Few today can recall much about the Jacobites, other than Bonnie Prince Charlie, ‘the Young Chevalier’, and his noble defeat at Culloden…
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns’ book can, in essence, be divided into two distinct sections: his ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ officer days,…
I had thought I knew a lot about the First World War. Until I read this book. Then I discovered a yawning…
There can be little doubt that the export of opium from India to China by, among others, the Honourable East India Company…
It was less a pitched battle than a succession of accidental collisions; less a decisive trial of strength than a momentary eruption…
The American Military: a concise history is an essential introduction to the development of the US army. From the landing of the…
Anthony Richards uses first-hand testimony to recreate the dying moments of the stricken Lusitania on 7 May 1915.…
It is perhaps surprising that no one had written a history of the Commonwealth armies in the Second World War before this…
Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College London, has been described as ‘the outstanding British naval historian of his…
MHM has curated a list of 2018’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s MHM book awards. Our selection includes some…