Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War
ISBN: 9781631491467 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union soldiers returning triumphantly home. In a landmark work that challenges sterilized portraits accepted for generations, Civil War historian Brian Matthew Jordan creates an entirely new narrative. These veterans tending rotting wounds, battling alcoholism, campaigning for paltry pensions tragically realized that they stood as unwelcome reminders to a new America eager to heal, forget, and embrace the freewheeling bounty of the Gilded Age. Mining previously untapped archives,...
For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union soldiers returning triumphantly h...
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120,04 zł |
Military Finances: Personal Money Management for Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
ISBN: 9781442256866 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Military Finances is essential reading for any soldier, veteran, or military family member concerned with their financial future. Members of the military often have a tough time handling their finances, whether it be while serving active duty or when returning to civilian life; and our uncertain economy and job market only magnify those issues. Many serving in the military are young, with little or no training in financial affairs, and face frequent deployments and relocations--all of which can wreak havoc on a person's finances. This book provides a one-stop guide to navigating the many...
Military Finances is essential reading for any soldier, veteran, or military family member concerned with their financial future. Members of the milit...
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80,27 zł |
Silent Heroes
ISBN: 9781681621722 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Silent Heroes is an amazing tribute to the bravery of American servicemen during the early years of World War II. The author has compiled his extensive research on many of the American pilots and crews that went down over occupied Czechoslovakia during February through July of 1944 and produced a touching book worthy of the soldiers it describes. Silent Heroes, Volume I is not about just one unit, but rather it is about the 8th - 9th
Silent Heroes is an amazing tribute to the bravery of American servicemen during the early years of World War II. The author has compiled his extensiv...
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47,03 zł |
Reminiscence
ISBN: 9781681623054 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifty-five years have passed since Al and Van fell in love as wartime sweethearts. He returned to the States and she returned to her home in Cardiff, Wales, where they both met other loves and married. They lost touch and now both of their spouses have passed away. Will these two lovers meet again? Al Enlow shares his wartime expereinces and his memories of his wartime sweetheart, Van, in Reminiscence. You will laugh and cry over this nostalgic remembrance of days gone by.
Fifty-five years have passed since Al and Van fell in love as wartime sweethearts. He returned to the States and she returned to her home in Cardiff, ...
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34,15 zł |
The Regiment: 15 Years in the SAS
ISBN: 9781472817372 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown for some of the most dramatic, dangerous, and controversial special operations of the 20th century. It is a secretive and mysterious unit, whose operations and internal structures are hidden from the public eye. Now, one of its longest-serving veterans offers a glimpse inside its shadowy world. Rusty Firmin spent 15 years with 'The Regiment' and was a key figure in the Iranian Embassy siege in May 1980, the planned attack on Argentina during the Falklands War, and the secret conflict between the SAS and...
From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown for some of the most dramatic, dangerous, and controversial sp...
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51,58 zł |
Captured by the Enemy: The True Story of POW Carl Leroy Good
ISBN: 9781512083330 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,10 zł |
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief, PT. 0-17, Revised as of July 1, 2015 (Revised)
ISBN: 9780160929229 / Angielski / Miękka / 872 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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317,45 zł |
Military Order of the Stars and Bars (65th Anniversary Edition): 1938-2003
ISBN: 9781681622972 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Military Order of the Stars and Bars was founded in 1938 to honor the Confederate Officer Corps and the government officials of the Confederacy. Members are all lineal or collateral descendants from these two groups. The majority of members have also served in the armed forces of the United States. Members are loyal Americans whose mission is to honor their ancestors and Southern heritage.
The Military Order of the Stars and Bars was founded in 1938 to honor the Confederate Officer Corps and the government officials of the Confederacy. M...
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120,04 zł |
Wn62: Mémoires À Omaha Beach Normandie, 6 Juin 1944
ISBN: 9782840484264 / Francuski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. French TextIn his moving autobiography, Heinrich Severloh recounts the largest amphibious landing operation in history. Severloh describes when the Allies, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, launched their dawn offensive on the Normandy coast against the Atlantic Wall with 7,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft. Severloh was positioned in his battle station on the fulcrum of 62 WN (Widerstandsnest 62), and for nine hours he fired his gun on the GI's who were on the beach over 2,000 of them will not return.In a ruthless and vividly told account, Severloh describes these dramatic hours during which 34,000 GIs...
French TextIn his moving autobiography, Heinrich Severloh recounts the largest amphibious landing operation in history. Severloh describes when the Al...
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85,68 zł |
Dancing with Fate: Tom and Bette spurn Rommel and the Blitz
ISBN: 9781460271735 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All my family lived in England during World War II. Some were abroad and fighting, others tried to live as normal a life as possible, in bomb-ravaged London and surrounds. Aunty Bette died in 2009. She was the last survivor. When she married Tom Gale in 1973 and he started telling me about his exploits during the war, I had to tell the stories. If I didn't write about them and it was my turn to leave this world, they would all be lost. Imagine 4,000 troops sent into the Battle of Calais and being one of only 35 survivors. Then against Rommel in North Africa and being captured, twice. How...
