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  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Stackpole Books, 2004

    0811731243 / 9780811731249

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  • Langue : anglais

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    paperback. Etat : As New.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Stackpole Books, 2004

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    paperback. Etat : As New. Appears to be unused. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Stackpole Books, 2004

    0811731243 / 9780811731249

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    Paperback. Etat : Used: Very Good. In very good condition.Minor shelf/edge wear. Uncreased spine,binding tight.Text clean & unmarked.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Manhattan, KS, 1977

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    Paper Wrapper. Etat : As New. First Printing. this is in new, unread condition from the estate of E. L. Reedstrom; the front cover shows Reedstrom's painting "Custer's Last Campaign" which was also used for his book "Bugles, Banners and War Bonnets" which is advertised on the back of the cover Size: Magazine Size. Reedstrom, Ernest Lisle - Cover Artist (illustrateur).

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Iowa State University Press, IA, 1978

    0813803756 / 9780813803753

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    Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. pages crisp, binding tight, no markings, content clean.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2006

    0813123747 / 9780813123745

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    Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 382 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Corner bump to top corner of dust jacket. Otherwise a very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. A tight copy. Record # 471759.

  • Edité par The Journal of the West, Inc., Manhattan, Kansas, 1982

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    Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. VG/none, used, 96 pp. Color illustrated cover with green colored text on upper and spine; slight edge wear; no chips or tears. Interior pages clean, unmarked; topic is medicine, doctoring, and opiates in Western History. Vol. XXI, No. 3, July 1982 Binding is tight. Photographs (illustrateur).

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par University Press of Kentucky, 2006

    0813123747 / 9780813123745

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    hardcover. Etat : New.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Shoe String Pr Inc, 1975

    0208014993 / 9780208014993

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    hardcover. Etat : Good. HC DJ clean text. Shelving code alpha 3.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Routledge, Keegan & Paul, 1972

    0710072511 / 9780710072511

    Série : Livre 11 sur 27 - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History

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    (Subject: History & Development of Warfare - General) Provides bibliographic sources and research suggestions. Divided into 25 chapters from Military Developments from Prehistoric times to 1485, and military developments of the the Renaissance, to the History of Military and Martial Law. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Routledge, Keegan & Paul) (ISBN: 0710072511) (Pagination: 630pp) (Condition: d/w torn. Pencil ticks and notes in text from previous owner.) UL-XXXXXX.

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    Langue : anglais

    Edité par University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1972

    0813112613 / 9780813112619

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    Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Dust Jacket. Minor wearing on the covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. DJ is Good with some wearing and creasing. 260p.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par American Neptune Inc / Peabody Museum, Salem MA, 1960

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    Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Here is a single issue of "The American Neptune, a Quarterly Journal of Maritime History", Volume XX, No. 1, January 1960. the periodical was established in 1941, and after many decades of publication, the journal ceased production in 2002. Out of Print - OP CONTENTS : * The History of Holm Lighthouse -- by Captain W. R. Chaplin * Notes on American Shipping Based on Records of the Court of the Vice-Admiralty of Jamaica, 1776 -1812. -- by MacEdward Leach * The Russian Fleet on the Eastern Seaboard, 1863 - 1864 -- by Robin D. S. Higham * Pictorial Supplement : Antoine Roux Sketchbooks TITLE : The American Neptune - a Quarterly Journal of Maritime History ISSUE : Vol. XX, No. 1 DATE : January 1960 EDITOR : Walter Muir Whitehill, et al IMPRINT : The American Neptune Inc. & Peabody Museum of Salem PLACE : Salem, Massachusetts STATUS : OP . The Journal ceased publication in 2002. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Quarterly periodical; Contains illustrations and an Index; volume pages [1] - [74] + 6 pages of back material (80 pages ); approximately 7" x 10", printed wraps with slightly extended covers. Has Advertising. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned periodical which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted :: EXTERIOR : Shallow, lengthwise crease to spine; nicking to edges, light and weathering along edges ; else clean and attractive, including back cover. BINDING : Solid with no detached or loose leaves INTERIOR : Clean and unmarked throughout.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Shoe String Pr Inc, 1975

    0208014993 / 9780208014993

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    hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is toned with mild edge wear, but now house in a protective mylar cover. Book is bound in blue pleather over boards with gold lettering on the spine. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are crisp, clean, and bright. Copyright dated 1975. 559 pages. A good copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Greenwood, 2003

    031328850X / 9780313288500

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    Hardcover. Etat : New. B WW2: This large, tall, hardcover is new, a fine copy, 467 pages w index. Down spine, white title.

