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Nova Science Publishers Inc Cadet Life at West Point
Book SynopsisThis is a very interesting book full of valuable information of particular use to young men who are contemplating entering West Point. The book recalls many pleasant incidents of cadet life from the author's own days at the academy.Table of ContentsIllustrations; Preface; The Appointment; The Preparation; The Candidate; The Plebe in Camp; The Plebe in Barracks; The Yearling; The Furloughman; The Graduate; United States Military Academy; Appendix.
£138.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States Army: Issues, Background,
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Military Pay, Benefits & Retirement
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£85.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Veterans' Benefits: A Selection of Programs for
Book SynopsisThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers directly, or in conjunction with other federal agencies, programs that provide benefits and other services to veterans and their spouses, dependants and beneficiaries. This book outlines a selection of benefits for service members, including Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for survivors of certain service members and veterans; healthcare for dependants and survivors of veterans; benefits for service-connected disabilities; project HERO implementation; health care and benefits for veterans exposed to agent orange and veterans life insurance programs.
£139.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Arlington National Cemetery: Management, Burial &
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£119.99
Biteback Publishing Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II
Book SynopsisForeword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VCTHE VICTORIA CROSS is Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War.Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated with bravery since he was a young boy, now owns 200 VCs, by far the largest collection of its kind in the world. Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes, first published in 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award, Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II gives extraordinary accounts of the bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft's VC collection - those decorations purchased in the last decade.With sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross. Their inspirational deeds of valour and self-sacrifice should be championed and never forgotten.
£21.25
Biteback Publishing Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume 11
Book SynopsisThe Victoria Cross is Britain and the Commonwealth’s most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War. Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated with bravery since he was a young boy, now owns 200 VCs, by far the largest collection of its kind in the world. Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes, first published in 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award, Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II gives extraordinary accounts of the bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft’s VC collection – those decorations purchased in the last decade. With nearly sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58, the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross. Their inspirational deeds of valour and self-sacrifice should be championed and never forgotten.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC xiii Author’s Royalties xvii Lord Ashcroft and Bravery xix Preface xxi Chapter 1: A Passion for the VC 1 Chapter 2: The Crimean War 21 Chapter 3: The Indian Mutiny and Beyond 57 Chapter 4: The Second Anglo-Boer War and Beyond 107 Chapter 5: The First World War and Beyond: Army VCs 133 Chapter 6: The First World War: Naval and Air VCs 255 Chapter 7: The Second World War 305 Select Bibliography 359 Picture Credits 365 Index 367
£12.34
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Marching With the Tigers: the History of the
Book SynopsisAs the definitive final volume of the history of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Marching with The Tigers covers events in that Regiment and its successor, the 4th Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, over the years 1955-75. During this period the Battalions undertook overseas and operational tours in Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Borneo, Aden, Malta and Libya, Bahrain and Northern Ireland. Supported by seventeen maps and many black and white photographs, its lively text describes the Regular battalions' activities up to the disbandment of Tiger Company in 1975, the Territorial Army battalions' up to the disbandment of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Territorial) in 1971, the early years of the Leicestershire Companies in the 5th and 7th (Volunteer) Battalions The Royal Anglian Regiment, the Depot, the Museum, the Regimental Chapel in the Cathedral and Affiliations. The final chapter brings The Tigers' History right up to the present day including Royal Tigers' Wood and the dedication of the various national memorials commemorating the Regiment.Its numerous appendices contain a wealth of information such as lists of Honours and Gallantry Awards (including Long Service and Efficiency Decorations and Medals), Colonels and Commanding Officers and of those who commanded other units and formations, Late Entry Commissions and National Service Officers. Marching with The Tigers is not only comprehensive but lavish as well with the four Cuneo paintings, the capbadges and the Colours all displayed in colour.
