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1	Aftermath: The Remnants of War more books like this by Donovan Webster add to wishlist Donovan Webster visited sites around the world to investigate the ways in which war has transformed the landscape. The legacy of unexploded bombs from World War I still lives in France. An area 60 miles square on the outskirts of Stalingrad--the scene of one of the most destructive battles in history during World War II--is still littered with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare: The Triumph of the West more books like this by Professor Geoffrey Parker (Editor) add to wishlist Now available in a revised and updated version, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present day. The book treats the history of all aspects of the subject: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defence; discipline and ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $3.95! \| SVS
3	Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan more books like this by Christina Lamb add to wishlist A British correspondent who had been in Afghanistan during the war against the Russians and the beginning of Taliban rule writes of her post-9/11 return. Lamb's contacts provide her with an on-the-ground perspective of the Afghan people at a time of critical change. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	War in Human Civilization more books like this by Azar Gat add to wishlist Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultural invention? How does war relate to the other fundamental developments in the history of human civilization? And what of war today - is it a declining phenomenon or simply changing its shape? In this truly global study of war and civilization, Azar Gat sets out to find ... see all copies from $22.41! new only from $22.41! \| SVS
5	Battle: A History of Combat and Culture more books like this by John A Lynn, II add to wishlist Spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare Drawing on examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present. In battle, ideas can be more far more important ... see all copies from $2.87! new only from $6.64! \| first editions \| SVS
6	End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation more books like this by Tom Engelhardt add to wishlist In a substantial new afterword to his classic account of the collapse of American triumphalism in the wake of World War II, Tom Engelhardt carries that story into the twenty-first century. He explores how, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the younger George Bush headed for the Wild West (Osama bin Laden, "Wanted, Dead or Alive"); how his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination more books like this by H Bruce Franklin add to wishlist In this new and expanded edition of an already classic work, H. Bruce Franklin brings the epic story of the superweapon and the American imagination into the ominous twenty-first century, demonstrating its continuing importance both to comprehending our current predicament and to finding ways to escape from it.Sweeping through two centuries of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace--Or War more books like this by Mary B Anderson add to wishlist Echoing the words of the Hippocratic Oath, the author challenges aid agency staff to take responsibility for the ways that their assistance affects conflicts. Mary B. Anderson cites the experiences of many aid providers in war-torn societies to show that international assistance - even when it is effective in saving lives, alleviating suffering ... see all copies from $13.37! new only from $20.64!
9	Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914-1918 more books like this by Roger Chickering add to wishlist This important contribution to the successful textbook series New Approaches to European History explores the comprehensive impact of the First World War on Imperial Germany. It examines military aspects of the conflict, as well as the diplomacy, government, politics, and industrial mobilization of wartime Germany. Unlike other existing surveys, ... see all copies from $5.74! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 more books like this by Fred Anderson, Andrew Cayton add to wishlist Through a close study of several major and lesser-known wars fought in North America, two distinguished historians trace the growth of America and the changes wrought by these conflicts. Each war is studied through the prism of a key general--Washington, Jackson, Grant, MacArthur, etc.--and together they reveal a pattern of imperialistic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	Shadows of War: Violence, Power, and International Profiteering in the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Carolyn Nordstrom add to wishlist Carolyn Nordstrom, a pioneer in war-zone ethnography, gives us an up close view of the shadowy worlds of wartime economics. Money laundering, blood diamonds, gun running - Nordstrom puts faces on each of these. Seeing the faces makes the moral dilemmas of war not simpler, but more realistic. see all copies from $7.94! new only from $15.61! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War more books like this by Robert Bevan add to wishlist In times of conflict, buildings are inevitably damaged or destroyed. But there has always been another war against architecture: the destruction of the built artefacts of a people or nation as a means of cultural cleansing or division. In this war, architecture takes on a totemic quality: a mosque is not simply a mosque but represents the presence ... see all copies from $2.07! new only from $2.07! