Civil War Surgeon: Biography of James Langstaff Dunn, MD
ISBN: 9781420882056 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a Biography of James Langstaff Dunn, MD, Civil War Surgeon and unwavering Patriot, from Medical Student 1846 to War End 1865. A modern doctor, Paul B Kerr, MD, obtained 140 letters Dunn wrote to his dear wife, Temperance, and children, from his College and War years. Dr Kerr interprets the letters as relates to surgery, diseases, tent life, prisons, hospitals and logistics in the light of life and medicine today, and his own experiences in Army Medicine in WW II and Korea. Dr Kerr also discusses the knowledge of anesthesia in the 1800s, and how it evolved during 40 years of his...
This book is a Biography of James Langstaff Dunn, MD, Civil War Surgeon and unwavering Patriot, from Medical Student 1846 to War End 1865. A modern do...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
ISBN: 9781421838854 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Napoleon, finding his proffers of peace rejected by England with contumely and scorn, and declined by Austria, now prepared, with his wonted energy, to repel the assaults of the allies. As he sat in his cabinet at the Tuileries, the thunders of their unre
Napoleon, finding his proffers of peace rejected by England with contumely and scorn, and declined by Austria, now prepared, with his wonted energy, t...
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Escort Carriers in the Pacific
ISBN: 9781553693284 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Escort carriers in The pacific covers the many different and difficult assignments that the CVEs were called upon to perform during WW II. These include;
Transporting replacement aircraft to all pacific ports Furnishing replacement planes to the fast carriers Providing ASP/CAP while other CVEs transported panes, aviation stores and aviation gasoline etc, to the fast carriers Convoy duty / furnishing ASP/CAP to ships in convoy (combat or freighters0 Invasion duty / furnishing ASP/CAP and air support to invading troops-beachheads Hunter-Killer group / furnishing ASP/CAP to... Escort carriers in The pacific covers the many different and difficult assignments that the CVEs were called upon to perform during WW II. These inclu...
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113,53 zł |
Submarine Diary: The Silent Stalking of Japan
ISBN: 9781557505828 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
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145,45 zł |
James Louis Petigru: Southern Conservative, Southern Dissenter
ISBN: 9781570034916 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the three decades before the Civil War, James Louis Petigru became the dean of the South Carolina bar and Charleston's leading exponent of the constitutional conservatism that placed federal union above state rights, the economic views that underlay Whig politics, and the liberal vision of individual rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights. In the only modern biography of Petigru, William H. and Jane H. Pease trace the rise to social and professional preeminence that not only placed him among South Carolina's elite but also gave him national visibility. In doing so, they explore the...
In the three decades before the Civil War, James Louis Petigru became the dean of the South Carolina bar and Charleston's leading exponent of the cons...
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113,89 zł |
Texian Odyssey: The Life and Times of a Forgotten Patriot of the Republic of Texas: Colonel Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock
ISBN: 9781571686862 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock had fortunate beginnings as the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. But he would not take the easy route in life. His personal odyssey would lead him through poverty in pioneer Ohio, climactic battles in the War of 1812, law studies in Kentucky, peril on the Arkansas frontier, and finally, in 1824, an arduous journey to a new land that would define the man: Texas. There he became a settler with Robertson's Colony and subsequently led a life of adventure as a captain of the Texas Rangers, silver miner, founder of a fort and town, Indian agent, surveyor,...
Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock had fortunate beginnings as the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. But he would not take the easy route in li...
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106,89 zł |
For Honor, Flag, and Family: Civil War Major General Samuel W. Crawford, 1827-1892
ISBN: 9781572493728 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of Samuel Crawford's life and the turbulent events he experienced help us understand the Civil War period from the viewpoint of a complex and compassionate doctor-turned-general.
The story of Samuel Crawford's life and the turbulent events he experienced help us understand the Civil War period from the viewpoint of a complex an...
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85,47 zł |
Eisenhower: Soldier-Statesman of the American Century
ISBN: 9781574885415 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dwight David Eisenhower proudly claimed that he -came from the very heart of America.- Yet it could be argued that, despite those provincial beginnings, no other American exerted more influence on world history during the twentieth century. From his humble birth in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower rose to the supreme command of the Allied armies that helped destroy Adolf Hitler's Nazi war machine and to the presidency of the United States. Douglas Kinnard's profile of this great soldier-statesman describes his rise through the ranks of the peacetime army of the 1920s and 1930s the recognition of...
Dwight David Eisenhower proudly claimed that he -came from the very heart of America.- Yet it could be argued that, despite those provincial beginning...
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Witness to Annihilation: Surviving The Holocaust
ISBN: 9781574885750 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rich in detail . . . an important contribution to the literature of the Holocaust," Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of "Night"
"Rich in detail . . . an important contribution to the literature of the Holocaust," Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of "Night"
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94,04 zł |
Villa: Soldier of the Mexican Revolution
ISBN: 9781574886627 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Starting with twenty-eight followers, Francisco Pancho Villa rose out of banditry to become a dynamic strategist who mastered the tactical use of a diverse array of weapons, including modern railroads and cavalry, to contest control of Mexico. In his early days as a brigand, the peasantry idolized him because he often gave them the largesse of his raids on the wealthy haciendas. His military career began in 1910 during the Mexican Revolution, and by the time of his defeat at the Battle of Celaya in 1915 he commanded 15,000 horsemen. Villa could be a generous patron to his loyal followers but...
Starting with twenty-eight followers, Francisco Pancho Villa rose out of banditry to become a dynamic strategist who mastered the tactical use of a di...
