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War & defence operations
Paperback. The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWII Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BGA; JWLF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304361564
- ISBN
- 9780304361564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardback. The first truly global history of the Napoleonic Wars, arguably the first world war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBLL; JW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199951062
- ISBN
- 9780199951062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.85
€ 43.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. The full story of the most terrible siege in history when over a million people perished, illustrated by pictures recently released from Russian archives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366729
- ISBN
- 9780304366729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. The politics of legitimacy is central to international relations. When states perceive an international organization as legitimate, they defer to it, associate themselves with it, and invoke its symbols. Examining the United Nations Security Council, this book demonstrates how legitimacy is created, used, and contested in international relations. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138343
- ISBN
- 9780691138343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. At the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare. Their great offensives against Germany had been calamitous, leaving hundreds of thousands of young men dead and wounded for negligible territorial gains. This book retells the story of 1918. It goes to the very roots of this instrumental turning point in modern history. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141020792
- ISBN
- 9780141020792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 14.93
€ 24.99
€ 14.93
Paperback. A selection of the History Book Club, this book talks about the historical circumstances and political conditions of the contending adversaries, the strategic thinking and the personalities of the military commanders, the tactical manoeuvring on the field of battle, the role of armaments and technology, and the performance of the soldiers. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217073
- ISBN
- 9780253217073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.19
€ 46.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811710770
- ISBN
- 9780811710770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.02
€ 23.99
€ 19.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 220 photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403408
- ISBN
- 9780887403408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.81
€ 36.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History is the essential guide to the most intense, dramatic, important, and extraordinary conflicts that have occurred over the last five millennia. Editor(s): Grant, R. G. Series: 1001. Num Pages: 960 pages, 600 colour and black & white images. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 163 x 72. Weight in Grams: 1926. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0000693
- ISBN
- 9781844036967
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.13
€ 7.13
Paperback. Dien Bien Phu, in 1954, was the great climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the defeat of the French colonial regime by the Viet Minh nationalists. This book is an account of that great battle, by a leading defence analyst who was himself an eye-witness. Series: History of War S. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 maps, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc.
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781574888409
- ISBN
- 9781574888409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.67
€ 14.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. This book develops and explains the theory of maneuver warfare and offers specific tactical, operational, and organizational recommendations for improving ground combat forces. Num Pages: 152 pages, figures, notes, biblio, appendix. BIC Classification: JWL; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865318625
- ISBN
- 9780865318625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.24
€ 76.24
Paperback. This readable and authoritative history of the unit reveals their important role in the Second World War. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457093
- ISBN
- 9780752457093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
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
Hardback. Shows how ordinary men on both sides endured the constant state of siege, with a very real awareness that they were being gradually felled. This book tells the story of ordinary men in the grip of an extraordinary global power struggle. It also examines the culpability of governments and military commanders in a catastrophe. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857525291
- ISBN
- 9780857525291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 16.78
€ 29.99
€ 16.78
Paperback. In Israel, hundreds of soldiers called up to take part in controversial campaigns or assignments have refused orders. This text presents the stories, experiences, viewpoints and poetry, of these officers and ordinary footsoldiers, men and women, from every ethnic background and class. Editor(s): Kidron, Peretz. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GTJ; JPVH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781842774519
- ISBN
- 9781842774519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Hardcover. The culmination of an extraordinary literary project that Herbert Hoover launched during World War II, his magnum opus - at last published nearly fifty years after its completion - offers a revisionist reexamination of the war and its cold war aftermath and a sweeping indictment of the 'lost statesmanship' of Franklin Roosevelt. Editor(s): Nash, George H. Num Pages: 1080 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817912345
- ISBN
- 9780817912345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.22
€ 219.22
Paperback. The daring British air raid that inspired the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366828
- ISBN
- 9780304366828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. From a brutal Attila the Hun who went down to defeat on the Catalaunian Fienls, to an overbearing French artillery colonel at Dien Bien Phu; from the stout walls of Constantinople to a skimpy mealie-bag wall at Rorke's Drift; it was always an incident that decided the outcome of battle. This book discusses the hinges of battle. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 b/w map diagrams. BIC Classification: HBG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340819784
- ISBN
- 9780340819784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Omaha beach attracts over one and a half million visitors yearly, making it the most visited WW II battlefield site in Europe. This narrow strip of Normandy coastline was crucial to the successful outcome of Overlord - the largest amphibious operation in history - and to the WW II itself. This title presents the story of this area. Editor(s): McIlwain, John. Series: Military and Maritime. Num Pages: 24 pages, 18 Colour and 32 black and white pictures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841650968
- ISBN
- 9781841650968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99
€ 7.99
Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan that pitted the masters of the steppes against the noble Samurai. Using maps and illustrations, this title charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze that destroyed the Mongol fleet. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 8. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034565
- ISBN
- 9781846034565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.16
€ 20.99
€ 15.16