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A Hollow Threat - Strategic Air Power and Containment Before Korea - Bok av Harry R. Borowski - Inbunden

A Hollow Threat - Strategic Air Power and Containment Before Korea - Bok av Harry R. Borowski - Inbunden

?Lieut. Colonel Harry Borowski states that while historians generally have credited America's strategic air arm with singlehandedly holding the Soviets at bay during the late 1940s, they were mistaken because at the time that air arm was incapable of carrying nuclear weapons to Soviet soil. ... Making excellent use of National Archives and Strategic Air Command historical documents as well as oral history material covering the period, Lieut. Colonel Borowski provides an interesting look at the development..

SEK 971.00
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Harry's House of Invention: A Bloomsbury Reader - Bok av Rachel Anderson - Häftad

Harry's House of Invention: A Bloomsbury Reader - Bok av Rachel Anderson - Häftad

Book Band: Lime - Ideal for ages 6+A quirky comedy about a family of inventors by Rachel Anderson with brilliant illustrations from Chris Jevons.Harry lives in a house full of inventors and experiments. So when he breaks his arm, his mum installs a reaching, grabbing and twirling invention to his cast. Except now his arm has special powers of its own and Harry has no choice but to go along with its mischief and mayhem...This funny fantasy from award-winning author Rachel Anderson has quirky black-and-white..

SEK 140.00
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ERIS - Bok av John King - Häftad

ERIS - Bok av John King - Häftad

You know what would really fuck them off? If you went out there and found the least suitable, most inappropriate, most outrageous hunk of a man that this fine city has to offer, and the pair of you rock up to that church service in May, arm in arm. Seán is feeling wronged because his boyfriend Tim has been excluded from a family wedding back home in Ireland. What does it matter that they've just broken up? The problem for his family is that Tim is femme, fabulous and worst of all, English. Spurred..

SEK 256.00
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Sink the Tirpitz 1942?44 - The RAF and Fleet Air Arm duel with Germany's mighty battleship - Bok av Angus Konstam - Häftad

Sink the Tirpitz 1942?44 - The RAF and Fleet Air Arm duel with Germany's mighty battleship - Bok av Angus Konstam - Häftad

The story of the high-stakes air campaign to sink the battleship Tirpitz in her Norwegian lair, when a single bomb could end her threat to the Arctic Convoys and alter the war. This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course of the war.In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic Convoys. Her destruction suddenly became a top Allied priority. But sinking a modern..

SEK 276.00
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Field Guide to the Birds of Bhutan and the Eastern Himalayas - Bok av Carol Inskipp - Häftad

Field Guide to the Birds of Bhutan and the Eastern Himalayas - Bok av Carol Inskipp - Häftad

The nation of Bhutan and the Indian states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh together form the eastern arm of the Himalayas. This book is the definitive field guide to the birds of this magical corner of Asia.Covers all 809 species that regularly occur in the region, including most vagrants.152 superb colour plates, with text on facing pages for quick and easy reference.Concise text covering identification, voice, habits, habitats, distribution and status.Introduction includes information habitats,..

SEK 541.00
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Covert Action in the Cold War - US Policy, Intelligence and CIA Operations - Bok av James (Durham University Callanan - Häftad

Covert Action in the Cold War - US Policy, Intelligence and CIA Operations - Bok av James (Durham University Callanan - Häftad

Born out of the ashes of World War II, the covert action arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to counter the challenge posed by the Soviet Union and its allies and bolster American interests worldwide. It evolved rapidly into an eclectic, well-resourced organization whose activities provided a substitute for overt military action and afforded essential backup when the Cold War turned hot in Korea and Vietnam. This comprehensive examination of a still controversial subject sheds..

SEK 616.00
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Human Rights and Judicial Review in Australia and Canada - The Newest Despotism? - Bok av Dr Janina Boughey - Inbunden

Human Rights and Judicial Review in Australia and Canada - The Newest Despotism? - Bok av Dr Janina Boughey - Inbunden

It is commonly asserted that bills of rights have had a ''righting'' effect on the principles of judicial review of administrative action and been a key driver of the modern expansion in judicial oversight of the executive arm of government. A number of commentators have pointed to Australian administrative law as evidence for this ''righting'' hypothesis. They have suggested that the fact that Australia is an outlier amongst common law jurisdictions in having neither a statutory nor a constitutional..

