21st Century History: from c 2000

The United States has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the idea that state-building can make the world safe for democracy but the return...

A look at the duty of nations to protect human rights beyond borders, why it has failed in practice, and what can be done about itThe idea that sta...

California is at a crossroads. For decades a global leader, inspiring the hopes and dreams of millions, the state has recently faced double-digit u...

Hurricanes menace North America from June through to November every year, each as powerful as 10,000 nuclear bombs. These megastorms will likely be...

The history of Europe as a continent of refugeesEuropean history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee mov...

A concise history of how American law has shaped-and been shaped by-the experience of contagion, taking us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colo...

The best single-volume analysis of Burma, its checkered history, and its attempts to reform Burma is one of the largest countries in Southeast As...

The story of North Korea''s information underground and how it inspires people to seek better lives beyond their country''s borders One of the leas...

Front Line Bloggers Afghanistan and Helmand Blog Afghanistan (now combined as UK Forces Afghanistan) were established by the MoD to allow UK arme...

When British Airways and Air France announced that Concorde was to be retired from service in October 2003, it signalled the end of nearly three de...

A passionate account of how the gulf between France''s metropolitan elites and its working classes are tearing the country apart Christophe Guill...

Uniquely imprisoned, most Palestinians in Gaza cannot travel beyond the confines of the Strip, and in times of war escape is impossible. They live ...

The period since 1939 has seen more rapid and significant change than any other time in Welsh history. Wales has developed a more assertive identi...

The period since 1939 saw more rapid and significant change than any other time in Welsh history. Wales developed a more assertive identity of its...

From her first public broadcast in 1940 as a 14-year-old princess, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has given loyal service throughout her long and g...

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, on 25 October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history. At th...

Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years. In this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles that...

The second edition of the definitive book on how modern Japan works, now fully updated up to include the new 'Reiwa' Era and the year of the Olympi...

Lance Corporal Dean Bailey was just 22 when he was sent to Afghanistan as a Sniper Section Commander. Craving the opportunity to finally see some a...

Sudan is at a crossroads. The country could soon witness one of the first partitions of an African state since the colonial era. The 2005 Comprehen...

Sudan is at a crossroads. The country could soon witness one of the first partitions of an African state since the colonial era. The 2005 Comprehen...

From Mark Twain to the movement against the war in Vietnam, this is the story of ordinary Americans challenging empire. Author Richard Seymour alle...

What started as a small New York City youth group quickly became one of the most prominent grassroots activist/citizen journalist organizations, wi...