This is the first single-author study in over fifty years to offer an integrated appraisal of the early Middle Ages as a dynamic and formative period in European history.
Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign.
Recent archaeological discoveries, coupled with long-lost but now available epigraphical evidence, and a more expansive view of literary sources, provide new and dramatic evidence of the emergence of rhetoric in ancient Greece.
Born in 1765, third son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, initially had little expectation of succeeding to the British throne.
When Jacobite enthusiast Michael Nevin successfully bid for a handwritten letter and memorandum by Bonnie Prince Charlie at an auction, little did he realise he had come into possession of material that would change our view of history.
During World War II, German armored reconnaissance laid the groundwork--often through small-unit actions--for the stunning tank and infantry operations that made the German military famous.
Après des années de recherches de lettres de soldats en guerre ou captivité pendant le conflit avec l'Allemagne nazie, Jean-Pierre Duhard a pu réunir plus de 2200 correspondances émanant de 300 prisonniers, qui ont fourni la matière à cet ouvrage.
Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the six Abdiel-class fast minelayers, the fastest and most versatile ships to serve in the Royal Navy in the Second World War.
Submarine' is almost certainly the first book to bring together eye-witness accounts from almost every navy that deployed submarines in WW2, and it is far more than an account of WW2 missions.
The long government service of Francois Boissy d'Anglas from 1789 to 1826 is unique, and his abundant writing provides a new look at the great drama of the French Revolution era.
Près de huit décennies après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le moment est venu de s'interroger sur l'activité musicale s'étant développée dans les pays d'Europe centrale et orientale placés sous la domination de l'URSS.
The sector north of Ypres is best known for the inundation of much of the ground to the east of the Yser that acted as a block to the German advance in the autumn of 1914.
Over the course of the Middle Ages, the economies of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa became more closely integrated, fostering the international and intercontinental journeys of merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, missionaries, and adventurers.
Dans une France libérée mais exsangue matériellement et moralement, une tâche immense attend le général de Gaulle : le jugement de la collaboration, indispensable au rétablissement de l'autorité de l'État et œuvre de régénérescence de la nation.
They are two of twentieth-century history’s most significant figures, yet today they are largely forgotten – Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, Germany’s First World War leaders.
Dès la défaite de l'armée française en juin 1940, Charles Mangold, fonctionnaire du ministère des Affaires étrangères n'ayant aucune illusion sur la politique étrangère de l'Allemagne, quitte l'Alsace pour rallier Périgueux.
Drawing upon the most recent discoveries and scholarship in archaeology and the first-century Near East, The Dawn of Christianity reveals how a beleaguered group of followers of a crucified rabbi became the founders of a world-changing faith.
This is the compelling story of a former Jesuit who traveled to Ireland in order to better understand the IRA, its widespread support among Irish Catholics, and the country's continuing civil unrest.
Cet ouvrage explore un pan méconnu et bien peu « politiquement correct » de l'histoire du PCF, via son journal historique, L'Humanité, devenu un temps « clandestin ».
Although it was characterized by simmering international tensions, the early Cold War also witnessed dramatic instances of reconciliation between states, as former antagonists rebuilt political, economic, and cultural ties in the wake of the Second World War.
