Supremacy at Sea
Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory
ISBN: HB: 9780300255454,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
416 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 50 black&white illus., 9 maps
416 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 50 black&white illus., 9 maps
The gripping account of the U.S. Navy's fast carrier force – and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy.
Task Force 58 was World War II's most powerful battle fleet. Made up in mid-1944 of sixtee...
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20.00 GBP
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First Cold War
Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century
ISBN: HB: 9781805260578,
Hurst Publishers,
May 2024
544 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
544 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
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A comprehensive history of Russo-British relations at the height of the imperial age, from Peter the Great to the Triple Entente.
Britain and Russia maintained a frosty civility for a few years after Napoleon's defeat in 1815...
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35.00 GBP
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Hope and Despair
Israel's Future in the New Middle East
ISBN: HB: 9781911723196,
Hurst Publishers,
May 2024
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A frank assessment of Israel's uncertain place in a region scarred by conflict and insecurity. Where can the country and its people go from here?
Days before his country signed a deal to normalise ties with Israel, the Emirat...
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30.00 GBP
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Normandy: the Sailors' Story
A Naval History of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign
ISBN: HB: 9780300256734,
Yale University Press,
April 2024
448 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 30 black&white illus., 12 maps and tables
448 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 30 black&white illus., 12 maps and tables
The first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign.
The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history. The assault phas...
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20.00 GBP
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Harfleur to Hamburg
Five Centuries of English and British Violence in Europe
ISBN: HB: 9781911723172,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2024
336 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
336 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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From the Hundred Years War to the Second World War, a definitive volume exploring military violence waged across the British Isles and the European continent.
Britain has historically been seen as an upholder of international...
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45.00 GBP
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Alfred Dreyfus
The Man at the Center of the Affair
ISBN: HB: 9780300254006,
Yale University Press,
March 2024
224 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 9 black&white illus.
224 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 9 black&white illus.
An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents.
On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting "Death t...
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16.99 GBP
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Beyond Ukraine
Debating the Future of War
ISBN: HB: 9781911723165,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2024
432 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
432 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked a major shift in thinking about the future of war. This book offers a comprehensive examination of its impact on visions of conflict.
War in the 21st century will remain a...
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45.00 GBP
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NATO and the Russian War in Ukraine
Strategic Integration and Military Interoperability
ISBN: HB: 9781911723141,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2024
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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How might the Western defence alliance turn Moscow's war on Ukraine from a major challenge into a basis for renewal?
For three decades after the Cold War, NATO member states no longer faced a major threat, and focussed on out...
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45.00 GBP
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Battleground
10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East
ISBN: HB: 9780300263428,
Yale University Press,
February 2024
320 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 13 maps
320 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 13 maps
The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East.
The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instea...
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18.99 GBP
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Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War
ISBN: PB: 9780300276718,
ISBN: HB: 9780300251029,
Yale University Press,
February 2024
472 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 25 black&white illus.
472 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 25 black&white illus.
A reminder that war is not always, or even generally, good for long-term growth.
Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to th...
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23.00 GBP
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35.00 GBP
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