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Akkadian, comprising the Babylonian, Assyrian and Old Akkadian dialects, is the earliest known Se...

A global account of military strategy, which examines the practices, rather than the theories, of...

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very begin...

An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future

A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present...

The major form of travel throughout history has been roadways. And while humanity has traversed t...

A beautifully illustrated, first-of-its-kind chronicle of road maps through the ages.

A History of the Modern World

In a climate of global instability and domestic uncertainty, the question of what constitutes Bri...

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume looks at the eighteenth century, which ...

Originally published as a collection in 2006, the essays in this volume discuss the reasons for t...

War was a central theme in the world history of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with ...

In this up-to-date account of European warfare since 1815, important treatments of major conflict...

Professor Black traverses social, religious and geographical boundaries in a comprehensive accoun...

What was the course and consequence of the British Empire? The rights and wrongs, strengths and w...

Rethinking Military History is a bold new 'thought book' that reconsiders military history at the...

Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefiel...

The nineetenth century was a period of striking developments, and subject to a great pressure of ...

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume covers the Atlantic slave trade from it...

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume discusses the development of the Atlant...

Now in its second edition, The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History has been updated to include ...

Now in its second edition, The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History has been updated to include ...

Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date a...

Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date a...

Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a...

Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war b...

'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Ti...

The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most cri...

A fascinating, illustrated history of forts and castles from their earliest origins to the 20th c...

A visually stunning account of how naval conflict was recorded and planned, using contemporary ma...

This best-selling guide will help you get to grips with the larger themes and issues behind histo...

The history of Germany is intricately woven. Threaded in time through its struggles and triumphs ...

The seventeenth century has long been seen as a period of 'crisis' or transition from the pre-mod...

Eighteenth-century England was a place of enlightenment and revolution: new ideas abounded in sci...

A core introductory textbook that provides students with a concise overview of the full sweep of ...

There were 20,000 miles of railways in 1865 and about a million by 2020. Scale has always been a ...

'... provides an introduction to the topic that will be useful to hobbyists, public historians, a...

Twenty-five military historians from around the world describe the decisive conflicts that shaped...

New in paperback - Life, Society, Family, Economy, and Politics in early and mid-Victorian Englan...

Written by lead historian Jeremy Black, this fascinating hardback reference guide charts an incre...

A concise history of the Pacific, which emphasises the very different physical and human environm...

'Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In t...

Life, society, family, economy, and politics in early and mid-Victorian England mediated through ...

One of the the leading historians of British history, Jeremy Black, turns his trenchant eye to th...

Written by lead historian Jeremy Black, this fascinating hardback reference guide charts an incre...

A global history of the geography of war from antiquity to modern and contemporary conflict illus...

The Weight of Words Series continues with Daniel Defoe, as historian Jeremy Black uses this write...