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Terror and Consent : The Wars for the Twenty-First Century
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Knopf:
Seller ID: 9781400042432
ISBN: 1400042437
Condition: very good
An urgent reconceptualization of the Wars on Terror from the author of "The Shield of Achilles" ("magisterial"-- "The New York Times," "a classic for future generations"--"The New York Review of Books"). In this book Philip Bobbitt brings together historical, legal, and strategic analyses to understand the idea of a "war on terror." Does it make sense? What are its historical antecedents? How would such a war be "won"? What are the appropriate doctrines of constitutional and international law for democracies in such a struggle? He provocatively declares that the United States is the chief ... View more info
Antisemitism: A History Portrayed
By: "Boonstra, Jansen & Kniesmeyer (ed)"
Price: $18.95
Publisher: "Amsterdam, Netherlands", Anne Frank Foundation: 1989
Seller ID: 7-NY001
ISBN: 9012062020
Condition: VERY GOOD
"Tight, right, clean and square. Light shelfwear to covers with rubbed edges and a reading crease on the spine. ""The Concept of antisemitism refers to ideas and actions directed against Jews and Judaism…This is in the first place a history in pictures: an anti-Jewish language of images as it has developed over hundreds of years...""129 indexed, illustrated pages including Bibliography. 7.75x10.75x.5""" View more info
Why the Civil War Came
Price: $17.95
Publisher: "Oxford, UK", OXFORD UNIV PR: 1997
Edition: (1st thus)
Seller ID: 94T017
ISBN: 0195113764
Condition: NEAR FINE
As new except for slight curl. 7 essays by eminent historians who participated in the Oxford - Gettsysburg Civil War summer Institute. View more info
"The Historian, Volume 76 Number 2 Summer 2014"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: 2014
Seller ID: 5-4H002
Condition: FINE
"As new - gift quality! Historical Journal. Contents: "" Chinese Shogun: Gao Huan (496-547)"" by Charles Holcombe; ""The Cossack Herman: Ivan Mazepa in History and Legend from Peter to Pushkin"" by Thomas M. Prymak; ""How Many American Loyalists Left the United States?"" By Philip Ranle; "" Afghanistan after the Occupation: Examining the Post-Soviet Withdrawal and the Najibullah Regime It Left Behind, 1989 - 1992"" by Shane A. Smith" View more info
"The Historian, Volume 76 Number 4 Winter 2014"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: 2014
Seller ID: 5-4H003
Condition: FINE
"As new - gift quality! Historical Journal. Contents: ""A Hierophany Emergent: The Discursive Reconquest pof theUrban Landscape in Jerusalem in Latin Pilgrimage Accounts from the Twelfth Century"" by Basit Hammad Qureshi; ""A Case Study of Education and Nationalism: The Multicultural Flight for 'Souls and Minds' in Finland"" by Jyrki Loima; ""Jessie Jordan: A Rejected Scot who Spied fopr Germany and Hastened America's Flight from Neutrality"" by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones; ""Finding the Nation in Assassination: The death of S.W.R.D. Banda... View more info
"The Historian, Volume 77 Number 1 Spring 2015"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: 2015
Seller ID: 5-4H004
Condition: FINE
As new - gift quality! View more info
"Silver Wings, A History of the United States Air Force"
By: "Boyne, Walter J. (General James H. Doolittle, Foreword"
Price: $19.95
Publisher: NY, 1993
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 15Y008
ISBN: 0671785370
Condition: FINE / Fine
"As new - gift quality! Unclipped DJ. ""a thoroughly refreshing, lively and informative history of the United States Air Force…from Civil War ballooning to…its spectacular successes in recent decades…the colorful inside story of the events and the men and women who shaped the Air Force into the most powerful military force in history..."" 336 indexed pages filled with black and white (where appropriate) and color photos with detailed captioning. Oversize and heavy, may require additional postage for Priority or International shipping." View more info
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
By: "Bradley, James"
Price: $8.50
Publisher: Back Bay Books:
Seller ID: 9780316159432
ISBN: 0316159433
Condition: GOOD
This acclaimed bestseller brilliantly illuminates a hidden piece of World War II history as it tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down in the Pacific. One of them, George H. W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. The fate of the others-an explosive 60-year-old secret-is revealed for the first time in FLYBOYS. View more info
The First Peoples of the Northeast
By: "Braun, Esther K. & David P."
