History

Learn about trade and global economic crises in The Economics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and th...

National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usu...

Thinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present. ...

The brutality of Japanese soldiers towards both allied prisoners of war and millions of civilians in Asia during the Second World War was one of th...

Economist Book of the Year 2021'A captivating retelling of one of the most astonishing episodes in East Germany's grim history.' Economist'Merriman...

The First World War demanded one of the most sustained and extraordinary efforts ever made by the British people. It was made possible by a multitu...

This casebook fills a major gap in our cultural knowledge of the Middle Ages. It gathers together for the first time the key historical and literar...

The book is based on nine articles that I contributed to various journals over the past several years or appeared in various conference proceedings...

On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American ...

In the history of the Victoria Cross, this is the first book exclusively written about the recipients of this prestigious award who were members of...

Japon sigue siendo un misterio para los europeos que han sentido el hipnotismo y la magia de este pais por su apego a la tradicion y su imparable a...

Fortress Salopia is the culmination of contributions from heritage and historic professionals, practising archaeologists and academic historians th...

The Ruskin Society Book of The Year. Who was John Ruskin? What did he achieve - and how? Where is he today? One possible answer: almost everywhere....

Mandela & Mbeki: The Hero and the Outsider presents a comparative historical study of the narrative of Mandela and Mbeki and its grip on the So...

True, the concept of Britain dates back to Roman times, but it was James I that founded Britain in the modern sense. With his accession to the thro...

An assessment of how Israels extraordinary population growth undermines the countrys environment, social equity, and quality of lifeand what must b...

In his second book Ronan Moore, author of Irishology, has created a humorous and irreverent guide to every county in Ireland: Galway, where rainfal...

Hailed as the definitive biography of Wendell Willkie (Irwin F. Gellman), The Improbable Wendell Willkie offers an engrossing and enlightening appr...

In Priest, Politician, Collaborator, James Mace Ward offers the first comprehensive and scholarly English-language biography of the Catholic priest...

With the sweep of an epic novel, Our Revolution follows Jenny Moore, a charismatic and brilliant woman whose life changed as she became engaged in ...

''History at its scintillating best ... hard-hitting, revelatory and superbly researched'' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destin...

In this vivid first-person narrative, a Special Operations Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) and his commanding general give fascinating and ...

This book tells in detail what it was like to live in an English town constantly under siege from enemy guns in the Second World War. Many towns in...

Karaoke bars with prostitute hostesses are standard fare in Chinese cities, college students accept jobs as highly paid mistresses, sex stores are ...

Explore the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metropol...

Five weeks after the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, American Kiffin Rockwell was on a ship for France. The United States would not ...

Portugal''s three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guine-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United S...

The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and host of Bloomberg TVs The David...

Many British baby boomers are very nostalgic about a supposed golden age; a vanished world when children were generally freer, happier and healthie...

En las ultimas decadas los estudios sobre la ciudad hispanoamericana del periodo de dominacion espanola se han visto incrementados con multiples pu...

Much has been written about the worlds first democracy, but no book so far has been dedicated solely to the study of enmity in ancient Athens. Enmi...

Si plus personne n''ose aujourd''hui defendre l''apartheid jadis pratique en Afrique du Sud, ce n''etait pas le cas dans les annees 1970 et 1980. N...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA LITERARY HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021 IN THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER''The best biography yet of the media mag...