Combined Operations. A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare, Hardback - Jeremy Black

This book provides the first broad history of the evolution of combined operations since antiquity. Jeremy Black provides a balanced assessment of ...

A global account of military strategy throughout history, from imperial strategies to those of anti-imperial insurgents

Highly illustrated history of airborne forces warfare during the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Forty, JonathanIllustr...

A new global history of slavery from ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day.

A wonderfully engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the futurePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor...

In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conf...

Looking at the eleventh century to the twentieth century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within loca...

Reducere. Examination of how and why the British Army became a world-operating force, able to beat varied enemies, written by acclaimed historian and comment...

A history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World

DescriptionThe collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study...

Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Pr...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): James PoskettNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 175 x 242 x 38Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues tha...

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DescriptionA global history of restaurants beyond white tablecloths and ma tre d's, Dining Out presents restaurants both as businesses and as venue...

Reducere. Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? I...

This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the p...

For millennia, cavalry was the premier combat arm. Horses gave armies mobility and speed; often cavalry charges, either on the enemy's flanks and i...

Publisher: St Augustine's PressAuthor(s): Jeremy BlackNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 159 x 235 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedes...

An insight into 100 years of history of battles between submarine and aircraft.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Michael E GlynnIllustrati...

DescriptionCompassion traces the ways in which various societies across the globe have responded to the vulnerable among them from early human hist...

Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? B...

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline beca...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Sul's history of the international ginseng trade reveals the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the impact of this single commodity o...

The first truly global history of sport, covering everything from football to baseball, boxing to motor racing.Illustrations: 98 illustrations

DescriptionJulian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rens BodIllustration(s): 11 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and whiteTra...

A brilliantly concise history of London, with a distinctive perspective focusing on the city in its national and, more importantly, international c...

Life, Society, Family, Economy, and Politics in early and mid-Victorian England mediated through the life and writings of arguably the nation's gre...

DescriptionCoal, gas, and oil have powered our societies for hundreds of years. But the pace at which we use them changed dramatically in the twent...

For fashion buffs, romantics, and brides-to-be, a fascinating collection of wedding garb and glamour through pop culture and history.The Way We Wed...

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A concise look at the evolution of one of our most crucial transport and trade routes that will open your eyes to its vivid history. Jeremy Black e...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Detailed, graphic account of the history of military parachuting. Describes how parachute landings became a standard tactic in twentieth-century wa...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco...

In this fascinating study, Matthew J. Kuiper the story of how Islam became a world religion and cultural phenomenon of immense scale, astonishing d...

The first historical account of the development of prison gangs world-wide.Illustrations: 70 illustrations