Specific wars and campaigns

What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power?

Women Writing in a Time of War, 1642-1689 explores the stereotype of the apolitical woman who was nevertheless valuable as a messenger or secret agent during the English civil wars, not least because her imagined lack of political acumen obscured her partisan behaviour.

Previous scholarship on fascism in Slovakia has focused on either state actors operating from urban centres or the mechanisms of violence on a grassroots level - with the result being that the Holocaust is seen as primarily a top-down and state-centred process.

How did Gettysburg become the most famous battle of the American Civil War and one of the most consequential in world history?

The First World War transformed modern politics.

John Milton's Latin Defences are landmark texts in the history of English Civil War and Interregnum polemics.

The Damietta Crusade, which is often referred to as the 'Fifth Crusade', was the first of the numbered crusades to be targeted against Egypt.

The Damietta Crusade, which is often referred to as the 'Fifth Crusade', was the first of the numbered crusades to be targeted against Egypt.

Histories you can trust.

Complicity in American Literature after 1945 offers a literary and intellectual history of the idea of complicity in the United States, proposing a new frame for understanding American literature in the period.

What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power?

In January 1942, Soviet press photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented.

A tiny dog, the runt of the litter, is born on a remote cattle station.

In March 1918, with the fear of a one-million-man American army landing in France, the Germans attacked.

On 10 July 1943, British soldiers landed in south-eastern Sicily as part of a major Allied invasion.

"e;First-time author Schellhaas presents a moving memoir of her life with her husband, Ross .

Complicity in American Literature after 1945 offers a literary and intellectual history of the idea of complicity in the United States, proposing a new frame for understanding American literature in the period.

The First World War is the bloodiest war in British history.

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Women Writing in a Time of War, 1642-1689 explores the stereotype of the apolitical woman who was nevertheless valuable as a messenger or secret agent during the English civil wars, not least because her imagined lack of political acumen obscured her partisan behaviour.

Weaponizing Civilian Protection exposes how coalition efforts to minimize and mitigate civilian casualties during the recent conflict in Afghanistan also worked to rationalize the harm inflicted upon Afghan civilians.

On July 25, 1943, news of Mussolini's resignation and subsequent arrest stunned Italians leaving them dumbfounded.

National service was a defining feature for a generation of young men in post-war Britain.

The First World War is the bloodiest war in British history.

The First World War transformed modern politics.

The squatter--defined by Noah Webster as "e;one that settles on new land without a title"e;--had long been a fixture of America's frontier past.

A poignant, multi-generational saga of a mixed-race family in the US West and South from the antebellum period through the rise of Jim Crow.

A poignant, multi-generational saga of a mixed-race family in the US West and South from the antebellum period through the rise of Jim Crow.

The squatter--defined by Noah Webster as "e;one that settles on new land without a title"e;--had long been a fixture of America's frontier past.

Between 1815 and the Duke of Wellington's death in 1852, the Battle of Waterloo became much more than simply a military victory.

Between 1815 and the Duke of Wellington's death in 1852, the Battle of Waterloo became much more than simply a military victory.

It's 1947 and the war is over, but Juliet Barnard is still tormented by secrets.

WHEN ADOLF HITLER went to war in 1914, aged 25, he lived through what he would later call the 'most stupendous experience of my life'.

As the young men of Europe were fighting in the trenches, a little known contingent of Chinese labourers crossed the world to provide support vital to the Allied war effort.

As England suffered heavy casualties at the front during World War One, the nation closed ranks against outsiders at home.

At the conclusion of 'the war to end war', the victorious powers set about redesigning the world map at the Paris Peace Conference.

After 1914, between tiffin and a day at the race track, the British in Shanghai enjoyed a life far removed from the horrors of the Great War.

At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort.

March 1945.

Why had the house stayed empty so long?

Soon after the declaration of war on Japan, a secret military reconnaissance unit was established, based on the British Special Operations Executive (known as SOE) and called the Inter-allied Services Department.

On July 25, 1943, news of Mussolini's resignation and subsequent arrest stunned Italians leaving them dumbfounded.

In January 1942, Soviet press photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented.

Primo Levi’s development as a writer was expressed through multiple literary genres and an increasing awareness of his readers over the course of his forty-year writing career.

Primo Levi’s development as a writer was expressed through multiple literary genres and an increasing awareness of his readers over the course of his forty-year writing career.