Frontline naval institute annapolis (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First US Edition. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, Frontline Books, (2018). First U.S. Edition. Large 8vo. viii,450pp, Index. Hardcover. Book in fine condition; dj very good (short tear lower edge of front flap). Color and b&w plates and drawings. From dj: "detailed account, the author charts the full story of U-47, its commander and crewâ¦[and] all the main events in each of U-47's ten war patrols, particularly the attack on HMS Royal Oak, for which a number of important new conclusions are explored, daily life on board is also revealed, as is U-47's final fate". ISBN 9781682473863; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 450 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. New condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; Author's Note; Chronology; Epilogue: School of Hard Knocks: Defeat in the Colonies 1879-1900; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary and Index. Illustrated with two sections of both black-and-white and color photographic plates and black-and-white frontispiece drawing. "In this compelling and original history Lt. Colonel Mike Snook sheds intriguing new light on military disaster during the high Victorian period. With the empire at its zenith this was an era that witnessed some of the British Army's greatest colonial successes. It was also a period of troubled transition as the army struggled to adapt to the changing nature and needs of modern warfare. Focusing on some of the most dramatic and celebrated campaigns of the age - from Isandlwana, Maiwand and Majuba Hill to Khartoum, Colenso, Spion Kop and Magersfontein - the author combines engaging battle narratives with a scrupulous examination of primary source material to bring these encounters to life and expose the true and sometimes embarrassing causes of defeat." - from the rear outer jacket. "The experience of colonial warfare brought vividly to life. New insights into the characters of some of Victoria's most notable military commanders. Tabulated orders of battle for all combatants. Between the Crimean War and the dawn of the 20th century, the British Army was alsmost continuously engaged, in one corner of the globe or another, in military operations famously characterized by Kipling as the 'savage wars of peace.' From Cairo to Cape Town, hard-pressed handfuls of British soldiers flogged across often impossible terrain, and overcame a raft of logistic difficulties, to bring a succession of resourceful enemies to battle. When at length the protagonists met at close quarters, there were often startling, unexpected and violent outcomes. In his new worl Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook deploys his professional expertise as a soldier, in concert with his life-long study of British military history, to bring the most dramatic clashes of the age of empire back to life. The names of these great battles - Isandlwana, Maiwand, Majuba Hill, Khartoum, Colenso, Spion Kop and Magersfontein still resonate down through the ages. In a wide-ranging and meticulously researched military history, the author focuses closely on defeat and disaster - the occasions when things went badly awry for the British. Overstretch, political meddling, military incompetence and petty jealousy all played their part. Above all else, however, these are dramatic and perceptive accounts of mere mortal men struggling to deal with the often overpowering dynamics and horrors of 19th -century warfare on the fringes of Empire." - from the inner front jacket flap. …

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Hardcover in dust jacket. As new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hard cover is bumped to spine ends, and the top outer corner is creased. DJ has very slight edgewear to the top. Contains black & white illustrations. Seller Ref: M12097.

Hardcover in dust jacket. Foreword by Jürgen Rohwer. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover First English language edition, first printing.

First Edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 352p., [16]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24cm. Subjects: World War, (1939-1945) -- Naval operations. 1 Kg.

First Edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 352p., [16]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24cm. Subjects: World War, (1939-1945) -- Naval operations. 1 Kg.

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 287 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £19.99. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781844157082 CRIMEA and GEORGIA. …