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To Conquer a Peace: The War Between the United States and Mexico
ISBN: 9780890963319 / Angielski / Miękka / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The text of this book represents not a catalogue of names, dates, and statistics of the war between the United States and Mexico but an attempt to tell the story of that conflict and to depict its color, drama, tragedy, and meaning mainly through the use of ten principal characters who participated in the war and who left behind written accounts.
Some men in government during the administration of James K. Polk used a four-word maxim to describe the goal of the United States in the war against Mexico, which resulted from years of bickering and bitterness between the two nations. A... The text of this book represents not a catalogue of names, dates, and statistics of the war between the United States and Mexico but an attempt to tel...
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116,78 |
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Brownsville Raid
ISBN: 9780890965283 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Around midnight on August 13, 1906, shots rang out on the road between Brownsville, Texas, and Fort Brown, the old army garrison. Ten minutes later a young civilian lay dead, and angry residents swarmed the streets, convinced their homes had been terrorized by newly arrived soldiers. Inside Fort Brown, the alarm was sounded. Soldiers leaped from their bunks and grabbed their rifles, thinking they were under attack by hostile townspeople. The soldiers were black; the civilians were white.
Still proclaiming their innocence, 167 black infantrymen of the segregated Twenty-fifth Infantry... Around midnight on August 13, 1906, shots rang out on the road between Brownsville, Texas, and Fort Brown, the old army garrison. Ten minutes later a ...
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87,06 |
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Doniphan's Expedition
ISBN: 9780890967959 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A teacher turned soldier, John T. Hughes like so many other volunteers saw in the outbreak of the Mexican War the possibilities for personal adventure and national glory. He joined the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers and announced that he planned to write a history of his fighting unit commanded by Col. Alexander Doniphan, who would come to be regarded as among the finest volunteer officers of the war. The result of Hughes's efforts certainly is one of the most colorful personal accounts of the Mexican War ever written. Doniphan's Expedition follows the regiment on its grueling...
A teacher turned soldier, John T. Hughes like so many other volunteers saw in the outbreak of the Mexican War the possibilities for personal adventure...
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63,23 |
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After the Trenches: The Transformation of U.S. Army Doctrine, 1918-1939
ISBN: 9780890968383 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the development of combat doctrine between the world wars through an examination of the army's primary doctrine manuals, the Field Service Regulations.
Traces the development of combat doctrine between the world wars through an examination of the army's primary doctrine manuals, the Field Service Regu...
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184,98 |
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The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession
ISBN: 9780890969250 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis dispatched Maj. Richard Delafield, Maj. Alfred Mordecai, and Capt. George B. McClellan to the battlefields of Crimea to observe the European military in action. American military commanders had studied European armies before, but the Delafield Commission was the most ambitious military observation mission up to that time, and the first to observe an on-going war. Although historically underrated, the commission and the members' reports constituted an important step in the development of U.S. military professionalism. In "The Delafield Commission and...
In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis dispatched Maj. Richard Delafield, Maj. Alfred Mordecai, and Capt. George B. McClellan to the battlefields o...
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194,71 |
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Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades
ISBN: 9780898754988 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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160,52 |
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United States Army Logistics 1775-1992: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780898755305 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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104,87 |
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U.S. Army Special Warfare, Its Origins: Psychological and Unconventional Warfare, 1941-1952
ISBN: 9780898758436 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,28 |
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The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program: 1954-1974
ISBN: 9780930751098 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974" is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes the development of the U-2, why half of all UFO sightings during the text years were actually U-2 sightings, U-2 flights over Russia, and more.
"The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974" is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes the develop...
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149,82 |
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The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program: 1954-1974
ISBN: 9780930751104 / Angielski / Miękka / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the development of the U-2 which was half jet-half glider; why half of all UFO sightings during the text years of the U-2 were actually U-2 sightings; U-2 flights over Russia (the Francis Gary Powers shoot-down in May, 1960), flights over the Soviet Vloc, the Middle East, Asia, North Vietnam and Latin America and the geopolitical significance of high-flight spy planes. This is the first commercial publication of these formerly Top Secret files.
The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the developm...
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107,02 |
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The Civil War Book of Lists: Over 300 Lists from the Sublime to the Ridiculous
ISBN: 9780938289432 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the handiest one-volume sources of information ever assembled. Serious, and surprisingly hard to find, information on the nation and its people is interspersed with the many colorful characters and incidents so often associated with this dramatic conflict.
One of the handiest one-volume sources of information ever assembled. Serious, and surprisingly hard to find, information on the nation and its people...
