With his description of the events at Portsmouth, Atkinson once again justifies a New York Times review of a previous volume which…
‘Waterloo’ – and especially variations of the phrase ‘to meet one’s Waterloo’ – have come to signify a firm, conclusive end to…
Tim Bouverie’s Appeasing Hitler strides boldly and confidently through a decade of British political and diplomatic history. Such history could be dull,…
Seventy-five years after the event, Market Garden continues to grip historians and readers alike. It is one of those great ‘might have…
It was less a pitched battle than a succession of accidental collisions; less a decisive trial of strength than a momentary eruption…
The Roman legions needed support. By the 1st century AD, the citizen legionaries of Rome, drawn primarily from Italy, were supplemented by…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
William F Buckingham has written what may become the definitive British account of the Battle of Arnhem. In a crowded field, Buckingham’s…
The American Military: a concise history is an essential introduction to the development of the US army. From the landing of the…
The generalship of Oliver Cromwell, England’s great revolutionary leader, has sometimes been criticised. Wrongly, argues Martyn Bennett, in this detailed analysis of…