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Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy
ISBN: 9781598843460 / Angielski / Twarda / 393 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When one thinks of war, armies of soldiers and assaults with bullets and bombs delivered by deadly machinery typically come to mind. Throughout human history, however, animals have also played significant roles in our armed conflicts. In "Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy," author John M. Kistler examines these contributions, describing the work of animals in human warfare throughout time, from lowly insects to birds to elephants. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources, the book reveals the full scope of heroics and horror committed... When one thinks of war, armies of soldiers and assaults with bullets and bombs delivered by deadly machinery typically come to mind. Throughout hum... |
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The Mounted Police of Natal: the Zulu War, the Boer War, the Zulu Rebellion and Policing the Colonial Frontier in South Africa 1873-1906
ISBN: 9780857063854 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fighting and policing on the veldt and in the bush
In parts of the globe during the nineteenth century, particularly those quarters incrementally being coloured red by the growth of the British Empire, many new police forces were formed and their services were as varied as their locations and the native peoples who populated them dictated. Sometimes that meant the activities of the force were virtually military for long periods of time and they were always certainly far removed from the duties of a 'Bobby' of the home country in every way. Never was this more true than for the subject of... Fighting and policing on the veldt and in the bush
In parts of the globe during the nineteenth century, particularly those quarters incrementally ... |
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145,88 |
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Napoleon's Men and Methods: the Rise and Fall of the Emperor and His Men Who Fought by His Side
ISBN: 9780857064103 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An alternative view of Napoleon and the men of the First Empire
The author of this book, Alexander Kielland, was a Norwegian academic who had embarked upon a study of the Congress of Vienna when he became, by his own admission, captivated by the personality of the Emperor of the French. That fascination led to the writing of this book which looks upon the career, character traits and methods of the management of power and war of one of the most significant figures in European history. It is clear that Kielland has his own take on his subject and there will be those who take issue with him... An alternative view of Napoleon and the men of the First Empire
The author of this book, Alexander Kielland, was a Norwegian academic who had emba... |
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Thus Fell Tecumseh
ISBN: 9780615415222 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rumpsey-dumpsey, Rumpsey-dumpsey, Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh " Did he really? Such was the slogan craftily used by Richard M. Johnson's campaign strategists to win him the vice-presidency of the United States in 1836, but . . . If you enjoy solving a real mystery, the death of Tecumseh is a classic in the annals of American history. How this great Shawnee Chief fell at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, and by whose hand, has been the subject of debate for almost two hundred years. Between the covers of this book are quotes from over one hundred and sixty people who had something to say...
"Rumpsey-dumpsey, Rumpsey-dumpsey, Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh " Did he really? Such was the slogan craftily used by Richard M. Johnson's campaign...
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Omaha Beach
ISBN: 9782840482871 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. June 6, 1944. In the gray light of dawn the landing craft carrying the assault wave of two US divisions as well as the Engineers and the Rangers, advanced toward the beach that was their assigned objective, code-named Omaha. Exhausted by the crossing and suffering from sea sicknesses, the assault units were convinced, however, that the German defenses had been crushed by the aerial and naval bombardment. In fact, sheltering in their coastal fortifications which they had been working to improve up until the very evening before, the Germany infantry waited until the Americans reached the...
June 6, 1944. In the gray light of dawn the landing craft carrying the assault wave of two US divisions as well as the Engineers and the Rangers, adva...
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83,21 |
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The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century
ISBN: 9781843836742 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The -long- fourteenth century saw England fighting wars on a number of diverse fronts - not just abroad, in the Hundred Years War, but closer to home. But while tactics, battles, and logistics have been frequently discussed, the actual experience of being a soldier has been less often studied. Via a careful re-evaluation of original sources, and the use of innovative methodological techniques such as statistical analysis and the use of relational databases, the essays here bring new insights to bear on soldiers, both as individuals and as groups. Topics addressed include military service and...
The -long- fourteenth century saw England fighting wars on a number of diverse fronts - not just abroad, in the Hundred Years War, but closer to home....
