Jockey Hollow: Where a Forgotten Army Persevered to Win America's Freedom
ISBN: 9780692507834 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Those who have only been in Valley Forge and Middlebrook during the last two winters, but have not tasted the cruelties of this one, know not what it is to suffer." Major General Johann de Kalb, an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, was describing the winter of 1779-80 at Jockey Hollow, a wilderness near Morristown, New Jersey. The beaten up and worn down Continental soldiers had marched through two feet of snow and record-breaking cold to get to Jockey Hollow. This winter will become the harshest of the century. The men also face chronic supply... "Those who have only been in Valley Forge and Middlebrook during the last two winters, but have not tasted the cruelties of this one, know not what... |
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Tarnished Ivory: Reflections on Peace Corps and Beyond
ISBN: 9781462877591 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,14 zł |
Tarnished Ivory: Reflections on Peace Corps and Beyond
ISBN: 9781462877607 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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162,28 zł |
Japanese Blitz on Darwin
ISBN: 9780987258502 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,15 zł |
Gays in the Military
ISBN: 9780737756197 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues; each volume presents a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.; This new addition to the Current Controversies series examines issues related to gay members of the armed forces. The title explores the question of whether or not gays should be permitted to serve openly in the U.S. military, the impact of Congress's rep; Each anthology is composed of a wide spectrum of sources written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective...
The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues; each volume presents a diverse selection of primary and ...
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182,77 zł |
Genocide
ISBN: 9780737756531 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series provides readers with the information they need to think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues; each volume focuses on a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions.; Articles included in this new addition to the Global Viewpoints series explore issues related to recognizing, analyzing, and defining global genocide. Topics covered include differing international views of what constitutes genocide, contemporary examples; By illuminating the complexities and interrelations of the global community, this excellent resource...
This series provides readers with the information they need to think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues; each volume focuses...
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181,06 zł |
Letters from Viet Nam
ISBN: 9781426970863 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,40 zł |
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp Based on a Classroom Diary
ISBN: 9781461199502 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II.
The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II.
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43,47 zł |
The War Years
ISBN: 9781465376435 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,14 zł |
The Algerian War
ISBN: 9781604139235 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An insult. A diplomatic crisis. A French king eager to cement his power. Many different factors led to the French invasion of Algeria in June 1830, but the result was the establishment of a French colony in North Africa that would last 132 years. For more than a century, Algeria was marked by sharp divisions between its European colonizers and the mainly Muslim people who had occupied the land prior to the arrival of French troops. Discrimination, prejudice, and injustice separated these two groups until a war for independence began on November 1, 1954. After nearly eight years of violence,...
An insult. A diplomatic crisis. A French king eager to cement his power. Many different factors led to the French invasion of Algeria in June 1830, bu...
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187,16 zł |
United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia: 41st Division to 106th Division
ISBN: 9780764315022 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning in the Civil War, the U. S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World War I, it finally arrived at a practical and desirable solution with the adoption of the shoulder patch or shoulder sleeve insignia. For more than eighty years, this often simple device, has been the source of pride and inspiration for servicemen everywhere. This new book (the second of a multi-volume set), with a gallery of more than 700 color and sepia toned illustrations of original insignia and period photographs, documents the evolution of...
Beginning in the Civil War, the U. S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World...
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233,96 zł |
The Ackermann Military Prints: Uniforms of the British and Indian Armies 1840-1855
ISBN: 9780764316715 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For many years the magnificent color prints published by the firm of Rudolf Ackermann during the 19th century have been in the possession of lucky collectors. However, with the passing of many years these frail works of art have become damaged, or have perished, so that many are not available to those who wish to find and appreciate the work and care which went into these productions.
For many years the magnificent color prints published by the firm of Rudolf Ackermann during the 19th century have been in the possession of lucky col...
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279,75 zł |
Uniforms of the Waffen-SS: Vol 2: 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - Ski Uniforms - Overcoats - White Service Uniforms - Tropical Clothing - Shirts - Sp
ISBN: 9780764315510 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This three-volume set is unquestionably the best reference on German SS military uniforms ever produced. This spectacular work is a heavily documented record of all major clothing articles of the Waffen-SS. Hundreds of unpublished bw photos were used in production. Original and extremely rare SS uniforms of various types are carefully photographed and presented here.
