wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Happy Years...and Many More
ISBN: 9781603500326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,48 zł |
Regulars: The American Army, 1898-1941
ISBN: 9780674024021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished. Coffman has spent years immersed in the official records, personal papers, memoirs, and biographies of regular army men, including such famous leaders as George Marshall, George Patton,... In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years la... |
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169,96 zł |
The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I
ISBN: 9780813109558 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The War to End All Wars is considered by many to be the best single account of America's participation in World War I. Covering famous battles, the birth of the air force, naval engagements, the War Department, and experiences of the troops, this indispensable volume is again available in paperback for students and general readers. The War to End All Wars is considered by many to be the best single account of America's participation in World War I. Covering famous batt... |
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174,28 zł |
The Embattled Past: Reflections on Military History
ISBN: 9780813142661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Internationally recognized for having reinvigorated and redefined his field, distinguished military historian Edward M. Coffman is a dedicated and much-admired teacher and mentor. In The Embattled Past, several of his most important essays have been assembled into a collection that serves as an essential reference to the discipline and an initiation to the study of military history for aspiring scholars. Coffman's introduction to the volume charts his own professional journey and sets the book within the larger context of Americans' attitudes toward their military, both inside and outside of...
Internationally recognized for having reinvigorated and redefined his field, distinguished military historian Edward M. Coffman is a dedicated and muc...
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174,28 zł |
The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784-1898
ISBN: 9780195045550 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One of the most important works of military history published in the last decade, The Old Army is the only comprehensive study of the people who made up the "garrison world" in the peacetime intervals between the War for Independence and the Spanish-American War. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other primary documents, Edward M. Coffman vividly recreates the harsh, often lonely life of men, collected mostly from the streets of Northern cities, for whom enlistment was "a leap in the dark...a choice of evils." He pays special attention to the roles of women and children, as well as...
One of the most important works of military history published in the last decade, The Old Army is the only comprehensive study of the people ...
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795,10 zł |
The Lost Battalion
ISBN: 9780803276130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of America's involvement in World War I. Until World War II pushed the Lost Battalion out of the national memory with its own scenes of horror and heroism, mention of the unit's name summoned up what America admired in its soldiers: unpretentious courage, dogged resistance, and good cheer and adaptation under adversity. Thomas M. Johnson was a newspaperman and author who covered World War I. Fletcher Pratt was a historian and prolific author. Edward M. Coffman is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of America's involvement in World War I. Until World War II pushed the Lost Battalion out of ...
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83,42 zł |