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416,30 |
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The Boys of '61: The Personal Experiences of an American Journalist Throughout the American Civil War
ISBN: 9780857065131 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A famous American writer's experiences of the Civil War
The title of this book, of course, refers to the men of the United States who rallied to their nation's flag and the cause of the maintenance of the union between all the states at the first trumpet call to arms in 1861. The dissatisfaction of the eleven Southern states which would form the Confederacy burst into violence in April of that year with the attack on Fort Sumter and these first shots heralded four years of appalling bloodshed and acrimony before the United States of America could once again be declared a whole nation.... A famous American writer's experiences of the Civil War
The title of this book, of course, refers to the men of the United States who rallied to t... |
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204,23 |
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The Boys of '61: the Personal Experiences of an American Journalist Throughout the American Civil War
ISBN: 9780857065148 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A famous American writer's experiences of the Civil War
The title of this book, of course, refers to the men of the United States who rallied to their nation's flag and the cause of the maintenance of the union between all the states at the first trumpet call to arms in 1861. The dissatisfaction of the eleven Southern states which would form the Confederacy burst into violence in April of that year with the attack on Fort Sumter and these first shots heralded four years of appalling bloodshed and acrimony before the United States of America could once again be declared a whole nation.... A famous American writer's experiences of the Civil War
The title of this book, of course, refers to the men of the United States who rallied to t... |
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131,29 |
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Two Years on Trek: the Royal Sussex Regiment in the Second Boer War, 1899-1902
ISBN: 9780857065339 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At war on the veldt
This book, written by a colonel of the regiment, recounts the experiences of the Royal Sussex Regiment throughout its service during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. The story of the Royal Sussex is typified as 'a trek, ' a phrase used by the Boers themselves to describe the long and usually gruelling marches they undertook across the African veldt and a phrase which perfectly describes the doings of one of Queen Victoria's foot-slogging county regiments of infantry upon whom much of the hard campaigning and fighting fell in this last imperial war at the end... At war on the veldt
This book, written by a colonel of the regiment, recounts the experiences of the Royal Sussex Regiment throughout its service ... |
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87,49 |
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The Green Mountain Riflemen: Company F, First United States Sharpshooters in the American Civil War
ISBN: 9780857065360 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Union Army's green riflemen at war
The important role of sharpshooters on the battlefield had been recognised by armies since the time when firearms were developed with a greater degree of accuracy. This key factor combined with a soldier of higher intelligence, capable of independent thought and action and skilful in the use of his weapons, made for a highly effective light infantryman, skirmisher and scout. Green was often their uniform colour irrespective of the nation they served, for it referenced the 'hunter' from whose origin their service developed in spirit and action. In the... The Union Army's green riflemen at war
The important role of sharpshooters on the battlefield had been recognised by armies since the time when fi... |
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72,89 |
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The Conquest of Syria: Bibliotheca Indica
ISBN: 9781593339135 / Angielski / Twarda / 844 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A representative of the Arabic genre known as "futuh reports," The Conquest of Syria remains an important historical source although it is now recognized not to be the work of Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Omar Ibn Waqid al-Aslami (called al-Waqidi). This Arabic document, part history, part romantic reconstruction of the past, is one of the main sources narrating the Muslim conquest of Syria. A window into the world of early Muslim self-perception, these documents are a valuable historical source in the sense of being period pieces. Here the Arabic text is presented along with the partial notes...
A representative of the Arabic genre known as "futuh reports," The Conquest of Syria remains an important historical source although it is now recogni...
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Two Years on Trek: the Royal Sussex Regiment in the Second Boer War, 1899-1902
ISBN: 9780857065346 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At war on the veldt
This book, written by a colonel of the regiment, recounts the experiences of the Royal Sussex Regiment throughout its service during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. The story of the Royal Sussex is typified as 'a trek, ' a phrase used by the Boers themselves to describe the long and usually gruelling marches they undertook across the African veldt and a phrase which perfectly describes the doings of one of Queen Victoria's foot-slogging county regiments of infantry upon whom much of the hard campaigning and fighting fell in this last imperial war at the end... At war on the veldt
This book, written by a colonel of the regiment, recounts the experiences of the Royal Sussex Regiment throughout its service ... |
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145,88 |
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The Green Mountain Riflemen: Company F, First United States Sharpshooters in the American Civil War
ISBN: 9780857065353 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Union Army's green riflemen at war
The important role of sharpshooters on the battlefield had been recognised by armies since the time when firearms were developed with a greater degree of accuracy. This key factor combined with a soldier of higher intelligence, capable of independent thought and action and skilful in the use of his weapons, made for a highly effective light infantryman, skirmisher and scout. Green was often their uniform colour irrespective of the nation they served, for it referenced the 'hunter' from whose origin their service developed in spirit and action. In the... The Union Army's green riflemen at war
The important role of sharpshooters on the battlefield had been recognised by armies since the time when fi... |
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123,99 |
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Peaceful Kings: Peace, Power and the Early Medieval Political Imagination
ISBN: 9780198208709 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Rome on Christmas Day 800 Charlemagne, the Frankish king, was acclaimed "most August, crowned by God, great and peacemaking emperor." This event transformed the nature of his rule, marked the re-emergence of the ideas of empire in the early medieval West, and changed the history of western monarchy. But why was Charlemagne acclaimed as peacemaking emperor? How had peace come to be seen as a central component of western European rulership?
Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary sources this study explores the image of peaceful rulership in western Europe from the earliest phase of... In Rome on Christmas Day 800 Charlemagne, the Frankish king, was acclaimed "most August, crowned by God, great and peacemaking emperor." This event tr...
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470,30 |
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9/11 and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Chronology and Reference Guide
ISBN: 9781598844191 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first decade of the 21st century witnessed a watershed of political, economic, diplomatic, and military change as a direct result of the events of September 11, 2001. Through narrative chapters, a chronology of events, biographical sketches of principal players, and annotated primary documents, author Tom Lansford documents the domestic impact of the terrorist attacks that stunned the world as well as the subsequent "war on terror" and the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. "9/11 and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Chronology and Reference Guide" explores the... The first decade of the 21st century witnessed a watershed of political, economic, diplomatic, and military change as a direct result of the events... |
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433,06 |
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Devil's Guard: The Fascinating, True Story of the French Foreign Legion's Nazi Battalion
ISBN: 9780440120148 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The personal account of a guerrilla fighter in the French Foreign Legion, reveals the Nazi Battalion's inhumanities to Indochinese villagers.
The personal account of a guerrilla fighter in the French Foreign Legion, reveals the Nazi Battalion's inhumanities to Indochinese villagers.
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45,24 |
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Japan's Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922: 'A Great Disobedience Against the People'
ISBN: 9780739146002 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first complete narrative of Japan's Siberian Intervention in either Japanese or English placing the intervention in the context of the evolution of Japanese imperialism and of its domestic politics. It represents a missing link in the larger narrative of Japan's quest for modernity through empire and the ambivalent relationship of the Japanese with their imperial mission.
The first complete narrative of Japan's Siberian Intervention in either Japanese or English placing the intervention in the context of the evolution o...
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499,57 |
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The Fall and Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812: In Defense of William Hull
ISBN: 9780814335987 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The focus of the opening campaign of the War of 1812 was Detroit, a location the War Department considered one of the significant launching points for the invasion of Canada. Detroit's surrender only two months after the declaration of war shocked the nation and led to the court-martial of Brigadier General William Hull. Hull was sentenced to death-the only commanding general ever to receive such a sentence in U.S. military history-and has been vilified by many historians to the present day for his decision to surrender. In The Fall and Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812: In Defense... The focus of the opening campaign of the War of 1812 was Detroit, a location the War Department considered one of the significant launching points ... |
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102,81 |
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Division-Level Communication 1962-1973
ISBN: 9781780392424 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1982. From the preface: "Communications is the primary mission of the Signal Corps and its members. Division-Level Communications is a story not only of some very fine Signal Corps units and individuals but also of many other communicators from the Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and all other branches of the Army. It is a combined arms story; on the battlefield, communications is everybodys business. The scope of this study includes the stateside alert and readying of units for Vietnam duty and the reaction of the Army training base to supply the volume of trained specialists...
First published in 1982. From the preface: "Communications is the primary mission of the Signal Corps and its members. Division-Level Communications i...
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76,62 |
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The Cold War
ISBN: 9780199237005 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The East-West struggle for supremacy from 1945 to 1989 shaped the lives of hundreds of millions and brought the world to the brink of disaster on several occasions. More than two decades on, the debate over its causes and dynamics is far from over. Drawing on the latest archival evidence and scholarly research, prize-winning historian John Lamberton Harper provides a concise, briskly-written assessment of the Cold War.
Why did it start, and eventually envelope nearly every corner of the planet? Why did it stay "cold," at least in its original, European theatre? Why did it end, and who... The East-West struggle for supremacy from 1945 to 1989 shaped the lives of hundreds of millions and brought the world to the brink of disaster on seve...
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551,49 |
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