Over the past century, South Africa’s military has established itself in several defining battles and operations. Preferring manoeuvre over attriti...

Coloured as an ethnicity and racial demographic is intertwined in the creation of the South Africa we have today. Yet often, Coloured communities a...

'Liebe Mitstreiter', he says. Dear comrades in arms. Today we are going to learn about the sonnet. Berlin, 1962. Morale is at rock bottom in Eas...

Manners, order and respect... these are all ideals we subscribe to. In opposed positions, we ought to be able to 'agree to disagree'. Today's world...

'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times 'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York ...

In some settings, such as Ireland, contiguous Catholic and Protestant states are often not conducive to good relations or neighbourliness. In colon...

This delightful collection of photographs covers the first sixty years of Johannesburg's history. Like any pictorial urban history, most of the pho...

Kwa Mai Mai is the embodiment of everything Johannesburg is meant to be – the City of Gold, a place where dreams deferred come true. It is a conste...

Challenging Western depictions, this consideration of Moscow’s post-Cold War Africa policy takes into account both African and Russian decisionmake...

The evacuation of Kabul in August 2021 will go down in military history as one of the most unexpected events in modern times. In an eerie replay of...

From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past – and how they can inform its prese...

The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this his...

This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent ...

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)Cruel control freaks, ...

‘Reitz had the uncanny knack of living through the war as though leafing through the pages of an adventure story.’ T H O M A S PA K E N H A M , aut...

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one...

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MOST INFAMOUS PRISON IN HISTORY -- FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES AND THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR ...

The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sharing stories, dispersing knowledge, examining th...

'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows how central Winston and Randolph were to ea...

As a young Reuters correspondent, Bridgland revealed the secret invasion in 1975 of post-independence Angola by apartheid South Africa’s armed forc...

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first...

In his annual presidential address on 8 January 1986, ANC president Oliver Tambo called on South Africans to make apartheid ungovernable through mi...

'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday TelegraphIT IS THE DEPTH...

The South African Special Forces, or Recces, has always been known for their gruelling selection course that pushes soldiers to the ends of their p...

In January 1900, galvanised by the daring of the Boers in taking on imperial Britain, the young Russian officer Yevgeny Avgustus set off for the Tr...

Jan Smuts’s abilities as a general have been much denigrated by modern historians. However, he was no armchair soldier – the statesman courageously...

Dit is ’n sensitiewe, getroue, amusante vertelling oor die unieke ervarings van ’n Vrystaatse boeregesin tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog. Van die s...

'A fascinating and informative account of the BBC's first 100 years' Daily Telegraph 'A dramatic tale of innovation and determination' Guardian In ...

'Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors in a beautif...

This timely book examines how the South African National Defence Force has adapted to the new security, political and social environment since 1994...