£27.00
Baton Wicks Publications The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on Everest
Book SynopsisIn August 1979 twenty-seven-year-old Mike Trueman set sail from the south-west coast of Wales, en route to Cornwall. The young army helicopter pilot was helping to move his friend's yacht from Northern Ireland to the south coast of England. But as they sailed out into the Irish Sea, the sky turned progressively darker and the winds gathered pace. Over the next twenty-four hours the two young sailors battled to survive force-10 gales in what became known as the Fastnet disaster and which claimed the lives of fifteen sailors off the coast of Ireland.Almost seventeen years later, Trueman was at Camp 2 at 6,400 metres on Mount Everest as the May 1996 tragedy unfolded high above him. As stricken guides, clients and Sherpas tried to survive the fierce storms which engulfed the upper mountain, Trueman was able to descend and - using his twenty-four years of experience as an officer in the British Army - coordinate the rescue effort from Base Camp. The Storms is the remarkable memoir of a British Army Gurkha officer. Trueman, a veteran of twenty expeditions to the Himalaya, gives a candid account of life inside expeditions to the highest mountain in the world. He gives a unique personal perspective on the 1996 Everest storm, as well as on the fateful day in May 1999 when Briton Mike Matthews disappeared high on the mountain after he and Trueman had summited.
£12.34
Monash University Publishing Blood Lust, Trust & Blame
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£13.29
Penguin Publishing Group Flights of Passage Recollecti Recollections of a World War II Aviator
£21.47
Oxford University Press Soldiers to Citizens
Book SynopsisThe G.I. Bill fueled not only the development of the middle class: it also revitalized American democracy. Americans who came of age during World War II joined fraternal groups and neighborhood and community organizations and took part in politics at rates that made the postwar era the twentieth century''s civic golden age. Drawing on extensive interviews and surveys with hundreds of members of the greatest generation, Suzanne Mettler finds that by treating veterans as first-class citizens and in granting advanced education, the Bill inspired them to become the active participants thanks to whom memberships in civic organizations soared and levels of political activity peaked. Mettler probes how this landmark law produced such a civic renaissance. Most fundamentally, she discovers, it communicated to veterans that government was for and about people like them, and they responded in turn. In our current age of rising inequality and declining civic engagement, Soldiers to Citizens offersTrade Review"As a beneficiary of the GI Bill, I can't recommend enough Suzanne Mettler's examination of the Bill and its transformative effect on the lives of so many veterans like me. It's clear that Mettler has come to know the GI Bill through the veterans she met in the course of her research, and the result is as accurate a description of its design, implementation, and of the experiences of the soldiers who benefited from it as I have read. This book is a must-read not only for those interested in the Greatest Generation but also for anyone who wants to know what it takes to make a great country." --Senator Bob Dole"The GI Bill changed my life after my service in the Korean War just as it changed the lives of the World War II veterans whose experiences Mettler brings to light. They provide unassailable evidence of how a federal program revolutionized America for the better. But do not treat Soldiers to Citizens as simply a portrait of the past. This book offers a potent and timely counter argument to those in power who seek to privatize every non-military function of government and remove all sense of shared sacrifice or shared benefit."--Charles Rangel, U.S. Congressman"Mettler's terrific new book explores a little-known, but momentous chapter in the history of the 'Greatest Generation' of America's WWII veterans--why they became the most civic-minded generation in our history. She shows that the GI Bill was one of the great success stories in American public policy, a story that is astonishingly relevant to debates today about civic renewal and the role of government. For contemporary civic reformers this book is must reading." --Robert D. Putnam, Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, and author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community"Breaks new ground in the study of the Greatest Generation. Mettler shows conclusively how the GI Bill not only helped male veterans improve "their stake in society" but how it also gave them the direction and tools to improve the society in which they had a stake." --Montgomery C. Meigs, General, US Army, Retired, and Louis A. Bantle Chair, Maxwell School of Syracuse University"Suzanne Mettler has written a magnificent book, showing how the GI Bill enabled soldiers returning from World War II to become fully participating citizens in American democracy. Not only did the GI Bill open access to education; it delivered benefits in a dignified way and demonstrated that government could make a positive difference in the lives of individuals and the nation. The experiences--and many individual voices--of the World War II generation come through loud and clear in this book. Scholars and students will gain a fresh perspective on the effects of public policy on citizen participation. And general readers will see what government at its best can do to spread opportunity and enrich citizenship in America."--Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and Director of the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University, and author of Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life
£26.12
Oxford University Press Inc The Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology
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£159.12
Zondervan Niv Holy Bible Compact Paperback MultiColor
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£8.54
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Anne Franks Tales from the Secret Annex Including
Book SynopsisThe candid, poignant, unforgettable writing of the young girl whose own life story has become an everlasting source of courage and inspiration.Hiding from the Nazis in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building in Amsterdam, a thirteen-year-old girl named Anne Frank became a writer. The now famous diary of her private life and thoughts reveals only part of Anne’s story, however. This book rounds out the portrait of this remarkable and talented young author.Newly translated, complete, and restored to the original order in which Anne herself wrote them in her notebook, Tales from the Secret Annex is a collection of Anne Frank’s lesser-known writings: short stories, fables, personal reminiscences, and an unfinished novel, Cady’s Life.