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96,26 |
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American Military History: Vol. 1: 1776-1902
ISBN: 9780938289708 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Military Historycuts to the heart of each war or military campaign in American history. Originally designed with future United States Army officers in mind, this is a true nuts and bolts approach to military history. Volume 1 of this landmark work offers a unique opportunity to learn the principles of war as seen by the current U.S. military leadership. The smaller campaigns and simpler world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are utilized by the authors to go into greater depth on the principles of war followed or violated by American commanders during the early wars...
American Military Historycuts to the heart of each war or military campaign in American history. Originally designed with future United States ...
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140,02 |
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American Military History, Vol. 2: 1902-1996
ISBN: 9780938289715 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Military History makes available to a civilian audience for the first time a comprehensive view of the parallel development of the American military and the American nation, evaluated in light of the nine principles of war currently recognized by the U.S. military. Volume 2 of this influential work takes the American people and their armed forces in the wider world of the twentieth century, with its global commitments, multi-national operations and mass citizen armies. The decade leading up to 1917 is seen in light of the mixed results of the Spanish-American War, with the...
American Military History makes available to a civilian audience for the first time a comprehensive view of the parallel development of the Ame...
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Marine Corps Book of Lists: A Definitive Compendium of Marine Corps Facts, Feats, and Traditions
ISBN: 9780938289890 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States Marine Corps is America's best-known military unit, and perhaps the most famous in the world. It is the nation's oldest unit, as far as recognition by Congress goes, and has been almost continually engaged in active operations for all its existence, when other branches of service were on peacetime status.Such a long and varied service, and the type of personnel required for such an elite unit, have produced a trove of lore and legendary unparalleled in the world. Albert A. Nofi, the leading force behind Combined Books' acclaimed Civil War Book of Lists, has taken on...
The United States Marine Corps is America's best-known military unit, and perhaps the most famous in the world. It is the nation's oldest unit, as far...
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96,26 |
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Derelicts
ISBN: 9780972324090 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,61 |
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1812: Rediscovering Chesapeake Bay's Forgotten War
ISBN: 9780974768526 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. REDISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN WAR From the creation of The Star Spangled Banner to Uncle Sam, the War of 1812 left a lasting legacy. The true story of that war is largely forgotten today. This book sets out to explore America's Second War of Independence in the Chesapeake Bay region from today's perspective. Along the way you will meet War of 1812 re-enactors, salty sailors aboard the Pride of Baltimore II, archaeologists and backyard historians, and even a man who makes his living portraying President James Madison. Visit Fort McHenry, tour Baltimore's Star Spangled Banner Flag House and dig for...
REDISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN WAR From the creation of The Star Spangled Banner to Uncle Sam, the War of 1812 left a lasting legacy. The true story of that...
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53,51 |
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The Orderly Books of Major General Edward Braddock and Selected Correspondence of George Washington
ISBN: 9780974869018 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The daily orders of Major General Edward Braddock (1694-1755) were saved by then-captain George Washington and published in 1878. The originals, along with most of Washington's papers, are held by the Library of Congress. This reprint also includes selected correspondence of Washington's in relation to the Ohio Expedition of 1755.
The daily orders of Major General Edward Braddock (1694-1755) were saved by then-captain George Washington and published in 1878. The originals, along...
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128,21 |
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Fort McIntosh, Fort Pitt, Logstown: Three Historical Sketches
ISBN: 9780974869025 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fort McIntosh Fort McIntosh at the site of present-day Beaver, Pennsylvania, was built by General Lachlan McIntosh in 1778 as a staging ground for a planned military expedition in the west. Although the expedition was soon abandoned, Fort McIntosh remained occupied until 1785. Fort Pitt Fort Pitt was the Gateway to the West at the forks of the Ohio River Valley. Built in 1759 on the ruins of French Fort Duquesne, it served as an outpost for the British from 1759-1772. Occupied by the Americans, first by Virginian forces in 1773, then by troops of the Continental Army in 1777, Fort Pitt...
Fort McIntosh Fort McIntosh at the site of present-day Beaver, Pennsylvania, was built by General Lachlan McIntosh in 1778 as a staging ground for a p...
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128,21 |
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America's Line of Battle: Its Construction & History
ISBN: 9780977607211 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of the United States Navy's 15 Ships-of-the-Line--ships which were the battleships of their day that performed their duties in a workmanlike manner by showing American naval might around the world, visiting foreign ports to facilitate American trade, and deterring aggression towards United States interests.
This book tells the story of the United States Navy's 15 Ships-of-the-Line--ships which were the battleships of their day that performed their duties ...
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49,64 |
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Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond
ISBN: 9781400034574 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A veteran correspondent for "The Atlantic" explores how American imperialism is pursued and how the global war on terrorism is fought worldwide by America's elite military forces.
A veteran correspondent for "The Atlantic" explores how American imperialism is pursued and how the global war on terrorism is fought worldwide by Ame...
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80,26 |
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