Battles & Campaigns

Explores the critical battle of Carrhae, a fascinating tale of treachery, tactics, and topography in which Rome experienced one of its most humilia...

From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the heigh...

Few issues created greater consensus among Civil War-era northerners than the belief that the secessionists had committed treason. But as William A...

The Battle of Errozabal (Rencesvals) is the one of the most significant historical events of eighth century Vasconia and in all Western Europe. The...

How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S...

Previous biographies of Abraham Lincolnuniversally acknowledged as one of Americas greatest presidentshave typically focused on his experiences in ...

Material objects lie at the crux of understanding individual and social relationships in history, and the Civil War era is no exception. Before, du...

Isaac Johnson was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 1844. His father, Richard Yeager, was a white farmer and his mother, Jane Johnson, was an ens...

This is the story of how Americans attempted to define what it meant to be a citizen of the United States, at a moment of fracture in the republic'...

The story of Fort McHenry's defense during the War of 1812 is well known, but Lion in the Bay is an intimate look at the events leading up to the b...

As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and wh...

Sermones Contra Hereticos presents an edition and translation of a group of mostly unpublished Latin sermons which were originally preached in the ...

Winner of the PEN OaklandJosephine Miles AwardA stunning portrayal of a tragedy endured and survived by women.David W. Blight, author of Frederick ...

Crucible of a Generation tells the story of the fifteen days surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor through the pages of eight leading Ame...

The New Deal era witnessed a surprising surge in popular engagement with the history and memory of the Civil War era. From the omnipresent book and...

Attempts to see the conflict from the perspectives of those who fought. History TodayThe Battle of Agincourt still rings down through the centurie...

In a campaign part sponsored by First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915 remains one of the most resounding A...

This latest Images of War series book examines the controversial development of the Allied campaign in Normandy in the weeks after the D-Day landin...

Great War Land Girls were all very different individuals - they radiated vitality, resolve and determination. In this book, their sense of fun and ...

'A worthy addition to any bookshelf.', The Naval Review A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in ...

'Kershaws book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-side...

This engrossing and meticulously researched volume reexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leadin...

A compact study of one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War, which featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the...

SURVIVOR STORIES FROM DUNKIRK, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR FILM FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhen Britain declared war against Germany in September 1939, t...