Long Shadow of German Colonialism
Amnesia, Denialism and Revisionism
ISBN: PB: 9781805260455,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2024
416 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
416 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A no-holds-barred account of how German society struggles with its colonial legacy.
From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in G...
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India's Near East
A New History
ISBN: HB: 9781805260615,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2024
480 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
480 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A revealing new history of India's faltering attempts to exert control over its eastern hinterland and the neighbouring states of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
India's near east encompasses Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Indian states...
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Fall
The Last Days of the English Republic
ISBN: HB: 9780300211498,
Yale University Press,
June 2024
464 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 15 black&white illus.
464 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 15 black&white illus.
Why did England's one experiment in republican rule fail?
Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658 sparked a period of unrivalled turmoil and confusion in English history. In less than two years, there were close to ten changes of government; rival armies o...
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Spycraft
Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration
ISBN: HB: 9780300267549,
Yale University Press,
June 2024
400 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 60 colour illus., 1 map
400 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 60 colour illus., 1 map
A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies – from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination.
Early modern Europe was a hotbed of espionage, where spies, spy-catchers, and conspira...
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How to Lose a War
The Story of America's Intervention in Afghanistan
ISBN: HB: 9780300266245,
Yale University Press,
June 2024
304 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 1 map
304 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 1 map
An incisive, authoritative account of the West's failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul.
In 1958, Richard Nixon described Afghanistan as "unconquerable". On 15th August 2021, he was proven right. After twenty years of intervention,...
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Victory at Sea
Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
ISBN: PB: 9780300276787,
ISBN: HB: 9780300219173,
Yale University Press,
June 2024
644 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 83 colour illus.
644 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 83 colour illus.
A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II.
In this engaging narrative, brought to life by marine artist Ian Marshall's beautiful full‑color paintings, historian Paul Kennedy grapples...
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Britain, 1947
Hope Amid Hardship
ISBN: HB: 9781911723219,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2024
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 12 illus.
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 12 illus.
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A poignant portrait of a decade of transformative change, chronicling how ordinary Britons confronted crisis, braved misfortune and found their place in the postwar world.
For the British people, 1947 was a momentous year. Fo...
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Realm of the Black Mountain
A History of Montenegro (New Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9781911723332,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2024
576 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
576 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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Montenegro was admitted to the UN as its 192nd member in June 2006, thus recovering the independence it had lost nearly ninety years earlier at the Versailles Peace Conference. This is the first full-length history of the count...
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Truth About Empire
Real Histories of British Colonialism
ISBN: HB: 9781911723097,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2024
304 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
304 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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Sharp, authoritative essays on the dark realities of Empire and the true historian's importance for democracy, amid history's appropriation by apologists, racists and culture warriors.
"The Truth About Empire" comes from expe...
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Into the Void
Special Operations Forces after the War on Terror
ISBN: HB: 9781911723158,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2024
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A critical analysis of how global special forces can and should evolve into a future-ready capability, responding to today's post-War on Terror challenges.
The moment in the sun for special operations sometimes appears to hav...
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