wyszukanych pozycji: 9
The Greatest War: Vol II: D-Day and the Assault on Europe
ISBN: 9780446610476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day, and the advance of allied forces across Europe to the liberation of Paris.
Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines ...
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117,04 zł |
Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, the Gathering of Military Powers to Our Commanders in Chief
ISBN: 9780471696551 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq
What do these events and scores of others have in common? Each of these wars, incursions, invasions, and covert actions was undertaken by the United States without the benefit of a declaration of war. Where congressional sanction was sought, it usually took the form of a resolution, frequently issued after the fact. Presidents at War is the first book to examine all of America's... The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gu...
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129,87 zł |
Semper Fi in the Sky: The Marine Air Battles of World War II
ISBN: 9780891418771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Here, one of America's most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines' gallant defense of Wake Island, where Captain Henry "Baron" Elrod destroyed two enemy planes before joining the fight on the ground, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor in the last-ditch attempt to stave off the Japanese, to the Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal. Running the gamut from Second Lieutenant Alvin Jensen's...
Here, one of America's most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pi...
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112,75 zł |
The Greatest War: Vol I: From Pearl Harbour to the Kasserine Pass
ISBN: 9780446610469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the sneak attack that ignited the war with Japan to the Tunisian campaign against Rommel, this book puts you in the torpedo duels of Midway, the desperate struggle for Guadalcanal, and the first airborne drop into North Africa. THEIR WAR THEIR WORDS American fighting men engaged the enemy on land, at sea, and in the air. Now one of the nation's most acclaimed military historians presents an authoritative and dramatic three-volume oral history of World War II that is both richly sweeping and startlingly intimate. A gripping account of how American warriors, from buck privates to five-star...
From the sneak attack that ignited the war with Japan to the Tunisian campaign against Rommel, this book puts you in the torpedo duels of Midway, the ...
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112,71 zł |
The Jungle War: Mavericks, Marauders and Madmen in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
ISBN: 9780471273936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Praise FOR Gerald Astor
""No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor. . . . Great reading."" -Stephen Ambrose on The Mighty Eighth ""Gerald Astor has proven himself a master. Here, World War II is brought to life through the hammer blows of their airborne triumphs and fears."" -J. Robert Moskin, author of Mr. Truman's War, on The Mighty Eighth ""Astor captures the fire and passion of those tens of thousands of U.S. airmen who flew through the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe."" -Stephen Coonts on The Mighty Eighth ""Oral history at its... Praise FOR Gerald Astor
""No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor. . . . Great reading."" -Stephen Ambrose on The Mighty Eighth "... |
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173,24 zł |
The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Huertgen: September 1944-January 1945
ISBN: 9780891418559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 393 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Hurtgen Forest, a fifty-square mile tract of extremely inhospitable terrain.
For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Hurtgen Forest, a fifty-square mile tract of extremely inhospitab...
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108,41 zł |
The Greatest War: v. 3: Battle of the Bulge to Hiroshima
ISBN: 9780446610483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Written by award-winning journalist, acclaimed historian and World War II veteran Gerald Astor, THE GREATEST WAR III is an American combat history of World War II told largely in the words of the soldiers, airmen and marines who fought - and ultimately emerged victorious from - this battle. In the third volume, Astor highlights the exploits of General MacArthur in the Phillipines and General Patton in Germany and takes the reader from the Battle of the Bulge to the bombing of Hiroshima, and up through the end of the war. It is a gripping narrative of unparalleled courage, honour and glory...
Written by award-winning journalist, acclaimed historian and World War II veteran Gerald Astor, THE GREATEST WAR III is an American combat history of ...
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121,38 zł |
The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military
ISBN: 9780306810312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the birth of the United States, African American men and women have fought and died in defense of a nation that has often denied them many fundamental rights of citizenship. Now Gerald Astor has chronicled their efforts and accomplishments in this critically acclaimed survey. From Crispus Attucks, the first casualty of the American Revolution, to fighters on both sides of the Civil War, Astor moves to the postwar Indian campaigns and the infamous Brownsville riot. He also documents the prejudices and grievous wrongs that have kept African Americans from service--and finally traces their...
From the birth of the United States, African American men and women have fought and died in defense of a nation that has often denied them many fundam...
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112,71 zł |
Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, the Gathering of Military Powers to Our Commanders in Chief
ISBN: 9781684423514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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77,84 zł |