Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

The war created a nation.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNEW STATESMAN, ATLANTIC AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'A brilliant tale of greed, paranoia and hubris.

Hizbullah ('Party of God') is one of the Middle East's major political forces.

Long overshadowed by fellow republicans Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, Tom Clarke was the man who made the Easter Rising possible.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is a story of intrigue, plot and counter-plot, religious rivalry and nationalist fervour.

Before he became a Founding Father, inventor, and global icon, Benjamin Franklin was a young man searching for knowledge, success, and a better life.

A former senior mujahidin figure and an ex-counter-terrorism analyst cooperating to write a book on the history and legacy of Arab-Afghan fighters in Afghanistan is a remarkable and improbable undertaking.

A former senior mujahidin figure and an ex-counter-terrorism analyst cooperating to write a book on the history and legacy of Arab-Afghan fighters in Afghanistan is a remarkable and improbable undertaking.

The history of the twentieth century in Italy is marked by industrial unrest.

The history of the twentieth century in Italy is marked by industrial unrest.

Following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871, thousands of Commune militants fled France to avoid imprisonment, deportation, or death.

What does it mean to be an American?

The eighteenth century saw more years of war than of peace.

*A Jacobin Best Book of 2025**A Spectator Best Book of 2025, as picked by Sam Leith*From the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of Black Spartacus, a revelatory history of enslaved people's resistance to Atlantic slavery.

During the 1950s and first half of the 1960s the Indonesian Communist Party grew from a few thousand members to become the third largest communist party in the world, before it was annihilated in a violent purge in 1965-6 that saw perhaps half a million alleged communists killed.

In late nineteenth-century Russia, a series of organizations emerged from the nascent radical liberationist movement for the purposes of providing aid to political prisoners and exiles.

In late nineteenth-century Russia, a series of organizations emerged from the nascent radical liberationist movement for the purposes of providing aid to political prisoners and exiles.

The German Peasants' Revolts of 1525 were a defining moment both for the Protestant Reformation and the history of European culture.

The German Peasants' Revolts of 1525 were a defining moment both for the Protestant Reformation and the history of European culture.

During the 1950s and first half of the 1960s the Indonesian Communist Party grew from a few thousand members to become the third largest communist party in the world, before it was annihilated in a violent purge in 1965-6 that saw perhaps half a million alleged communists killed.

Edmund Burke was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England.

'a vital resource'TLS 'Compelling collection'Literary Review The Reformation was a seismic event in history whose consequences are still unfolding in Europe and across the world.

'a vital resource'TLS 'Compelling collection'Literary Review The Reformation was a seismic event in history whose consequences are still unfolding in Europe and across the world.

The eighteenth century saw more years of war than of peace.

Following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871, thousands of Commune militants fled France to avoid imprisonment, deportation, or death.

This monograph explores British Conflict Related Metal Boxes (CRMBs) and the memories they contain that come directly from, or are influenced by, the First World War.

This monograph explores British Conflict Related Metal Boxes (CRMBs) and the memories they contain that come directly from, or are influenced by, the First World War.

In the early 20th century, the diesel-electric submarine made possible a new type of unrestricted naval warfare.

In the early 20th century, the diesel-electric submarine made possible a new type of unrestricted naval warfare.

El secuestro y la ejecucion de Aramburu y el pequeno grupo que lo llevo a cabo son utilizados para explicar el origen, la conformacion y los primeros anos en la vida de la organizacion Montoneros.

From string-and-canvas deathtraps to sleek metal machines relive the dawn of British aviation'Gripping, exuberant, racy and deeply researched, here is the amazing tale of the flying machines.

'Thoroughly researched and extremely readable' THE TIMES'Fascinating, gripping, revelatory' KATE WILLIAMS'An epic and clever history' GARETH RUSSELL'I know no rival to this book in its presentation of a major dynasty in English history' DIARMAID MACCULLOCHTHOMAS MADE ENGLAND.

Dieser Band reflektiert die Folgen des Wiener Kongresses fur Westeuropa, insbesondere aus der Perspektive der europaischen Groregion Saarland-Lothringen-Luxemburg-Rheinland-Pfalz-Wallonie.

Dieser Band reflektiert die Folgen des Wiener Kongresses fur Westeuropa, insbesondere aus der Perspektive der europaischen Groregion Saarland-Lothringen-Luxemburg-Rheinland-Pfalz-Wallonie.

Reflexion collective sur les usages et strategies polemiques, cet ouvrage souhaite contribuer au developpement d'une reflexion historique sur les discours de combat.

How should a free nation be governed, and how can political power be balanced without sacrificing liberty?

From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history 'Fascinating, gripping, vividly detailed, this is a wonderful book full of unforgettable lives.

The original rebels: "e;Brings into clear focus events and identities of ordinary people who should share the historic limelight with the Founding Fathers.

Spies!

Spies!

Richard Washburn Child was an American author and diplomat who served as the U.

Richard Washburn Child was an American author and diplomat who served as the U.

This volume delivers a comprehensive study of banditry in Latin America and of its cultural representation.

'Fascinating' - The New Yorker'A cracking read' - The London Standard'Delightfully readable' - The Wall Street Journal'Intricate and layered' - Financial Times'Engaging .

Pamphleteering was a vital component of the popular political discussion opened up by the French Revolution of 1789, but while the English pamphlet wars have been exhaustively explored, Welsh pamphlet literature has been ignored.

This is the first book-length treatment of the 'turncoat' John Poyer, the man who initiated the Second Civil War through his rebellion in south Wales in 1648.

This is the first book-length treatment of the 'turncoat' John Poyer, the man who initiated the Second Civil War through his rebellion in south Wales in 1648.

From the outbreak of war in 1914 to the creation of the Mercantile Marine Reserve and the eventual introduction of convoys in 1917, this book charts the experiences, contribution and sacrifices made by merchant mariners from Wales.