The sixty-year reign of George III (1760–1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years’ War with France, the American War of Independence, the French ...
In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to the present in the form of contemporary crimes such as trafficking and bonded labour.
This is a book that is as important for its relevance to current world issues of conflict as it is for its thorough consideration of a monumentally significant aspect of human history.
A wide-ranging account of world military history in a period of substantial development, the book will be essential reading for those interested in global history and conflict.
This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century.
This book offers a chance to explore this crisis from the perspective of war and military institutions in a way that should appeal to those doing global history.
Black brings the book up to date with considerations of the current "war on terror" and the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
The book is forward-looking as well as retrospective, not least in encouraging us to reflect on how much the character of the present world owes to the Cold War.
Placing eighteenth-century warfare in a truly global context, Jeremy Black challenges conventional accounts and offers a reappraisal of debates in Western and Asian history.
Why Wars Happen is a groundbreaking inquiry into the crucial yet surprisingly understudied question of why wars occur.