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This new work demonstrates how the outcome of the First World War has formed the modern world we live in today.

Professor Black traverses social, religious and geographical boundaries in a comprehensive account of one of Britain's richest historical periods.>

Starting his account at a time when Britain was poised to rule the world's oceans--and much of its land as well--prolific historian Jeremy Black details the nation's involvement in global affairs from the late-18th century to the present. AMilitary History of Britain is an account of military structures and cultures, and relevant socio-political contexts, as well as of conflicts. As in all of his writing, Black seeks to challenge conventional ...

Drawing on a wide range of British and foreign archival sources, this book tackles the role of Parliament in the conduct of eighteenth-century foreign policy, the impact of this policy on parliamentary politics, and the quality of parliamentary debates. It is also an important study for our assessment of eighteenth-century Britain, and also, more generally, for an understanding of the role of contingency in the assessment of political systems....

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What is total war? Definitions abound, but one thing is certain--the concept of total war has come to be seen as a defining concept of the modern age. Celebrated historian Jeremy Black explores the rise and demise of an era of total war, which he defines in terms of the intensity of the struggle, the range (geographical and/or chronological) of conflict, the nature of the goals, and the extent to which civil society was involved. He contends t...

Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefields. In a brilliant reimagining of the impetus and scope of eighteenth-century warfare, historian Jeremy Black takes us far and wide, from the battlefields and global maneuvers in North America and Europe to the military machinations and plotting of such Asian powers as China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. Europeans coined the term "strategy" onl...

A core introductory textbook that provides students with a concise overview of the full sweep of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh history, from pre-Roman times right through to the present day. Jeremy Black offers a balanced and absorbing account of a group of islands, their peoples, their extraordinary shared past and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. This is an ideal set text for dedicated modules on British History, or a s...

Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century, and here Jeremy Black examines travel on the Continent, the so-called "Grand Tour".

The second edition of Jeremy Black's War has been completely revised in the light of recent events in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The nineetenth century was a period of striking developments, and subject to a great pressure of change. This process of change is the primary focus of the book. Organised into a series of thematic chapters, Black and MacRaild's wide-ranging text offers the reader an analysis of numerous spheres of human history: politics, empire and warfare, economy, society and population, religion and culture. The book also offers considered treatment of Sc...

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This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making novel links with conflict and coercion, and moving away from teleological emphases. Naval developments and warfare are included, as are social and cultural dimensions of military activity.

Akkadian, comprising the Babylonian, Assyrian and Old Akkadian dialects, is the earliest known Semitic language, attested from the middle of the 3rd millenium B.C. until the time of Christ. It was widely adopted in the ancient Near East as a written vehicle for scholarship, literature, legal and diplomatic affairs. It is the language of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Code of Hammurapi, the inscriptions of the kings of Assyria and Babylonia and cou...

This is the second title in the new "Essential Bibliography" series: each volume features an essay by a noted scholar on an important issue or period in military history, and a complete bibliography for the subject. Each book is an all-in-one research tool for librarians, researchers and readers with a professional or hobbyist interest in pursuing further studies.This volume traces the demise of the Ottoman Turks, the rise of Russian power and...

A biography of the King, dealing with the politics, wars and domestic issues, using previously unpublished sources in Britain, Germany and the US, and his own correspondence.

This book offers an account of the life of one of the greatest statesmen of empire, William Pitt the Elder.

Expert and stunning illustrations show in painstaking detail the uniforms and their developments for all the major nations involved in World War I.

Black presents one of most wide-ranging and authoritative analysis of 20th-century warfare ever published.

In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and analytical approach to the history of warfare. Black takes the reader through the limits and prospects of culture as a tool for analyzing war, while also demonstrating the necessity of maintaining the context of alternative analytical matrices, such as technology. Black sets out his unique approach to culture and warfare ...