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By: John Pohl

ISBN: 9781855321595
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Details the army of Mexico from the collapse of the Classic centres in around 850AD until the arrival of the Spanish armies around 1520, including the Aztecs, Toltecs and their enemies. The book examines the emergence of the new Mexican nation called the Aztec Empire of the Triple Alliance.


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By: Carmel Winters

ISBN: 9781408140024
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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B for Baby is a tender, sharp-witted new play set in a residential care home for people with severe learning disabilities.


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By: Martin Bowman

ISBN: 9781841760216
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The evolution of the force is traced through first-hand accounts of those individuals that took part in the action, whilst the volume itself is illustrated with period images of aircraft and aircrews, as well as 30 artworks featuring aircraft from each of the air groups within the First Air Division.


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By: Martin Bowman

ISBN: 9781841764344
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Boeing B-17 epitomizes the American war effort in Europe. This second of two volumes covers the 14 bomb groups of the Third Air Division. First hand accounts, photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division.


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By: William N Hess

ISBN: 9781841765808
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as "minor leaguers" by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a "major league" job on axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in 1943. This work covers the Fifteenth Air Force.


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By: Martin Bowman

ISBN: 9781841764818
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbour during the attack of 7th December 1941. This is a history of the B-17's role in the Pacific War.


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By: Thomas Withington

ISBN: 9781841769929
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Lancer began its duties with Strategic Air Command as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War intervened, and the aircraft was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation.


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By: Edward M. Young

ISBN: 9781849083416
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Robert F Dorr

ISBN: 9781855329010
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This is the second of four volumes within the Combat Aircraft series detailing the USAAF's frontline use of the Liberator.


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By: Robert F Dorr

ISBN: 9781841760810
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The B-24 was heavily utilized in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the US Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania. This title relates the experiences of the crews who flew the "heavy" of World War II, and of the aircraft itself.


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By: Robert F Dorr

ISBN: 9781855327818
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Consolidated B-17 Liberator was the Allies' most numerous bomber. This volume covers the exploits of the B-17 with the 90th Bomb Group in the South-West Pacific, the Seventh Air Force based in Australia and with the US Navy and marine Corps.


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By: Edward M. Young

ISBN: 9781849087025
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Edward M. Young

ISBN: 9781472820365
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The operations of the B-25 Mitchell, the only American medium bomber to operate in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of World War 2.


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By: Steve Pace

ISBN: 9781841762845
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The B-25 Mitchell was the most successful and most prolific USAAF bomber of World War II. This book features first-hand accounts from them men who flew the machine that represented the backbone of the USAAF's medium bombing force in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.


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By: Jerry Scutts

ISBN: 9781855326378
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1997
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Once dubbed "the widow maker", Martin's B-26 recovered from a poor start to equip eight bomber groups. One of the first American-manned planes to see action in the Second World War, the Marauder is described here including accounts from crews, details of tactics and training, and unit histories.


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By: Koji Takaki

ISBN: 9781841761619
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This work focuses on the Japanese bomber killers of World War II. Responsible for shooting B-29s out of the skies of Japan, these pilots used a range of tactics, including ramming. This book includes first-hand accounts, archival Japanese material, and scale plans of all major fighter variants.


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By: Robert F Dorr

ISBN: 9781841766546
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Robert F Dorr

ISBN: 9781841762852
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A study of the wartime career of the B-29, as the aircraft went from strength to strength in the Pacific theatre. It draws on the first-hand accounts of the men who flew the B-29 in combat, and features scale plans of all major wartime variants of this machine.


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By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781472818867
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This is the fully illustrated story of the desperate struggle between the world's most advanced self-defending bomber and Japan's most heavily armed single-seat fighter interceptor of World War II.


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By: Thomas Withington

ISBN: 9781841769936
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jon Lake

ISBN: 9781841766072
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The B-52 Stratofortress first saw combat over the jungles of Vietnam during Operation Arc Light in June 1965 and is perhaps the most easily recognized of all USAAF military aircraft since the 1960s. This book looks at the B52's combat history.


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By: Jon Lake

ISBN: 9781841767512
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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As the Cold War drew to an end the B-52's role began to change.


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By: T. E. Bell

ISBN: 9781846039713
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The B-57 Canberra was the first jet-powered American attack aircraft committed to the Vietnam War. The B-57E was involved in the Patricia Lynn missions, parts of which remain classified. This book documents the role of the Australian Canberra B-20 in working alongside the B-57.


(Hardback)

By: Wayne Stewart

ISBN: 9780313335969
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Babe Ruth is the most recognised figure in baseball and a true American icon. This biography describes the highlights of Ruth's career and examines the reasons for the unprecedented impact Ruth had on the game. It draws insights into Ruth's life and career through interviews conducted with members of Ruth's family and with other baseball players.

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