Close to Charing Cross station in London is the oddly named Ship and Shovell pub. Initially, this seems a strange combination, until…
The West Africa Squadron of the Royal Navy had more or less terminated the slave trade on the West African coast by…
Daniel Siemens’s excellent new history of the Sturmabteilungen — the SA; better known as the Nazi Party’s Stormtroopers or Brownshirts — includes…
My heart sank slightly when I was asked to review this book. I expected yet another dirge about needless casualties, poor generalship,…
Ulysses Simpson Grant is probably the most recognisable army officer in the pantheon of American history. He is, at the same time,…
Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of the war
When King Haakon of Norway, one of the many exiled leaders from occupied Europe in London during World War II, visited the…
Some of us still remember the time quite vividly. By the end of 1967, the United States had been involved in the…
The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s MHM…
MHM has curated a list of 2017’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s Military History Monthly book awards. Our…
MHM has curated a list of 2017’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s Military History Monthly book awards. Our selection includes some…