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The second edition of this classic work has been thoroughly revised, synthesizing the major work in the field, in all languages, up to the present day. Covering the horrors of the war, the contorted politics of the period and all the major figures, the new edition includes maps, a six-nation chronology, genealogies and an index which gives the birth-date and other pertinent facts about each person listed.

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A compelling subject, war is common to almost all known societies and almost all periods of history. The Cambridge History of Warfare is a comprehensive account of war in the West. The combined effort of seven leading experts, this book treats the history of all aspects of the subject: the development of warfare on land, seas, and air, weapons and technology, strategy and defense, discipline and intelligence, mercenaries and standing armies, c...

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Parker's demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago is a major historical achievement, and the contemporary implications of his study are equally important.

This book surveys the development of geo-political thought in the twentieth century and relates it to international political developments, as well as examining how sound geopolitical theories are. It considers the work of Mackinder, Hartshorne, and Haushofer and his disciples in Germany who influenced the Nazis, and of more recent developments including Marxist geographical writing.

Using the examples of the Ottoman Empire, Spain, Austria, France and Germany, this book describes the principal geopolitical features of the expansionist state. It then presents a model of the operation of the expansionist process over space and time. It goes on to apply the geopolitical characteristics of the model to the period after 1945 in order to assess the extent to which the Soviet Union might be considered as being an expansionist sta...

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Now in paperback, this is a history of an incomparable culture whose influence can still be seen, millennia later, in modern-day Iran and the wider Middle East. During the first and second millennia BCE a swathe of nomadic peoples migrated outward from Central Asia into the Eurasian periphery. One group of these people would find themselves encamped in an unpromising, arid region just south of the Caspian Sea. From these modest and uncertain b...

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A compelling biography of Europe's most powerful 16th century monarch , which draws on a recent extraordinary archival discovery of 3, 000 documents in the vaults of the Hispanic Society of America, unread since Philip's time.

Filippo II, figlio e successore di Carlo V sul trono di Spagna, grazie all'eredità paterna e alle sue proprie conquiste, fu il monarca più potente della cristianità. Questa biografia ne racconta la vita, sia pubblica che privata, e ne descrive il carattere fondandosi su una ricerca condotta su carte inedite.

Using the examples of the Ottoman Empire, Spain, Austria, France and Germany, this book describes the principal geopolitical features of the expansionist state. It then presents a model of the operation of the expansionist process over space and time. It goes on to apply the geopolitical characteristics of the model to the period after 1945 in order to assess the extent to which the Soviet Union might be considered as being an expansionist sta...

First published in 2013, this prize-winning and bestselling title analyses the crises that plagued the mid-17th century, wiping out almost one third of the global population. Abridged edition.

Facebook, PayPal, Alibaba, Uber-these companies have upended entire industries by harnessing a single phenomenon: the platform business model. Platform Revolution delivers the first comprehensive analysis of how platforms match producers and consumers in a multi-sided marketplace, unlocking hidden resources and creating new forms of value. Platform Revolution explores the what, how and why of this revolution and provides the first "owner's man...

Now available in a revised and updated version, this book examines Western warfare from antiquity to the present day.