Dark Path
The Structure of War and the Rise of the West
ISBN: HB: 9780300270686,
Yale University Press,
September 2024
448 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
448 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
From an esteemed military historian, a sweeping history of the revolutions in war-fighting that have shaped the modern world.
Heraclitus wrote that "war is the father of all", and it has formed much of the modern world. Although the fundamental nat...
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£30.00
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Battleground Ukraine
From Independence to the War with Russia
ISBN: HB: 9780300269468,
Yale University Press,
August 2024
352 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 black&white illus.
352 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 black&white illus.
The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion.
In 1991, after seventy years of imperial Soviet rule, Ukraine became an independent country. Since 202...
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£20.00
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Nelson's Pathfinders
A Forgotten Story in the Triumph of British Seapower
ISBN: HB: 9780300273762,
Yale University Press,
July 2024
272 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 41 black&white illus., 12 maps
272 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 41 black&white illus., 12 maps
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£25.00
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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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£18.99
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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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£18.99
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£25.00
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Five Days in London, May 1940
ISBN: PB: 9780300276510,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
256 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm
256 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm
The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of the twentieth century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. The decisiv...
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£9.99
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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
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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
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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
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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
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