£7.59
Zeitgeist Love More Fight Less Communication Skills Every
Book SynopsisLearn to communicate effectively, meaningfully, and lovingly with your partner--even in tense situations.Conflict is part of every relationship, even the healthiest ones. The key to a long-lasting relationship isn't avoiding fights, but rather seeing them as opportunities to work together. In her book, Gottman-certified relationship coach Dr. Gina Senarighi gives us the tools and strategies we need to communicate effectively, rebuild trust, and repair past hurts. Love More, Fight Less features: 30 COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES for building self-awareness, identifying and interrupting emotional reactivity, eliminating judgment, separating thoughts from feelings, and more 29 COMMON PITFALLS IN RELATIONSHIPS around issues of intimacy, career, finances, family and home matters, and friendships with other people--and how to navigate them STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE AND EXPERT INSIGHT to help you transform your rela
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Karen Vaughn World Changer
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£14.10
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Doughboys on the Great War How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experience
£41.95
Bloomsbury Academic The WRNS in Wartime The Womens Royal Naval Service 19171945
Book SynopsisHannah Roberts holds a PhD in War Studies from King's College London. She is Head of Sociology at Godalming College.Table of ContentsTable of figures Abbreviations and terminology Introduction Chapter 1 The creation of the World War One WRNS Chapter 2 The World War One WRNS: 1917–1919 Chapter 3 The re-creation of the WRNS Chapter 4 April 1939–1941: management and growth of the ‘civilian’ service Chapter 5 Becoming a Wren: meritocracy over social position Chapter 6 Subversion of the combat taboo Chapter 7 Social perceptions and relationships in the service Postscript: The service post-war and the impact on the Wrens Notes Bibliography Index
£33.99
AuthorHouse Uncle Hot and Aunt Chur An Odyssey from Mississippi to Northeast Arkansas and Then to Southern Missouri with Side Trips to Brooklyn and Iwo Ji
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£13.77
AuthorHouse Luck God and a Good Woman A Memoir
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£13.77
BAR Publishing Unit Sizes in the Late Roman Army 645 British Archaeological Reports International Series
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The Burgon Society Shaws Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 1
£27.50
Engine House Press Cycling The Algarve Volume 2 Pedal Portugal Tours Day Rides
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£17.58
Rowman & Littlefield The Deployment Toolkit
Book SynopsisDeployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially when children are involved but separation is now a modern day military reality. Those unfamiliar with the military may not understand the nuances of short term versus long-term deployments. Those that do rarely gain exposure to successful strategies for handling deployments when family, such as young children, disabled or other special circumstances, are also involved. As a result, military families must learn to adapt to long-distance relationships, as well as how to adjust and positively cope with separations for various training deployments and real-life exercises. The Deployment Toolkit: Military Families and Solutions for a Successful Long-Distance Relationship covers the basic challenges military families may face before, during, and after deployment. At times the added stresses of military life often make things seem overwhelmTrade ReviewDrawing on the experiences and insights of service members, veterans, their families as well as their own, the authors have developed a guide that provides a comprehensive, practical, and relatable overview of strategies and resources to promote resilience and recovery as service members and their families negotiate the challenges posed by deployment and separations during active duty service and the years beyond. Military members, veterans, their families as well as service providers will find this a valuable reference. -- Elisabeth Stafford, MD, Colonel (Retired) U S ArmyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: Types of Separations & Deployments 2: Being apart but staying together 3: Preparing to Return Home 4: Physical, Mental and Spiritual Care 5: Health Issues 6: Life Goes On Resources
£41.00
AuthorHouse They Also Serve
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AuthorHouse During The War I Rode A Horse A Cheeky Story Of The 10th Australian Light Horse 19141919
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Digital Scanning,US Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant: v. 1
£32.30
Digital Scanning,US Hard Tack and Coffee: Or the Unwritten Story of Army Life
£27.00
AuthorHouse Yellowsnake, Son of Prophecy
£14.05
Potomac Books Inc Cartography
Book SynopsisCartography is the story of Katherine Schifani's experience as a gay woman serving as a counterterrorism advisor in Iraq in 2011, surrounded by strangers and strangeness amid the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
£15.19
Academica Press Bulwark of the Old Regime: France's Royal Swedish
Book SynopsisIn 1740, the French King Louis XV granted his Swedish-led forces the title of Royal Swedish Regiment, for which it received the same privileges as all royal regiments including the protection of the king, new flags, and ordinance. Louis XV acted to fulfill a request of King Fredrik I of Sweden and to demonstrate his satisfaction with the great value shown by the regiment in battle. This intriguing book traces the history of this storied regiment throughout its service, including during the American War of Independence, and up to the time of the French Revolution of 1789.
