wyszukanych pozycji: 275
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A History of Britain in 100 Maps
ISBN: 9780712354714 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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202,23 |
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Naval Warfare: A Global History Since 1860
ISBN: 9781442276314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The modern age of naval warfare began with the combination of steam power, iron warships, and modern artillery, which launched an intense period of international competition. Tracing naval warfare from the 1860s into the future, noted historian Jeremy Black provides a dynamic account of strategy and warfare worldwide. He focuses on the interplay of technological development, geopolitics, and resource issues to assess not only the role of leading powers but all those involved in naval conflict. Emphasizing conflict and changes since 1945 and, notably, since the end of the Cold War, the author...
The modern age of naval warfare began with the combination of steam power, iron warships, and modern artillery, which launched an intense period of in...
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192,13 |
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The Game Is Afoot: The Enduring World of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781538161463 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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93,58 |
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The Cold War: A Military History
ISBN: 9781474217996 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used to analyse everything from comics to pro-natalist policies, and science fiction to gender politics. This range has great value, but also poses problems, notably by diluting the focus on war of a certain type, and by exacerbating a lack of precision in definition and analysis. The Cold War: A Military History is the first survey of the period to focus on the diplomatic and military confrontation and conflict. Jeremy Black begins his overview in 1917 and covers the... The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used to analyse everything from comics ... |
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689,87 |
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War in Europe: 1450 to the Present
ISBN: 9781474235020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. War in Europe is an overview of war and military development in Europe since 1450, bringing together the work of a renowned historian of modern European and military history in a single authoritative volume. Beginning with the impact of the Reformation and continuing up to the present day, Jeremy Black discusses the following key themes: long-term military developments, notably in the way war is waged and battle conducted War in Europe is an overview of war and military development in Europe since 1450, bringing together the work of a renowned historian of mod... |
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142,85 |
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Britain's Imperial Histories
ISBN: 9781587310874 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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108,95 |
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The Great War and the Making of the Modern World
ISBN: 9781350211421 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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88,65 |
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The Power of Knowledge: How Information and Technology Made the Modern World
ISBN: 9780300208672 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A thought-provoking analysis of how the acquisition and utilization of information has determined the course of history over the past five centuries and shaped the world as we know it today
Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country's ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive perspective, focusing on the relationship between information and society and demonstrating how the... A thought-provoking analysis of how the acquisition and utilization of information has determined the course of history over the past five centurie...
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129,68 |
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The World in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780582472846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the vantage point of the 21st century, this short history looks back to the age of extremes. Jeremy Black goes beyond the two world wars to focus on the great themes of the 20th century: the crisis of the earth's environment, religion, fundamentalism and politics.
From the vantage point of the 21st century, this short history looks back to the age of extremes. Jeremy Black goes beyond the two world wars to focus...
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197,05 |
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Britain and Europe: A Short History
ISBN: 9781787381186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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127,52 |
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War and the Cultural Turn
ISBN: 9780745648347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and analytical approach to the history of warfare. Black takes the reader through the limits and prospects of culture as a tool for analyzing war, while also demonstrating the necessity of maintaining the context of alternative analytical matrices, such as technology.
Black sets out his unique approach to culture and warfare without making his paradigm into a straightjacket. He goes on to demonstrate the flexibility of his argument through a series of case studies which... In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and analytical approach to the ...
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88,13 |
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War in the Modern World Since 1815
ISBN: 9780415251402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Conflict is central to human history. It is often the cause, course and consequence of social, cultural and political change. Military history therefore has to be more than a technical analysis of armed conflict. This study addresses war as a cultural phenomenon, discusses its meaning in different societies and explores the various contexts of military action. Each chapter takes a geographic area and provides an in-depth analysis of its military history. Areas and subjects range from Japan and China to Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, breaking away from a Western focus on war history and...
Conflict is central to human history. It is often the cause, course and consequence of social, cultural and political change. Military history therefo...
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236,48 |
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Insurgency Warfare: A Global History to the Present
ISBN: 9781538179413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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177,35 |
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The Continental Commitment: Britain, Hanover and Interventionism 1714-1793
ISBN: 9780415646994 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Recent debates about British political and military strategies, derived in particular from dissension about Britain's relationship with Europe and from disagreement over the Iraq War, has led to a greater awareness of the problematic nature of the concept of 'national interests'. The text covers this issue.
Recent debates about British political and military strategies, derived in particular from dissension about Britain's relationship with Europe and fro...
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270,97 |
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The Geographies of War
ISBN: 9781399015912 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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111,23 |
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Naval Power: A History of Warfare and the Sea from 1500 onwards
ISBN: 9780230202795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jeremy Black provides ashort and accessible account of naval power and its relationship to international relations.Focusing on navies as instruments of power and analyzing what they indicate about the nature of state systems and cultures, he provides an overview of key debates withinthisincreasingly popularfield."
Jeremy Black provides ashort and accessible account of naval power and its relationship to international relations.Focusing on navies as instruments o...
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542,04 |
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The Tory World: Deep History and the Tory Theme in British Foreign Policy, 1679-2014
ISBN: 9781138703612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Political decisions are never taken in a vacuum but are shaped both by current events and historical context. In other words, long-term developments and patterns in which the accumulated memory of what came earlier, can greatly (and sometimes subconsciously) influence subsequent policy choices. Working forward from the later seventeenth century, this book explores the deep history of the changing and competing understandings within the Tory party of the role Britain has aspired to play on a world stage. Conservatism has long been one of the major British political tendencies, committed to the...
Political decisions are never taken in a vacuum but are shaped both by current events and historical context. In other words, long-term developments a...
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275,90 |
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Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost
ISBN: 9781472145109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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75,80 |
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The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen
ISBN: 9780803262409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The adventures and antics of James Bond have provided the world with many of the most gripping story lines of the last half-century. Fleming's novels were bestsellers in their day, and the Bond films have been even more popular, becoming the most enduring and successful film franchise in history. By some estimates, half of the world's population has seen a James Bond movie. A fascinating and accessible account of this global phenomenon, The Politics of James Bond uses the plots and characterizations in the novels and the blockbuster films to place Bond in a historical, cultural, and political...
The adventures and antics of James Bond have provided the world with many of the most gripping story lines of the last half-century. Fleming's novels ...
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73,87 |
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Volume III Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9781032423920 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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206,91 |