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Great Generals of the Ancient World: The Personality, Intellectual, and Leadership Traits That Made Them Great Richard A Gabriel 9781399083911
RRP: €17.84€15.16Of the thousands of commanders who served in historys armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire to produce great commanders? What makes a great... -
Moscow Graffiti: Language and Subculture John Bushnell 9781032885766
RRP: €107.10€91.04First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear for the first time on the walls of Moscow and other Soviet cities in the late 1970s. John Bushnell first traces the social and cultural... -
The Partisans and Politics Jože Pirjevec 9781032698793
RRP: €160.65€136.55This book explores the military events and diplomatic games in the later years of World War II through which Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslav Partisans resistance movement gained the support of the Allies and, eventually, control over Yugoslavia itself.Based... -
Augustan England: Professions, State and Society, 1680-1730 Geoffrey Holmes 9781032704265
RRP: €124.95€106.21First published in 1982, Augustan England provides ample substance to reinforce the thesis that the years from 1680 to 1730 mark the most decisive stage in the rise of the English professional classes before the 19th century, and that this had profound... -
Himmler's Slave Labour Camps Ian Baxter 9781036103392
RRP: €17.84€15.16Shortly after their rise to power, the Nazis established specific Arbeitslager (labour camps) which housed Ostarbeiter (eastern workers), Fremdarbeiter (foreign workers) and other forced labourers who were rounded up and brought in from the east. These... -
The Gorodomlya Island Project: The Inside Story of How the Soviets developed Rocket Technology Amanda Vickers 9781036108823
RRP: €29.75€25.29When 20-year old RAF recruit Neville Cox, or ‘Cocky’, joins up in 1946, he is dismayed that the end of the war means he will never get to fly. Instead, he will be doing more of the technical drawing he is trained for. On a mission to a former... -
Caesar's Great Success: Sustaining the Roman Army on Campaign Alexander Merrow 9781399021098
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Hitler’s War Against the Partisans During Operation Barbarossa: June 1941 to the Spring of 1942 Antonio J Muñoz 9781036121495
RRP: €35.69€30.33From the start of the war on the Eastern Front, Hitler’s Ostheer, his Eastern Army, would wage a vernichtungskrieg, or war of annihilation, in the East. Never before had such a wide-reaching campaign been fought. Preparations for Germany’s invasion of... -
Aquapelagos: Integrated Terrestrial and Marine Assemblages Philip R Hayward 9781032723440
RRP: €160.65€136.55Aquapelagos is a cross disciplinary volume that is geared to a general undergraduate and non-specialist readership while also being rigorous and theoretically exciting for doctoral and advanced researchers of climate and ocean studies. It foregrounds the... -
Napoleon's Army at Austerlitz: Uniforms and Equipment of the Grande Armée at the Emperor's Greatest Battle Paul L Dawson 9781526792297
RRP: €35.69€30.33A snow-capped hill in modern day Czech Republic, dominated by a small church with black onion dome, stands on a field of battle that cemented Napoleon’s position as Emperor of the French. His throne was secure. His power was limitless. Europe lay at his... -
Hitler’s Heroes During the Advance to Stalingrad: Knight’s Cross Generals on the Eastern Front, 6 December 1941–2 February 1943 Jeremy Dixon 9781036101589
RRP: €29.75€25.29This, the second book by Jeremy Dixon on the subject, is a study of those German officers who were promoted to the rank of general and who were also awarded the Knight’s Cross during the period of the fighting in Russia between Hitler’s assault upon the... -
The Battle for Brittany: The Third US Army First Battle Jean Paul Pallud 9781036126162
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A Guide to Hillforts of Britain, An Aerial View: The Legacy of the Iron Age Dobunni Tribe Nicholas Sharpe 9781036115531
RRP: €29.75€25.29Hillforts in modern day Britain occupy often, but not always, isolated, windswept locations on the edge of modern day society. For the Iron Age tribes of that turbulent period 2-3000 years ago, hillforts or defended settlements were built for a number of... -
Hicky's Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India's First Newspaper Andrew Otis 9781804441657
RRP: €23.80€20.23Hicky's Bengal Gazette is the story of India's first newspaper and its pivotal role in exposing the corruption of the British imperialist project.The story opens in late-eighteenth century Calcutta. The British are well-ensconced in Bengal but the Raj... -
The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks Richard M Jones 9781399008044
RRP: €17.84€15.16When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among... -
The Royal Family vs 'The Crown': Separating Fact from Fiction Catherine Curzon 9781399059572
RRP: €26.18€22.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Real Pink Panther: Stories Behind the Classic Films Robert Sellers 9781036109363
RRP: €29.75€25.29The Pink Panther series is one of the most enduring and financially successful franchises in movie history, beginning with 1963’s The Pink Panther, which introduced audiences to the iconic Inspector Clouseau, unforgettably played by Peter Sellers... -
General George S. Patton and the Art of Leadership: One of America’s Greatest Ever Generals William Nester 9781036120900
RRP: €29.75€25.29For General George S. Patton, “Leadership is the thing that wins battles. I have it—but I’ll be damned if I can define it. Probably it consists in knowing what you want to do and then doing it and getting mad if anyone steps in the way. Self-confidence... -
Armies of the Hundred Years' War 1337–1453: History, Organization, Weapons, Equipment and Tactics Gabriele Esposito 9781399037822
RRP: €29.75€25.29The Hundred Years' War is one of the most famous conflicts in British history, featuring such renowned battles as Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. It is a period littered with such legendary names as the Black Prince, Henry V and Joan of Arc, and a... -
Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich, 1940–1943 Martin W Bowman 9781399078146
RRP: €17.84€15.16This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the early war years. Viewing Bomber... -
Queen Katherine and the Howards: A Tudor Family on the Brink of Disaster Marilyn Roberts 9781036112523
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Spectre of Invasion: The Royal Navy and the Defence of Britain's Coast, 1900–1918 Steve Dunn 9781399039901
RRP: €29.75€25.29By 1900, the British government and public had become gripped by a new and growing fear of invasion, not from traditional enemies such as France, but from Germany. Such terror was driven by lurid books and fanned by newspapers. These anxieties sparked... -
Kut: The Death of an Army Ronald Millar 9781399087216
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Haplomatics Thomas Schuttenhelm 9783777444536
RRP: €29.75€25.29Haplomatics is an animated techno-fantasy that combines original text and music by the American composer James Sellars with xerographs by the British artist David Hockney. Their collaboration has not previously been detailed and the unique combination of... -
The Georgian 'Establishment': Seen Through the Life and Trials of Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough James James 9781399054041
RRP: €26.18€22.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Castles of Wales John Paul Davis 9781526749956
RRP: €17.84€15.16In 1277, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd, met with Edward I of England in Aberconwy to finalise a treaty that would change the fate of both nations. His hand forced by Edward’s invasion earlier that year, Llywelyn’s acceptance of the terms... -
Female Pioneers of Geometric Abstraction: We Will Go Right Up to the Sun Astrid Ihle 9783777444277
RRP: €61.88€52.60Geometric abstraction as a worldview: artists like Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Sonia Delaunay played an essential part in the development of non-representational art. The volume presents an overview of the evolution of geometric abstract art and takes into... -
The Fleet that Fought Itself: The Spanish Navy and the Civil War 1936–39 Leonard R Heinz 9781036113988
RRP: €29.75€25.29In July 1936 a military revolt brought civil war to Spain; it erupted into a bitter political contest and a brutal land war which have been well covered by historians – a less appreciated dimension of the conflict was the crucial role played by the... -
A Dark History of Whisky Gary Dobbs 9781399034067
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From Norway to Burma: The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Second World War 1939 – 1945 Roger Holgate 9781036116255
RRP: €29.75€25.29From 1939 to 1945, units of The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were involved in some of the fiercest battles of the Second World War. From the snowy wastes of Scandinavia to the deserts of North Africa, and from the mountains of Italy to the... -
Winston Churchill's Racehorses Rupert Collens 9781036118235
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Cataphracts: Knights of the Ancient Eastern Empires Erich B Anderson 9781036150297
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The Fighting Pioneers: The Story of the 7th Battalion DLI Clive Dunn 9781399078849
RRP: €17.84€15.16Story of the 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. With the creation of the Territorial Force in 1908 the battalion was re-designated as the 7th Battalion. It went to France in April 1915 with the rest of the Northumbrian Division seeing action almost... -
Titanic: Ship of Lost Illusions: A Floating Microcosm of Edwardian Society Kevin Brown 9781036119720
RRP: €29.75€25.29When it set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage, RMS Titanic was a marvel of modern technology and the latest in luxury, providing a gilded setting and false sense of security for its passengers to act out their imagined ideal lives in a reflection of... -
The Airman's War, 1914-1918 Matthew Matthew 9781036107499
RRP: €26.18€22.25The First World War was the first conflict in history to be fought in the air, as well as on land and at sea. Britain’s fledgling air arms, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, developed a methodology for aerial combat from scratch,... -
William Phipps and the Diving Bell Bubble: Sunken Treasure, Witches and the Route to Empire Leon Hopkins 9781399054591
RRP: €26.18€22.25William Phipps’ rise to fame and fortune was meteoric. His short and hectic life was punctuated with many unlikely achievements, of which raising treasure from the wreck of a Spanish galleon was the most famous. For this, he was knighted. Locating his... -
The Worlds of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Life and Works of the Crime Writer and Poet Stephen Wade 9781036111304
RRP: €26.18€22.25Dorothy L. Sayers: the name conjures images of Lord Peter Wimsey's sleuthing adventures, and masterful translations of Dante. Yet, she was more than a literary luminary of the interwar Golden Age of crime fiction; she was a trailblazer, a feminist, and a... -
Let's Go To Northern Ireland Noah Leatherland 9781805056157
RRP: €10.70€9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805056157Author Noah LeatherlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife Publishing -
The Spy Who Helped the Soviets Win Stalingrad and Kursk: Alexander Foote and the Lucy Spy Ring Chris Jones 9781036115722
RRP: €29.75€25.29In his short life, Liverpool-born Alexander Foote went from being a volunteer in the International Brigade in Spain to becoming an agent of Soviet military intelligence in Switzerland. Pretending to his friends that he was a dim-witted Englishman with... -
The Liberation of Ypres in WWII Chris Lock BEM 9781036124960
RRP: €35.70€30.35Walk in the tank tracks and footsteps of Major General Stanisław Maczek and his 1st Polish Armoured Division (1PAD) soldiers who fought, fell or were wounded liberating the town of Ypres on 6th September 1944. Also revealed is the great support offered...