£96.30
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Growing Up in Armyville: Canada's Military Families during the Afghanistan Mission
Book SynopsisIt was 2006, and eight hundred soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) base in pseudonymous "Armyville," Canada, were scheduled to deploy to Kandahar. Many students in the Armyville school district were destined to be affected by this and several subsequent deployments. These deployments, however, represented such a new and volatile situation that the school district lacked--as indeed most Canadians lacked--the understanding required for an optimum organizational response. Growing Up in Armyville provides a close-up look at the adolescents who attended Armyville High School (AHS) between 2006 and 2010. How did their mental health compare with that of their peers elsewhere in Canada? How were their lives affected by the Afghanistan mission--at home, at school, among their friends, and when their parents returned with post-traumatic stress disorder? How did the youngsters cope with the stress? What did their efforts cost them? Based on questions from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, administered to all youth attending AHS in 2008, and on in-depth interviews with sixty-one of the youth from CAF families, this book provides some answers. It also documents the partnership that occurred between the school district and the authors' research team. Beyond its research findings, this pioneering book considers the past, present, and potential role of schools in supporting children who have been affected by military deployments. It also assesses the broader human costs to CAF families of their enforced participation in the volatile overseas missions of the twenty-first century.Trade Review"a groundbreaking work... meticulous, accessible examination of a ... military town's home-front reactions to the deployment of troops ... [which] contextualizes the war while analyzing [its] often devastating effect ... on their children .... [It] is bolstered by extensive, frequently heartbreaking, firsthand stories of ... adolescent[s], who ... must deal with ... new responsibilities as parent substitutes, and [the] ... anxieties and depression [of] knowing a loved one is in a war zone. ...Out of the mouths of babes come remarkably perceptive insights. -- Publishers WeeklyPoet Raymond Souster, a WWII volunteer, said once that every patriot who would send Canadians to war should first walk through the ward in a veterans' hospital. They should also read Armyville. -- Holly Doan -- Blacklock's Reporter, 20161210Growing Up in Armyville puts the spotlight not only on the offspring of service members, but directly on adolescents. The book makes an outstanding contribution to the 30 years of research and sets the agenda for understanding the experiences of military adolescents. -- Morten G. Ender, United States Military Academy -- Res Militaris 9, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Real Changes for Real People: Canadian Military Involvements Since the Second World War2. Growing Up in a Military Family 3. Growing Up in Armyville 4. Life Just Before a Deployment5. Life During a Deployment 6. Life After the Deployed Parent Returns Home 7. New Beginnings at Armyville High SchoolConclusion Afterword: Some Reflections by David McTimoney Appendices
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Purple Parrot Publishing The Battle of Bamber Bridge: The True Story
£11.15
Naval & Military Press Ltd India General Service Medal Roll 1908-1935 to the RAF
£13.59
Naval & Military Press Ltd Waterloo Medal Roll
£45.00
Naval & Military Press Ltd History of the Services of the 17th (the Leicestershire) Regiment
£24.95
Naval & Military Press Ltd The Fiftieth Division 1914-1919
£25.50
Naval & Military Press Ltd East Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918
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Naval & Military Press Ltd Natal Medal 1906
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Naval & Military Press Ltd Suffolk Regiment 1928-1946
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Naval & Military Press Ltd History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions 1881-1923
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