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A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress
Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age ...
The final decade of the Cold War, through the eyes of a laconic and elegant observer
In 1979 Richard Bassett set out on a series ...
The definitive history of Austria's multinational army and its immense role during three centuries of European military history
Among the finest examples of deeply ...
'A cracking good read... I will recommend this book to anyone' - Professor Richard Holmes, CBE
'The Falklands, Yom Kippur, Tet and Pearl Harbor? Avoidable intelligence ...
A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns ...
For this book, fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history and then explain ...
This book is absolutely incredible. It made me laugh more than any book in so many years. I found the writing just so unbelievably brilliant ...
A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them
Benjamin Franklin once said ...
In 1905 Japan and Russia were at war. With the Russian Far East Fleet destroyed, the Czar decided to send his Baltic Fleet half way ...
This book presents for the first time ever a chronological, detailed and richly illustrated account of the development of warfare in mainland Southeast Asia during ...
The tactics, technologies, and turning points
Discover the key themes and big ideas behind the major events and milestones in the history of warfare - from ...
