Humanities books

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This book compares and discusses a range of responses to managing global issues. The three channels that global...  Read More >>

Little knowing that the unearthing of a medieval grave slab will propel him into the realm of waking nightmare,...  Read More >>

Time is made out of threads. Pull one and someplace somewhere things unravel. We know how to pull on the right thread...  Read More >>

William Penn's life was, at its core, a search for peace. This study concentrates attention on his greatest effort...  Read More >>

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They were called 'B-29ers' - the men of the 20th Air Force who brought the WWII Japanese Empire to its knees with...  Read More >>

This second Volume in the To Rule the Winds series deals with the evolution of the Royal Flying Corps through the...  Read More >>

The celebrated General Sir Herbert Plumer once referred to BEF Deputy Chaplain General Llewellyn Henry Gwynne (1863-1957)...  Read More >>

Solferino was the largest battle fought on Italian soil before the First World War, and the culmination of the 1859...  Read More >>

Addressing a historical period so far mostly ignored, this new work provides some examples of the many interesting...  Read More >>

July 1944: the Battle for Normandy is nearing its height. Thousands of soldiers cower in their slit trenches as...  Read More >>

During the United States' involvement in the war in Vietnam, the decision by the US Marine Corps to emphasise counterinsurgency...  Read More >>

Looks at how civilians coped with the English Civil War and the bloodshed which surrounded them in the 1640s and...  Read More >>

Never Retire is the powerful story of the men who joined the 6th Royal Irish Rifles in August 1914 to fight against...  Read More >>

A major new study of one of the 18th century's most important battles.  Read More >>

The new study of Igor Nebolsin provides end to end combat history of the Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army from its formation...  Read More >>

For Valour: The Complete History of the Victoria Cross will be the definitive work on the subject and compelling...  Read More >>

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The contributions in this volume demonstrate that even as forms of industrial heritage provide anchors of identity...  Read More >>

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Comparative studies on concentration camps have tended to neglect the African colonial experience at the turn of...  Read More >>

Why did the US intelligence services fail so spectacularly to know about the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities...  Read More >>

The volume examines common trajectories in indigenous colonial histories, and explores new ways to understand cultural...  Read More >>

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