Military History

In the heyday of empire, most of the world was ruled, directly or indirectly, by the European powers. Unconquered States explores the struggles for...

'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third ReichIn Blood on...

This guidance is intended to promote the appreciation of historic military airfields and their associated buildings, so that their significance is ...

Two First World War army camps at Seaford, East Sussex, were identified on 1940s and 1950s aerial photographs during the South Downs National Mappi...

A History of Modern Germany is a well-established text that presents a balanced survey of the last 150 years of German history, stretching from nin...

The regular Mounted Infantry was one of the most important innovations of the late Victorian and Edwardian British Army. Rather than fight on horse...

This book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It consi...

This book is a comparative study of military operations conducted my modern states between the French Revolution and World War I. It examines the c...

General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England ...

Far from being an anachronism, much less a kit-bag of techniques, peoples war raises what has always been present in military history, irregular wa...

This book cuts through the misunderstandings about Russias geopolitical challenge to the West, presenting this not as hybrid war but political war....

People throughout the world are now commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War. For historians of international business and f...

Indian Ocean studies, which once lagged behind studies of the Atlantic and the Pacific, is an important emerging academic field which has come into...

This title was first published in 1975. The long history of China has produced many outstanding rulers, but few as significant as Ch'in Shih-huang,...

On the 20th of January 1526, the Santiago left Lisbon bound for Africa with a cargo of brass and tin bracelets, round bells, barber basins and clot...

Traditionally, in general studies of the First World War, the Middle East is an arena of combat that has been portrayed in romanticised terms, in s...

This book explores the role played by civilians in shaping the outcomes of military combat across time and place. This volume explores the contribu...

This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create ...

A Press Divided provides new insights regarding the sharp political divisions that existed among the newspapers of the Civil War era. These newspap...

Comprehensive photographic study of surviving Battle of Little Big Horn artifacts with narratives authenticating each item. This book is a fir...

The power of the American press to influence and even set the political agenda is commonly associated with the rise of such press barons as Joseph ...

In this myth-shattering study Isaiah Friedman provides a new perspective on events in the Middle East during World War I and its aftermath. He show...

With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tomm...

This book on Finland's stand against the Soviet Union during the Winter War remain the most stirring in history. It is of use to the general reader...

This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean Double-Cross System of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primar...

Imaginary Friendship is the first in-depth study of the onset of the American Revolution through the prism of friendship, focusing on future US pre...

Albert of Aachens History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the early history of the crusader sta...