Results for "Black, Jeremy"

 
The First World War was marked by an exceptional expansion in the use and production of military cartography. But World War II took things even further, employing maps, charts, reconnaissance, and the systematic recording and processing of geographical and topographical information on an...

An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future
 
“Forty short chapters . . . describe war from the ancient world to the present day. . . . A Short History of War offers an expansive and often evocative account of great causes that are never lost or...

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III.

Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of...

Amid the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2021 and the escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the geopolitical balance of power has changed significantly in a very short period. If current trends continue, we may be witnessing a tectonic realignment unseen in more than a century.
In 1904...

Leading historian Jeremy Black brings together the continent's common threads of history from the end of the ice ages until the present day.

A History of Europe is a masterful narrative which takes readers on a journey through the vast sweep of European history. It examining events as diverse as the...

A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.

In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to the present in the form of...

"It's a book that looks like a magazine ...] and full of detail to die for" - Crawford Gribben, New Books Network

From one of the world's leading historians comes an ambitious and sweeping history of the world in the 20th century, lavishly illustrated in full-color.

Ranging from the world wars to...

A wide-ranging history of English towns and cities covering al aspects, political, social, cultural and economic. Towns are vital spheres of national life and 'important forcing houses for modernisation and modernity'. And it is impossible to tell national history without understanding the...

This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman...

Twenty-five military historians from around the world describe the decisive conflicts that shaped history from the fifth century BCE to the present.

Cannae and Agincourt, Waterloo and Gettysburg, Stalingrad and Midway, this compact volume collects the most influential battles and conflicts in...