All my family lived in England during World War II. Some were abroad and fighting, others tried to live as normal a life as possible, in bomb-ravaged ...
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81,55 zł |
Dancing with Fate: Tom and Bette spurn Rommel and the Blitz
ISBN: 9781460271728 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All my family lived in England during World War II. Some were abroad and fighting, others tried to live as normal a life as possible, in bomb-ravaged London and surrounds. Aunty Bette died in 2009. She was the last survivor. When she married Tom Gale in 1973 and he started telling me about his exploits during the war, I had to tell the stories. If I didn't write about them and it was my turn to leave this world, they would all be lost. Imagine 4,000 troops sent into the Battle of Calais and being one of only 35 survivors. Then against Rommel in North Africa and being captured, twice. How...
All my family lived in England during World War II. Some were abroad and fighting, others tried to live as normal a life as possible, in bomb-ravaged ...
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139,52 zł |
Military Order of the Stars and Bars (65th Anniversary Edition): 1938-2003
ISBN: 9781596520332 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,62 zł |
Military Life 101: Basic Training for New Military Families
ISBN: 9781442256019 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making the most of all your new military life has to offer can be difficult when you aren't familiar with what life in the military really means. Military Life 101: Basic Training for New Military Families answers many of the questions that service members and their family may have about life in and around the armed forces. Janet I. Farley addresses what to expect from life on the home front in the military and how this career path not only affects the service members but their families. This useful, concise guide effectively introduces new service members and their families to the culturally...
Making the most of all your new military life has to offer can be difficult when you aren't familiar with what life in the military really means. Mili...
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198,14 zł |
See Me for Who I Am: Student Veterans' Stories of War and Coming Home
ISBN: 9781944079017 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Because so few Americans have served in the military since 9/11--or even know anyone who has--many look to the media for information about veterans and military service. Popular news outlets, however, traffic in tragedy and often paint those who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan with one of three broad brushes: as superhuman; as broken, disabled, and traumatized; or as dangerous, ticking time bombs. See Me for Who I Am aims to undermine these stereotypes. It brings together twenty young student veterans working to bridge the media-created gap that divides them from the... Because so few Americans have served in the military since 9/11--or even know anyone who has--many look to the media for information about veterans... |
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The Deployment Toolkit: Military Families and Solutions for a Successful Long-Distance Relationship
ISBN: 9781442254282 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially when children are involved - but separation is now a modern day military reality. Those unfamiliar with the military may not understand the nuances of short term versus long-term deployments. Those that do rarely gain exposure to successful strategies for handling deployments when family, such as young children, disabled or other special circumstances, are also involved. As a result, military families must learn to adapt to long-distance...
Deployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially...
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203,49 zł |
Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War
ISBN: 9780821422229 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wood s fascinating study of Vietnam veterans memoirs explores common themes and representations accurate and inaccurate of soldiers wartime experiences and how these narratives helped shape Americans collective memory of the war. This groundbreaking volume provides a unique perspective on America s most divisive military conflict since the Civil War. Kenneth L. Kusmer, author of "Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History"
Wood s fascinating study of Vietnam veterans memoirs explores common themes and representations accurate and inaccurate of soldiers wartime experience...
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366,28 zł |
Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War
ISBN: 9780821422236 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wood s fascinating study of Vietnam veterans memoirs explores common themes and representations accurate and inaccurate of soldiers wartime experiences and how these narratives helped shape Americans collective memory of the war. This groundbreaking volume provides a unique perspective on America s most divisive military conflict since the Civil War. Kenneth L. Kusmer, author of "Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History"
Wood s fascinating study of Vietnam veterans memoirs explores common themes and representations accurate and inaccurate of soldiers wartime experience...
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106,79 zł |
Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
ISBN: 9781493023431 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,56 zł |
Carved from Granite, Volume 138: West Point Since 1902
ISBN: 9781623494278 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,63 zł |
'Young Citizen Old Soldier'. from Boyhood in Antrim to Hell on the Somme: The Journal of Rifleman James Mcroberts, 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, January 1915-April 1917
ISBN: 9781911096122 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost 43 years three school notebooks lay in obscurity in the County Armagh home of sixty two-year old James McRoberts. The closely-filled pages recorded just over two years in his life in uniform as he played his part in what was then known as the Great War. During the Home Rule crisis of 1914, one of several in Ireland's history, James McRoberts, like many other men, joined the Young Citizen Volunteers, an organization that eventually became the 14th Royal Irish Rifles, a battalion of the 36th (Ulster) Division.
These notebooks, written at the time and with footnotes added... For almost 43 years three school notebooks lay in obscurity in the County Armagh home of sixty two-year old James McRoberts. The closely-filled pages ...
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87,51 zł |