This three-volume set is unquestionably the best reference on German SS military uniforms ever produced. This spectacular work is a heavily documented...
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371,32 zł |
The First Battle of the Marne
ISBN: 9780791066850 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marathon, Hastings, Midway -- just a few of the major battles covered in this series, which introduces readers to the wartime engagements that changed the course of human history. Each book gives a historical account of a decisive battle -- its participants, the political climate leading to the engagement, and the deciding factors that ultimately led to a victory or defeat. This critical battle between the French and the Germans in September 1914 illustrates well that World War I was a war fought in the trenches.
Marathon, Hastings, Midway -- just a few of the major battles covered in this series, which introduces readers to the wartime engagements that changed...
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160,39 zł |
The War on Terror
ISBN: 9780737764475 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series provides readers with the information they need to think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues; each volume focuses on a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions.; This title explores issues related to the war on terror in various countries, including the United States, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, European nations, etc., causes of terrorism, issues of human rights, governments' responses to terrorism, an; By illuminating the complexities and interrelations of the global community, this excellent resource...
This series provides readers with the information they need to think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues; each volume focuses...
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181,06 zł |
The Battle of Britain
ISBN: 9781604139204 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the summer of 1940, the fate of the world hung in the balance as Adolf Hitler's powerful air force, the Luftwaffe, contested the skies above southern England with Britain's Royal Air Force. A handful of brave but outnumbered RAF pilots, many hailing from outside the United Kingdom, fought desperately to hold the Nazi juggernaut back and, in doing so, defend Britain from invasion. In Prime Minister Winston Churchill's immortal words, those brave RAF pilots were the few on whom so much depended. The brand-new The Battle of Britain traces the origins and course of the Battle of Britain,...
During the summer of 1940, the fate of the world hung in the balance as Adolf Hitler's powerful air force, the Luftwaffe, contested the skies above so...
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187,16 zł |
Stories of the First World War
ISBN: 9781407140551 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the war of 1914-1918 told through the experiences of twelve children and young people. From the efforts on the Home Front in both Britain and Germany, to the young soldiers in the trenches at the Western Front and from the horrors of Gallipoli to the naval battle of Jutland.
The story of the war of 1914-1918 told through the experiences of twelve children and young people. From the efforts on the Home Front in both Britain...
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42,79 zł |
African American Military Heroes
ISBN: 9781118529775 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout American history, succeeding in the military has demanded unflagging courage, strength of character, and a patriotic spirit. For an African American man or woman, serving in the military has also meant battling oppression and struggling against deep-seated prejudice. Those who persevered were not only warriors, nurses, or leaders--they were heroes and heroines.
In this action-packed collection, you will meet thirty brave and determined African American military heroes, from the eighteenth century up to the present. You'll discover little-known facts about their families and... Throughout American history, succeeding in the military has demanded unflagging courage, strength of character, and a patriotic spirit. For an African...
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101,69 zł |
World War II Infantrymen: An Interactive History Adventure
ISBN: 9781620657164 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You are on the front lines at the height of World War II, fighting bravely against Germany and the other Axis powers. Will you: Fight alongside Filipino soldiers to defend the Philippines' Bataan Peninsula? Struggle to push the Germans out of El Alamein, Egypt, as part of the British Army? Land on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of an invasion to drive the German Army from the country?
You are on the front lines at the height of World War II, fighting bravely against Germany and the other Axis powers. Will you: Fight alongside Filipi...
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42,90 zł |
World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure
ISBN: 9781620657188 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Air raid The world's great powers are at war again. This is the Second World War, but it is history's first war in which airplanes play a major role. You want to fly and you want to fight. Will you: Fly with the Royal Air Force as a British pilot and fight in the Battle of Britain? Dogfight as an American fighter pilot over the Pacific Ocean? Join the Tuskegee Airmen and be one of the first African-American aviators in the U.S. military?
Air raid The world's great powers are at war again. This is the Second World War, but it is history's first war in which airplanes play a major role....
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42,90 zł |