History

This timely book, published in advance of 2010's inter-governmental Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, makes available for the first time newly declassified government correspondence from David Owen's tenure as Foreign Secretary.

The author reveals all in an exposé, which makes a mockery of the military misconceptions that many people accept as the undisputed truth, offering such revelations as: there was no "Boston Massacre" and General MacArthur never promised "I shall return." Reprint.

A freewheeling, sharp-shooting indictment of a tech-besotted culture.

The first is to draw attention to the existence of a persisting and virtually unrecognised tradition of 'philosemitism' which manifested itself in Britain and elsewhere in the English-speaking world during every significant international outbreak of antisemitism during the century after 1840.

The Australian Bushrangers series by librarian and historical researcher, Jane Smith, details the colourful lives of six of Australia's most famous bushrangers of the gold rush era: Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Frank Gardiner, BenHall, and the two men known as `Captain Starlight'.

One Shot Kills is the story of the sniper's journey from the South African veldt to the recent battlegrounds of Iraq and Afghanistan. It is also the story of the development of the modern sniper's combat weapon system in which technology has been harnessed to produce extraordinary results on the battlefield.

Provides an evaluation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC). This work is concerned with national politics, and takes into account the specific, local implications of the TRCs hearings and findings, with the uncensored voices of some of the survivors of human rights abuses, in whose name the whole exercise was undertaken.

“This book presents my analysis of the difficulties France faces. It outlines my proposals for putting France back on the path toward economic growth, social justice, and modernity. And it addresses many of the common domestic, international, economic, and social challenges that advanced democracies ...

An insightful account of British Liberal leaders.

Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme is an edited collection of one hundred headstone inscriptions from those who paid the ultimate price during this infamous battle which marked a turning point in the public perceptions of the war in Britain.

Bruce Ware, Darryl Hart, John MacArthur, and others join the editors in calling evangelicals not to abandon their Reformational roots but to return to them.

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation.

The headlines of Royal infidelity and divorce that the bread and butter of today's tabloid press are nothing new. This book chronicles the sexual farce across the centuries from Hal the Horny (Henry VIII) via Edward the Caresser (Edward VII) to the present day antics of Prince Charles.

Mary Eleanor Bowes, ancestor of the Queen, was brought up at the luxurious estate of Gibside in County Durham. Known as the heiress of 'all the wealth of the North', it was perhaps inevitable that she became prey to fortune hunters. In 1767 John Lyon, 9th Earl of Strathmore, married her. The marriage lasted nine years, but it was not a happy one.

A look at a critical period in American Studies

Surviving the "Essex" tells the captivating story of a ship's crew battered by whale attack, broken by four months at sea, and forced-out of necessity-to make meals of their fellow survivors.

A collection of original essays on the historical, geopolitical and cultural aspects of the South Atlantic, past and present