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72,62 zł |
New Heavens: My Life as a Fighter Pilot and a Founder of the Israel Air Force
ISBN: 9781574886795 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although Boris Senior may not be well known outside Israel, he played an important, even vital, part in the formation of the Israel Air Force (IAF) and in the 1948 War of Independence. Those who are familiar with his efforts and dedication have an abiding respect and appreciation for this transplanted South African who nearly died when shot down on a mission in 1945 for the Royal Air Force.
Leaving the RAF after World War II, Senior dedicated himself to the formation of the state of Israel by joining the Irgun to fight British control of Palestine. Originally undertaking... Although Boris Senior may not be well known outside Israel, he played an important, even vital, part in the formation of the Israel Air Force (IAF) an...
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111,17 zł |
Unsung Valor: A Gi's Story of World War II
ISBN: 9781578066155 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When drafted into the army in 1943, A. Cleveland Harrison was a reluctant eighteen-year-old Arkansas student sure that he would not make a good soldier. But inside thirty months he manfully bore arms and more. This book is his memoir about becoming a soldier, a common infantryman among the ranks of those who truly won the war. After the Allied victory in 1945, books by and about the major statesmen, generals, and heroes of World War II appeared regularly. Yet millions of American soldiers who helped achieve and secure victory slipped silently into civilian life, trying to forget the war... When drafted into the army in 1943, A. Cleveland Harrison was a reluctant eighteen-year-old Arkansas student sure that he would not make a good sol... |
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A Testament of Revolution
ISBN: 9781585446421 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Terse, staccato, like a dispatch from the front, Bela Liptak's A Testament of Revolution peels away more than four decades of intervening history to give readers a vivid, firsthand look at the brief, doomed struggle of Hungarian freedom fighters against Russian oppressors. Written in 1956 in an Austrian refugee camp, where the author had fled to escape reprisals for his role in the short-lived rebellion, Liptak's memoir compellingly sketches the conflict between university students, factory workers, and Hungarian nationalists on one side and the hated Hungarian secret police and Russian army...
Terse, staccato, like a dispatch from the front, Bela Liptak's A Testament of Revolution peels away more than four decades of intervening history to g...
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The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944
ISBN: 9781586484620 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II; dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings; told by a former U.S. Special Forces colonel with unique access to surviving veterans.
The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II; dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landin...
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Writings of John D. Lee: Including His Autobiography, Eyewitness Accounts of That Important Event in Mormon History, the Mountain Meadows Massa
ISBN: 9781587360817 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This selection from the writings of John Doyle Lee include his autobiography, his confession (regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre), letters, poems, last words for his families, as well as related historical documents regarding his arrest, trials, and execution.
This selection from the writings of John Doyle Lee include his autobiography, his confession (regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre), letters, poems...
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132,59 zł |
Writings of John D. Lee: Including His Autobiography, Eyewitness Accounts of That Important Event in Mormon History, the Mountain Meadows Massa
ISBN: 9781587360824 / Angielski / Twarda / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This selection from the writings of John Doyle Lee include his autobiography, his confession (regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre), letters, poems, last words for his families, as well as related historical documents regarding his arrest, trials and execution.
This selection from the writings of John Doyle Lee include his autobiography, his confession (regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre), letters, poems...
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196,85 zł |
Do Bar Fights Count? How to Write Your Military Stories
ISBN: 9781591139171 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cook coaches active and former military personnel to write their stories in this entertaining and easy to use guide. The military veteran author explains how every warrior can become a writer by completing her writing assignments.
Cook coaches active and former military personnel to write their stories in this entertaining and easy to use guide. The military veteran author expla...
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86,12 zł |
Taiwan's Statesman: Lee Teng-Hui and Democracy in Asia
ISBN: 9781591144274 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A well-known observer of Taiwan and Asian history and culture provides an insightful biography of Lee Teng Hui, the pro-democracy statesman and former president of the Republic of China. As head of the Taiwanese government from 1988 to 2000, Lee managed, without violence or major civil unrest, to reform the authoritarian state into a constitutional democracy with a multi-party political system. This examination of Lee's success puts to rest the idea that Asian values support only authoritarian regimes and reject human rights and political democracy in favor of economic success and military... A well-known observer of Taiwan and Asian history and culture provides an insightful biography of Lee Teng Hui, the pro-democracy statesman and for... |
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171,42 zł |
Gentlemen from Hell: Men of the 487th Bomb Group: Leaders of the Largest Eighth Air Force Mission of World War II
ISBN: 9781596521971 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a touching compilation of personal accounts of the men who served in the 487th Bomb Group during World War II. These accounts exemplify the dedication and sacrifice these men made in the face of grave danger while serving their country during the largest 8th Air Force mission during the Battle of the Bulge. It's been 60 years since these men left a portion of their youth in various parts of Europe, but their words make it feel lke WWII ended only yesterday. From humor to heartache, the reader runs the gamut of emotions when living vicariously through the stories of the brave men...
This book is a touching compilation of personal accounts of the men who served in the 487th Bomb Group during World War II. These accounts exemplify t...
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Messages from Babylon
ISBN: 9781601450241 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Messages from Babylon is a diary of life in a combat zone, and provides an insider's story of Colonel Whitehead's experiences with the Marines and the twenty eight nation Multinational Division that replaced the Marines at Camp Babylon.
Messages from Babylon is a diary of life in a combat zone, and provides an insider's story of Colonel Whitehead's experiences with the Marines and the...
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86,12 zł |