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Explores the varied relationship between political leaders and naval experts, from the 16th to 21st centuries The shaping of national defence strategies is particularly difficult in the case of navies. Few political leaders have naval experience, in...

'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John Volanthen, author of Thirteen Lives.The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever.On the beaches of Normandy, two summers before D-Day, the...

‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL ‘Thoughtful, moving, honest’ CAL FLYN Work in the countryside ties you, soul and salary, to the land. But often those who labour in nature have the least control over what...

This book looks at the representation and practice of chastity in selective ancient Indian texts. It studies how and when the concept originated and in what ways it was intertwined with the social, cultural, and economic notions of Indian society...

The history of aviation is full of striking and unusual designs, from the biplanes and triplanes of World War I, through the giant bombers and streamlined fighters of World War II to the stealthy shapes and unusual configurations of modern military...

Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606189047Author Patrick SperoFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press

It wasn't rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war. It was the horrific force of nature that suddenly put both sides in awe. As an unofficial truce began, questions and emotions battled inside every air crewman's mind as...

This facsimile edition of a much acclaimed volume brings back into print a major study of the evidence for the domesticated plants and animals exploited by the ancient Egyptians. The rise of agriculture must be amongst the most important steps that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639366910Author Dr Kate StrasdinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 254g

Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398836365Author Anthony Tucker-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius Entertainment

The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946-2024 is a study of Soviet and Russian intelligence operations against the centers for Soviet studies in North American academia. Using recently opened archival KGB and US...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063265974Author Wilfred ReillyFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467161176Author Ryan A McRaeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 9g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593299661Author Daisy DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 725g

Organized by theme, this comprehensive encyclopedia examines all aspects of life in Japan, from geography and government to food and etiquette and much more. Japan, or the "Land of the Rising Sun," is home to more than 126 million people, nearly 10...

'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now.' - John...

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.In this issue:François Heisbourg considers how Europeans might prepare for a disrupted US...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493081462Author Tom McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398832954Author Dr John FinlayFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Looted Art & Restitution relates the history of the trade, looting and restitution of works of art from the Netherlands before, during and after World War II. Countless artworks ended up in German hands during the occupation. The allies recovered a large...

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This book chronicles exploits of the 3rd Bomb Squadron of Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's experimental Chinese-American Composite Wing, in which young men from two nations of different languages, customs, and cultures joined forces to fight a common enemy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586423889Author Francis S. BarryFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth Press

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How James Monroe's relationships impacted the rise, fall, and rebirth of political parties in the early American republic.From the Revolutionary War to his death in 1831, James Monroe's life was dominated by partisan politics. Monroe—not uniquely among...

America�s national experience and collective history have always been subject to transnational forces and affected by global events and conditions. In recognition of this reality, Montoya/Belmonte/Guarneri/Hackel/Hartigan-O'Connor/Kurashige's GLOBAL...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399983358Author Andy BennsFormat PaperbackPage Count 369Imprint Guston Gate PublishingPublisher Guston Gate Publishing

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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals by packing them into ships and sending them off to the American colonies to be sold as what amounted to slave labour. All this came to an...

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Under the surveillance of General von Seeckt the Germans re-established their military, which Hitler utilised for his aggression of recovering Germany’s military greatness. This book explores some of the leading military figures. The often-ignored Field...

First published in 1961, The English Farmhouse and Cottage brings together the evidence collected by those who have studied vanished buildings by excavation, and also examined surviving houses with a gentler instrument, the measuring tape. A change is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736656181Author Frederick LauritzenFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Franciscan University PressPublisher Franciscan University Press

The conflict between Israel and Palestine has raised a plethora of unanswered questions, generated seemingly irreconcilable narratives, and profoundly transformed the land’s physical and political geography. This volume seeks to provide a deeper...

Exploring the Sacred Landscape of the Ancient Peloponnese traces the origins of the religious system of the Peloponnese to identify the factors behind its subsequent development from the Geometric to the Classical period. Which deities found favour in...

Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the second of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the Peninsular war and Waterloo campaign. Written with vivid...

An inspiring graphic novel about Jane Kendeigh, a nurse who helped wounded soldiers in combat zones during World War II. During World War II, the United States' fight against the Japanese on islands in the Pacific was intense and deadly. To help...