SEK 1927.00
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The Quantum Solution - Bok av Eric Van Lustbader - Häftad

The Quantum Solution - Bok av Eric Van Lustbader - Häftad

Agent Evan Ryder returns in The Quantum Solution, the gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader.EVAN RYDER: A SINGULAR HERO FOR OUR TIME. Evan Ryder is an extraordinary intelligence field agent now working for the security arm of Parachute, a private company and the world's leader in the application of quantum technology. In the past, Ryder has done lethal battle in the modern global wars of power politics, extremist ideology, corrosive disinformation, and outrageous..

SEK 146.00
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Napoleon's Women Camp Followers - Bok av Terry Crowdy - Häftad

Napoleon's Women Camp Followers - Bok av Terry Crowdy - Häftad

Researched from genuine primary sources in regulations and memoirs, this is the first book to explain and illustrate the organization, activities, and personal stories of the female \support staff\ who played a major role in the day-to-day life of Napoleon''s armies.The cantinières who accompanied Napoleon''s armies to war have an iconic status in the history of the Grande Armée. Sutler-women and laundresses were officially sanctioned members of the regiment performing a vital support..

SEK 160.00
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Walther Pistols - PP, PPK and P 38 - Bok av John Walter - Häftad

Walther Pistols - PP, PPK and P 38 - Bok av John Walter - Häftad

While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipistole), a double-action semi-automatic pistol intended for the law-enforcement market, became available in 1929 and went on to arm the police of several European countries in the 1930s. Its smaller cousin the PPK, more readily concealed for undercover work but with reduced..

SEK 191.00
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Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome - Bok av Prof Lindsay C. Watson - Häftad

Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome - Bok av Prof Lindsay C. Watson - Häftad

Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind. In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume discusses the history of the rediscovery and publication of the so-called Greek Magical Papyri, a key source..

SEK 397.00
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Panzergrenadier vs US Armored Infantryman - European Theater of Operations 1944 - Bok av Steven J. (Author) Zaloga - Häftad

Panzergrenadier vs US Armored Infantryman - European Theater of Operations 1944 - Bok av Steven J. (Author) Zaloga - Häftad

During World War II, the two preeminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the U.S. Army''s armored infantrymen clashed in France and Belgium after the Normandy landings. These engagements went on to profoundly influence the use of mechanized infantry in the postwar world. Drawing upon a variety of sources, this book focuses on three key encounters between July and December of 1944 including during Operation Cobra and the Battle of the Bulge, and examines..

SEK 181.00
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Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Lost Colossus - Bok av Joseph A. (Author) McCullough - Häftad

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Lost Colossus - Bok av Joseph A. (Author) McCullough - Häftad

Long ago, the great Colossus of Argantheon stood upon one of the outer islands, its vast, outstretched arm pointing the way to the Crystal Pool, or so the ancient texts claim. Then, during some forgotten war, the Colossus was shattered, and its parts flung across the Archipelago, to lie in forgotten ruin. In this expansion for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, players lead their warbands through a series of interlinked scenarios in a race to discover the secrets of the Colossus. Along the way, they..

SEK 151.00
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A World of My Own - The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage - Bok av Sir Robin Knox-Johnston - Häftad

A World of My Own - The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage - Bok av Sir Robin Knox-Johnston - Häftad

On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili, paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and brown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudderhead, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception for Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the world non-stop single-handed.By every..

SEK 200.00
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Israeli Paratroopers 1954?2016 - Bok av David Campbell - Häftad

Israeli Paratroopers 1954?2016 - Bok av David Campbell - Häftad

From the creation of the first volunteer paratroop unit shortly after the birth of Israel and of the Israeli Defense Force, this arm of service has been recognized as elite. They have also been the first choice for daring special missions, and it is mainly from their ranks that Israel''s Special Forces units have been recruited. Their ethos has also been widespread throughout the IDF; a unique aspect of the Israeli military is the cross-posting of officers from the airborne, armored, and other units,..

SEK 250.00
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Big Guns in the Atlantic - Germany's battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939-41 - Bok av Angus Konstam - Häftad

Big Guns in the Atlantic - Germany's battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939-41 - Bok av Angus Konstam - Häftad

In the early months and years of World War II, it was Germany''s cruisers and battleships that most ravaged the Atlantic Convoys. This is the history of those raids, and how the success of 1941''s Operation Berlin led directly to the Kriegsmarine sending into the Atlantic its greatest battleship - the mighty, ill-fated Bismarck.At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain''s convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to..

SEK 201.00
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