes of Gallipoli tells the story of Gallipoli through the eyes of the men of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade with the immediacy of actually being there. Num Pages: 320 pages, 114, 11 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1MBN; 3JJF; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- Exisle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775592624
- ISBN
- 9781775592624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.65
€ 31.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. This is a reprint of a 2002 work titled, Historical Dictionary of the Civil War (Scarecrow Press). In this two-volume reference prepared for the wide audience of Civil War historians, buffs, and students, Jones (history, U. of Louisiana) provides a lengthy (75-page) introduction, giving a broad overview of the war and its origins and consequences. Num Pages: 1702 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 101. Weight in Grams: 2333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853867
- ISBN
- 9780810853867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.70
€ 84.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 414 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 288 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1790.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350740
- ISBN
- 9780764350740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.17€ 52.45
€ 74.17
€ 52.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750969796
- ISBN
- 9780750969796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. Historian and broadcaster Tessa Dunlop tells the story of the women of Bletchley Park, through exclusive and unprecedented access to the women themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 x 8 page colour inset. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444795745
- ISBN
- 9781444795745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Reveals that long before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the US government began making plans for the eventual internment and later incarceration of the Japanese American population. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, map, tables, notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984513
- ISBN
- 9780295984513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.60
€ 38.60
Hardback. This remarkable booklet, often unintentionally humorous and sometimes crudely stereotypical reads by turns like a travel guide and a crash course in psychological warfare. It is very much a document of the period, revealing as much about British wartime attitudes towards Germany as it does about British hopes and fears. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 108 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. 80 pages. This remarkable booklet, often unintentionally humorous and sometimes crudely stereotypical reads by turns like a travel guide and a crash course in psychological warfare. It is very much a document of the period, revealing as much about British wartime attitudes towards Germany as it does about British hopes and fears. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Dimension: 166 x 108 x 13. Weight: 110.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243518
- ISBN
- 9781851243518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.36
€ 7.36
Hardcover. 1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of America's strategy to defeat Japan. In the pithy prose of the soldier's pocketbook series, this guide captures the essence of Australians, their vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable humour. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 72 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 104 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. 72 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. 1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of America's strategy to defeat Japan. In the pithy prose of the soldier's pocketbook series, this guide captures the essence of Australians, their vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable humour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWT. Dimension: 121 x 148 x 10. Weight: 100.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243952
- ISBN
- 9781851243952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.36
€ 7.36
Hardcover. Illustrated with delightfully evocative cartoons and written in a direct, colloquial style, this gem from 1945 is by turns amusing, shocking and thought-provoking in its valiant stand against prejudice and stereotype. Num Pages: 116 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBWQ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240395
- ISBN
- 9781851240395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.69
€ 5.69
hardcover. In 1942 the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the 'British, their country, and their ways'. By turns hilarious and poignant, many observations remain quaintly relevant today. Reproduced in a style reminiscent of the era, this is a wonderfully evocative war-time memento. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 218 x 9. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851240852
- ISBN
- 9781851240852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.66
€ 7.66
hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Press, The United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781595586810
- ISBN
- 9781595586810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.74
€ 36.99
€ 32.74
Hardcover. The opening photograph is of the gun that fired the first shot of the war. The final photograph is of an audio recording showing the arrival of silence on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. This book offers a chronology of events and a historical summary, together with detailed captions for every picture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 296 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3254.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224096553
- ISBN
- 9780224096553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.54
€ 51.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBWS2; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422236
- ISBN
- 9780821422236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Like new.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007488964
- ISBN
- 9780007488964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KTG0007671
- ISBN
- 9780007488964
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Tank Spotter's Guide". Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849082228
- ISBN
- 9781849082228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.42
€ 9.99
€ 8.42
Hardback. Battles of the Nachtjagd traces the parallel developments in RAF night-bombing and night-fighting in the Luftwaffe, from the pioneering efforts on both sides in this new form of airwar up to the climax of the strategic bombing offensive in 1945 and the simultaneous introduction of the Me 262 jet in the German night fighter army. Num Pages: 348 pages, over 420 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 226 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1952. The Night Airwar Over Europe 1939-1945. 348 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Dimension: 284 x 226 x 40. Weight: 1952.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- SKU
- V9780764325243
- ISBN
- 9780764325243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74€ 57.71
€ 63.74
€ 57.71