  • Edité par Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, Kansas, 1989

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    Softcover. Etat : Good. Second Enlarged Edition. Not Marked; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par University of California Press, 1972

    0520016742 / 9780520016743

    Série : Livre 11 sur 27 - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History

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    Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xxi, 630 pages, 25 cm. From the library of Captain Robert McCabe III, USN. McCabe was a professor at the Naval War College.

  • Edité par Journal of the West, Inc., Manhattan, KS, 1991

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    Softcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Journal Of The West Volume 30, Number 3, July 1991 devoted to The Public Library In The American West.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Shoe String Pr Inc, 1998

    0208024220 / 9780208024220

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    hardcover. Etat : Good. Hardcover without dust jacket. Book is bound in blue pleather over boards with gold lettering on the front cover and spine. Binding is tight and secure. Ex library copy with the typical markings; remnants of label in spine; stamps on fore edge and copyright pages. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean, and bright. Copyright dated 1998. 580 pages. A good copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Greenwood Press, Westport CT, 2000

    0313308624 / 9780313308628

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    Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition; First Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 219 pages.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1972

    0813112613 / 9780813112619

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    Vendeur : Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Etats-UnisGround Zero Books, Ltd.

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    Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Presumed first edition/first printing. viii, 260 pages. Footnotes. Maps. Selected Bibliography. Signed by author. Name of previous owner present. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips. Higham was born on June 20, 1925 in London England. He attended Hotchkiss Prep School in Connecticut. He earned his A.B. from Harvard, cum laude and then his M.A. from Claremont Graduate School in California. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Robin was a Flight Sergeant Pilot for the Canadian Royal Air Force serving the Burma Road from 1943 until 1947. Robin was a professor of History at Kansas State University from 1963 until his retirement in 1999 where he mentored many graduate students. He also was a leader in the field of Military History, having written over 38 books and numerous publications.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Stackpole Books, 2021

    0811739872 / 9780811739870

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    Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 368 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972

    0710072511 / 9780710072511

    Série : Livre 11 sur 27 - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History

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    Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Likely ex-military library - likely lighter use with corresponding military stamp. Likely condition is Fair-Good if not stated. All other info as listed. NB note this is a placeholder description and my entire list is being regularly updated with photographs and information. Please enquire for further details for this copy.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Greenwood, 2003

    031328850X / 9780313288500

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    Hardcover. Etat : As New. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Light edge wear. Small tear to tail of spine. Clean, unmarked pages. xix, 472 p., 26 cm. "This book discusses the literature on all aspects of the war. Dennis Showalter's opening chapter covers the controversial issue of the war's origins - a complex subject that has been much debated by historians. Ensuing chapters consider the literature on each of the participating countries. The broader subjects of the war at sea and the war in the air are also covered. Daniel Beaver's final chapter discusses the mobilization of industry and the new military technology. This book is an excellent starting point for anyone seeking guidance to the immense, and often daunting, body of World War I literature.".

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2012

    0813135842 / 9780813135847

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    Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 2nd updated edition. 336 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

  • 0813803756 / 9780813803753

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    Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st edition. Flying Combat Aircraft of the USAAF-USAF Volume 2 published by Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ. 202 Pgs. ISBN 0813803756. LCCN 75-8932. Edited by Robin Higham and Carol Williams. 22 chapters by expert pilots tell what it was like to be in the cockpit over Europe and the Pacific in WWII, over Korea, and over Southeast Asia in our nation's military conflicts This book features outstanding aviation pictures showing planes in the air an on the ground, as well as cockpit shots and pilot close-ups. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Item ID 31763. book.

