The classic international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the second world warIn October 1942, a Panzer officer wrote ...

'Stands in the absolute first rank of books about the resistance in World War II. If you wish to read about a man more courageous and honourable ...

Sun Tzu was one of the greatest army generals who ever lived. He wrote The Art of War in the fifth century BC and yet his words are still resoundin...

Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential...

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.This richly illustrated deluxe gift edition presents S...

An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil w...

A short, brilliant account of the birth of the RAF for the centenary of its foundingThe dizzying pace of technological change in the early 20th cen...

'Lively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women's own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service' New Statesman'Dunlop is e...

This is the first general history of the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer or South African War in over fifty years, and the first to use in de...

At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well traine...

The First World War moulded the global landscape and had a lasting effect on much of the World. Where the majority of international research focuss...

Almost seventy-five years ago, MI9 dreamt up the most audacious escape and evasion plan of World War Two. Formulated by Airey Neave, one of the fir...

Tough, highly adaptable and efficient, the Parachute Regiment has established itself as one of the finest fighting forces in the world. On the occa...

Tough, highly adaptable and efficient, the Parachute Regiment has established itself as one of the finest fighting forces in the world. On the occa...

The Special Air Service was the brainchild of Scots Guards' officer Lieutenant David Stirling, serving with No 8 Commando. He advocated a specially...

It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated, cocky fightin...

'The most original of First World War centenary books; it is a travel narrative of rare resonance and insight' Sunday Times On a summer morning in ...

This authoritative, yet hugely readable, book traces the history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa they were not indigenous as were t...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015Emma Sky was working for the British Council during the invasion ...

**The New York Times Bestseller****The book of the landmark documentary, The Vietnam War, by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick**The definitive work on the ...

In 1776, American Patriots attempted to destroy the British flagship Eagle using a man-operated semi-submersible, the Turtle, in New York harbour. ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An intricately detailed, deeply sourced and reported history of the origins and growth of the cyberweapons ...

During the war, Geraldine Schwarz's grandparents were neither heroes nor villains - they just followed the current. Afterwards they wanted to forge...

Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the ...

Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered pa...

The internationally bestselling guide to the extraordinary human story, for the curious of all ages The world has existed for over 4 billion years,...

The currents of History run deep and often unseen beneath the everyday ripple of events. But now and again the current rises to the surface, and th...

People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely a...

Explore the world's most fascinating historical and contemporary buildings, from ancient pyramids to hi-tech skyscrapers, in this essential guide t...

THE INSTANT NYT BESTSELLER'Fascinating' - The GuardianA gripping account of the little-known plot that could have put an end to JFK's historic pres...

The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for the world. Since t...

''Exploring the past, bringing it to vivid life with wonderful prose . . . Pedder writes with perspicacity and sensitivity . . . We need more books...

The Poisoners is a history of four devastating chapters in the making of the region, seen through the disturbing use of toxins and accusations of p...

A detailed account of the rich history and resilience of the Bakwena ba Mogopa, one of the most important traditional communities in South Africa. ...

In 1856, a teenage girl led 40000 to their deaths in the Eastern Cape. When Treive Nicholas arrived in the 1980s to teach, he was captivated by the...

The formal colonial presence of the Netherlands, which lasted 150 years, had a huge impact on South Africa. Anyone walking around Cape Town and con...