ledochowicz.com

Military

Biography & Memoires

Campaigns and Battles of General Nathan Bedford Forrest Kentucky to Chickamauga, 1861-1863

Scales John

ISBN: HB: 9781611212846, Casemate, Savas Beatie, February 2018
312 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 58 maps, 2 images

Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the most intriguing characters to emerge during the Civil War. There are no shortage of books and articles on the man and his generalship, with topics ranging from hero worship based on his extraordinary battlefield...

HB:

£22,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Modelling - Military Drawings

Aviation

Carrier Aviation in the 21st Century Aircraft Carriers and Their Units in Detail

Newdick Thomas

ISBN: PB: 9780997309225, Casemate, Harpia Publishing, February 2018
256 pp., 27.7x21.1 cm, colour and black&white illus.

The modern aircraft carrier is without doubt one of the most exciting and hazardous operating environments in the field of warfare. The "flattop" is a symbol of global military power without parallel, and it remains a capability beyond reach of all b...

PB:

£34,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Military

Combat History of 21st Panzer Division 1943-45

Kortenhaus Werner

ISBN: PB: 9781912174140, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2018
520 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 80 black&white photos, 21 maps

For years, one of the most essential sources for study of the Normandy invasion was known only to a select few and nearly unobtainable even to those who knew of its existence. It has never before been translated. None of the major English language hi...

PB:

£45,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Asia

China Visions through the Ages

Niziolek Lisa C., Bekken Deborah A., Feinman Gary M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226385372, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
354 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 225 colour plates, 1 table

At the entrance of The Field Museum's Cyrus Tang Hall of China, two Chinese stone guardian lions stand tall, gazing down intently at approaching visitors. One lion's paw rests upon a decorated ball symbolizing power, while the other lion cradles a cu...

HB:

£34,00

QTY:

add books to the list

America

Military

Chickamauga Campaign - Glory or the Grave The Breakthrough, the Union Collapse, and the Defense of Horseshoe Ridge, September 20, 1863

Powell David A.

ISBN: PB: 9781611213836, Casemate, Savas Beatie, December 2017
744 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 37 maps, 40 images

Now in paperback, "Glory or the Grave: The Breakthrough, the Union Collapse, and the Defense of Horseshoe Ridge, September 20, 1863" is the second volume in The Chickamauga Campaign, David Powell's magnificent three-volume study of this overlooked an...

PB:

£18,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Military

Chickamauga Campaign Barren Victory: The Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863

Powell David A.

ISBN: PB: 9781611213843, ISBN: HB: 9781611213287, Casemate, Savas Beatie, December 2017
384 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 15 images, 5 maps

Barren Victory is the third and concluding volume of the magisterial Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy, a comprehensive examination more than a decade in the making of one of the most important and complex military operations of the Civil War. The first...

PB:

£18,00

QTY:

HB:

£25,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Europe

Cities Contested Urban Politics, Heritage, and Social Movements in Italy and West Germany in the 1970s

Baumeister Martin, Schott Dieter, Bonomo Bruno

ISBN: PB: 9783593506975, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, October 2017
420 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Historians discuss the 1970s as an era of deep transformations and even structural rupture in Western societies. For the first time, Cities Contested engages in this debate from the perspective of comparative urban history, examining the struggles in...

PB:

£51,00

QTY:

add books to the list

America

Chicago Renaissance Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis

Olson Liesl

ISBN: HB: 9780300203684, Yale University Press, September 2017
400 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 88 black&white illus.

This remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality to the modernist movement. Author Liesl Olson traces Chicago's cultural development from the 1893 World's Fair through mid-century, illuminating how C...

HB:

£35,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Europe

Conquest of Death Violence and the Birth of the Modern English State

Lockwood Matthew

ISBN: HB: 9780300217063, Yale University Press, August 2017
424 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.

A fresh and fascinating history of crime and violence in England through the office of the coroner. In his fascinating debut, Matthew Lockwood explores the history of crime, homicide, and suicide in England over four centuries through the office of...

HB:

£60,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Europe

Children's World Growing Up in Russia (1890-1991)

Kelly Catriona

ISBN: HB: 9780300112269, Yale University Press, August 2017
480 pp., 24.6x17.1 cm, 115 black&white illus.

How a country views its children reveals a great deal. This landmark history of childhood in twentieth-century Russia presents an enthralling and detailed picture of a society where childhood was celebrated everywhere, but children's real needs were...

HB:

£35,00

QTY:

add books to the list