Price: $17.95
Publisher: "Lincoln, MA", 2000
Edition: (3rd printing)
Seller ID: 5-0Y019
ISBN: 0965147606
Condition: FINE
"As new except for sticker remnant on back cover. ""...The First Peoples of the Northeast is a fine first book to recommend for people who are interested in the history of native peoples in this region in particular, or who are interested in archaeology in general... "" 144 indexed, illustrated pages including Bibliography and places to visit. 8.5x11x.5""" View more info
"The Age of Nationalism and Reform, 1789 - 1850 (The Norton History of Modern Europe)"
Price: $11.95
Publisher: NY, 1977
Edition: (2nd edition)
Seller ID: 22T011
ISBN: 0393091430
Condition: FINE
"As new - gift quality! ""The French Revolution of 1789 is a watershed in European history; no country escaped its impact, which shattered long-standing traditions and set forth new ideals that powerfully affected succeeding generations…"" 304 indexed pages with Suggested Further Reading list." View more info
Agony At Anzio
Price: $1.95
Publisher: Jove:
Seller ID: 9780515102116
ISBN: 0515102113
Condition: GOOD
Waves of Hate: Naval Atrocities of the Second World War
By: "Bridglan, Tony"
Price: $14.95
Publisher: "Annapolis, MD", 2002
Edition: (1st American Edition)
Seller ID: 94H027
ISBN: 1557504393
Condition: FINE/Fine
"As new - gift quality! ""Contrary to comfortable mythology, unchivalrous or even downright disgraceful acts amounting to culpable war criminality were not the sole preserve of our enemies. All sides stand accused of lapses of conduct which had appalling consequences for their hapless victims...""" View more info
"Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67"
By: "Briggs, Asa"
Price: $16.25
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press:
Seller ID: 9780226074887
ISBN: 0226074889
Condition: very good
This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From "John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War," and "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work" to "Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools" and "Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark," Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements; and in doing so conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the last century. "For expounding this theme, this interaction of event and personality, Mr. Briggs is abundantly and happily endowed. He is always... View more info
The Anatomy of Revolution
By: "Brinton, Crane"
Price: $1.25
Publisher: Vintage:
Seller ID: 9780394700441
ISBN: 0394700449
Condition: GOOD
Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World
Price: $4.45
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers:
Seller ID: 9780395981399
ISBN: 0395981395
Condition: GOOD
Thud Ridge
By: "Broughton, Colonel Jack (Hanson W. Baldwin, Intro.)"
Price: $11.95
Publisher: "Toronto, ON", 1985
Edition: "(Specially Illustrated Edition, 1st thus)"
Seller ID: 19P016
ISBN: 0553251899
Condition: VERY GOOD
" Tight, slight age tanning to interior, clean, square. 2 reading creases on spine, light rubbing to cover edges, small crease on top corner of front cover. ""Air battle action against the Heart of North Vietnam…the story of the valiant men who flew he F-105 ""thud"" bomber over North Vietnam"" 261 pages illustrated with maps and black and white drawings." View more info
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE: An Indian History of the American West
By: "Brown, Dee"
Price: $0.95
Publisher: Bantam Books:
Seller ID: B000HH6VOA
ISBN: B000HH6VOA
Condition: GOOD
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
By: "brown, Dee"
Price: $1.00
Publisher: Pocket:
Seller ID: 9780671420291
ISBN: 0671420291
Condition: acceptable
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: "Brown, Dee"
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks:
Seller ID: 9780805086843
ISBN: 0805086846
Condition: GOOD
Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived. Now repackaged with a new introduction from bestselling author Hampton Sides to coincide with a major HBO dramatic film of the book, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.""Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee "is Dee Brown's classic, eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the ... View more info
"Anne Bonny, Pirate Queen: The True Saga of a Fabulous Female Buccaneer)"
By: "Brown, Douglas"
Price: $7.95
Publisher: "Derby, CT", 1962
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 1NP002
Condition: GOOD+
"Appears unread but has slight corner bumps to outside corners. Tight, light age tanning of pages, clean except for faint age soil to cover edges, slight curl and tilt. Owner's stamp on front cover. Number written on first free page. ""Anne and Jim (Bonny) shipped out with the notorious Captain Blackbeard, raiding, killing and looting, and establishing their reputations as free-booters who would stop at nothing in their quest for wealth and adventure..."" 138 pages." View more info