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000 more books like this by Dr. Jeremy Black add to wishlist An attempt to write a global history of warfare in the modern era. Jeremy Black, here presents a wide-ranging account of the nature, purpose and experience of war over the last half millennium. Investigating both land and sea warfare, Black examines weaponry, tactics, strategy and resources as well as the political, social and cultural impact of ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $25.28! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion more books like this by David Stafford add to wishlist Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the centurys best-kept secretsthanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of historys most remarkable moments. David Stafford has written a riveting account of ten of those ordinary men and womenincluding an American paratrooper, a German soldier, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern War more books like this by Charles Townshend (Editor), Richard Holmes (Editor), John B Hattendorf (Editor) add to wishlist How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? This excitingly illustrated book examines the techniques, technology, and theory of warfare from the 'military revolution' of the seventeenth century to the present ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| first editions
16 view cover	War and Our World more books like this by John Keegan add to wishlist These thoughts on war were originally delivered as BBC lectures in 1998. The esteemed military historian Keegan builds his essays around simple questions about the origins of war, whether it is natural, its importance to the state, its effects on the individual, and whether there can be an end to it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.97! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo more books like this by Bryan Mealer add to wishlist After covering a brutal war that claimed four million lives, journalist Mealer takes readers on a harrowing 2,000-mile journey through Congo. At once illuminating and startling, this text is a searing portrait of an emerging country devastated by a decade of war and horror. see all copies from $4.94! new only from $5.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Other Side of Dawn more books like this by J Marsden add to wishlist The fates of Ellie and her compatriots are finally revealed in this last entry in the Tomorrow, When the War Began series. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World more books like this by Malcolm Potts, Thomas Hayden add to wishlist Why do humans kill members of their own species intentionally, when few other animals do so? "Sex and War" traces the cultural and biological evolution of warfare from its prehuman origins through to modern times. see all copies from $16.37! new only from $16.37! \| SVS
20 view cover	Terrorism and War more books like this by Howard Zinn, Ph.D., Anthony Arnove add to wishlist New interviews conducted since the tragic events of September 11 and the bombing campaign against Afghanistan, TERRORISM & WAR provides Zinn's most up-to-date thinking on war, terrorism, and the new global order. Truth, Zinn shows us, has indeed been the first casualty of war, starting from the beginnings of American empire in the Spanish ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Living Beyond War: A Citizen's Guide more books like this by Winslow Myers add to wishlist After thousands of years, the dream of a world without war may seem hopelessly unrealistic. But, as Winslow Myers shows in this concise, eloquent primer, what is truly unrealistic is the notion that war remains a reasonable solution to the conflicts on our planet. He begins by showing why war has become obsolete (though obviously not extinct): it ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $9.39! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Oxford History of Modern War more books like this by Charles Townshend (Editor) add to wishlist How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? "The Oxford History of Modern War" examines the techniques, technology, and theory of war from the 'military revolution' of the seventeenth century to the present day, with ... see all copies from $2.15! new only from $11.75!
23 view cover	Anthropologists in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power more books like this by Roberto J Gonzalez (Editor) add to wishlist Anthropologists have a long tradition of prescient diagnoses of world events. Possessing a knowledge of culture, society, and history not always shared by the media's talking heads, anthropologists have played a crucial role in educating the general reader on the public debates from World War I to the second Gulf War. This anthology collects over ... see all copies from $9.39! new only from $20.94! \| SVS
24 view cover	The American Culture of War: The History of U.S. Military Force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom more books like this by Adrian R Lewis add to wishlist "The American Culture of War" presents a sweeping critical examination of every major American war since 1941: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the First and Second Persian Gulf Wars. As he carefully considers the myriad cultural forces that surrounded each military engagement, Adrian R. Lewis offers an original, provocative look at the motives ... see all copies from $34.98! new only from $39.38! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Vietnam's Southern Revolution: From Peasant Insurrection to Total War 1959-1968 more books like this by David Hunt, Col. add to wishlist This book offers a path-breaking analysis of the Vietnam War as experienced by the Vietnamese peasantry.In Vietnam, the American government vowed to win the 'hearts and minds' of the people. On the other side, among those who led and sympathized with the insurgents, the term 'people's war' gained a wide currency. Yet while much has been written ... see all copies from $24.21! new only from $28.95! \| SVS

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