  • Edité par Carol A. Williams, Manhattan, KS, 1999

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    Magazine. 112p., 11x8.5 inch journal wraps, a fine unblemished copy of which the first 71p. treats of the relocation sites featuring uncommon personal snapshots. Absolutely sound, clean and unmarked.

  • Langue : anglais

    Edité par The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2006

    0813123747 / 9780813123745

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    Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. First Printing [Stated]. 382 pages. Illustrations. List of Contributors, Index. Robin David Stewart Higham (June 20, 1925 - August 27, 2015) was a British-American historian, specializing in aerospace and military history, who also served as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Higham received a Ph.D. in 1957 from Harvard with a dissertation on the development of aviation in Great Britain. For the next six years, until 1963, he was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, where he was co-founder of the National Security Seminar of Duke University and. University of North Carolina. In 1963, he became a professor at Kansas State University. He became professor emeritus there in 1999. Though he described himself as a "historical generalist" in a 1998 interview, Higham's primary publications were on the subject of aeronautics, especially military-scientific aspects.[ He did, however, also write extensively on geopolitics in general. In 1977, he founded Sunflower University Press, which existed until 2005 and published books on military science and military history. He was editor of Military Affairs (now The Journal of Military History) from 1968 to 1988 and of Aerospace Historian from 1970 to 1988. He was also the editor of the Journal of the West beginning in 1976. Stephen J. Harris is the chief historian for the Directorate of History and Heritage at the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. He coauthored The Crucible of War: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force. According to Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris, "Flight has been part of the human dream for aeons, and its military application has likely been the dark side of that dream for almost as long." In the twentieth century, this dream and its dark side unfolded as the air forces of the world went to war, bringing destruction and reassessment with each failure. Why Air Forces Fail examines the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the air forces of various nations. Higham and Harris divide the air forces into three categories of defeat: forces that never had a chance to win, such as Poland and France; forces that started out victorious but were ultimately defeated, such as Germany and Japan; and finally, those that were defeated in their early efforts yet rose to victory, such as the air forces of Britain and the United States. The contributing authors examine the complex causes of defeats of the Russian, Polish, French, Arab, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. In all cases, the failures stemmed from deep, usually prewar factors that were shaped by the political, economic, military, and social circumstances in the countries. Defeat also stemmed from the anticipation of future wars, early wartime actions, and the precarious relationship between the doctrine of the military leadership and its execution in the field. Anthony Christopher Cain's chapter on France's air force, l'Armée de l'Air, attributes France's loss to Germany in June 1940 to a lack of preparation and investment in the air force. One major problem was the failure to centralize planning or coordinate a strategy between land and air forces, which was compounded by aborted alliances between France and countries in eastern Europe, especially Poland and Czechoslovakia. In addition, the lack of incentives for design innovation in air technologies led to clashes between airplane manufacturers, laborers, and the government, a struggle that resulted in France's airplanes' being outnumbered by Germany's more than three to one by 1940. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, Why Air Forces Fail provides groundbreaking studies of the causes of air force defeats.

  • Edité par Aerospace Historian Pub., Kansas, 1975

    0891260196 / 9780891260196

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    Hard Cover. Etat : BOOK VERY GOOD+. No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 234 pages. Many photos. FIRST PRINTING. SCARCE TITLE.

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    Edité par Greenwood Press, 2000

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    Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. Two hardcover volumes, no dust jackets (likely as issued). Some additional shipping costs will be required due to the combined weight of these books. Volume I: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India (0313286841). Volume II: The Western Hemisphere and the Pacific Rim (0313308624). Both volumes are first printings (full number lines). Both volumes are in Near Fine condition. For both volumes, pages are bright, clean, and clear of writing, markings, highlighting, etc. Bindings tight. Hinges tight. Both volumes have very minor wear to hardcover corners. Both volumes have very faded spotting on top edges of text block. On Vol II, one corner is bumped, and another corner has a bit of fraying fabric. Vol II has a few minor dings to edges of text block. Vol II has some blemishing on top of fore edge of text block.