Jeremy Black provides fresh insights into the operations at the Eastern Front and the war against Japan and argues against a trend to demilitarise, giving due weight to the campaigns…

In this succinct one-volume account of the rise and fall of the English press, Jeremy Black traces the medium’s history from the emergence of the country’s newspaper industry to the…

The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used to analyse everything from comics to pro-natalist policies, and science…

Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a new perspective on the events of George I’s reign (1714-27). Based on a wealth of…

Re-examines war by combining a short thematic history with a concentrated study of war throughout the ages as the cause, means and consequence of change.

This work is an important, thematic study of the first age of globalization. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe’s growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the…

The history of war is inextricably bound to the history of the world. Through a detailed exploration of ‘world-scale’ issues of warfare, presented within a chronological framework that spans human…