For sale in CIS only! There is no English state within the UK – no English passport, Parliament or currency; nor is there any immediate prospect of one. But that does not mean that England lacks an identity. The extent to which English nationalism...

Fifteen years in the making, a landmark reinterpretation of the life of a pivotal figure in British and European history In this magisterial addition to the Yale English Monarchs series, David Bates combines biography and a multidisciplinary approach...

General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining record of bravery and unquestioned commitment to the Revol...

The path from Moscow to Stalingrad was littered with successes and losses for both the Red Army and the Wehrmacht, with tensions remaining high and culminating in one of the harshest battles of the Second World War. Part of the Casemate Illustrated s...

Contemporary discussions of international relations in Asia tend to be tethered in the present, unmoored from the historical contexts that give them meaning".Sacred Mandates", edited by Timothy Brook, Michael van Walt van Praag, and Miek Boltjes, red...

A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the power to make – or destroy – the emperors they served Founded by Augustus around 27 B.C., the elite Praetorian Guard was tasked with the protection...

According to the official historian Brigadier-General James Edmonds: "In every respect the Expeditionary Force of 1914 was incomparably the best trained, best organized, and best equipped British Army which ever went forth to war". There has been con...

In the early twentieth century, northerners lived and trapped in one of the world's harshest environments. At a time when government services and social support were minimal or nonexistent, they thrived on the fox fur trade, relying on their energy,...

A respected authority on international relations and foreign policy, Victor Bulmer-Thomas offers a grand survey of the United States as an empire. From its territorial expansion after independence, through hegemonic rule following World War II, to th...

In the 1970s, news broke that former Nazis had escaped prosecution and were living the good life in the United States. Outrage swept the nation, and the public outcry put extreme pressure on the U.S. government to investigate these claims and to depo...