One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert author of The Challenge. Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal turns his attention to... Lees meer.

Andrew Lambert author of The Challenge winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal turns his attention to Athens Carthage Venice the Dutch Republic and Britain examining how their identities as seapowers informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success di... Lees meer.

In the aftermath of the Second World War Churchill sought to lead Europe into an integrated union but just over seventy years later Britain is poised to vote on leaving the EU. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon here recounts the fascinating history of Britain s uneasy relatio... Lees meer.

The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy... Lees meer.

A fascinating geopolitical chronicle . . . A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called the watery part of the world. The Wall Street Journal In this volume one of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the... Lees meer.

Britannia s Auxiliaries provides the first wide-ranging attempt to consider the continental European contribution to the eighteenth-century British Empire. The British benefited from many European inputs - financial material and perhaps most importantly human. Conti... Lees meer.

The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy... Lees meer.

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Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction this unique study is first of all an effort to place a consequential airpower thinker in the context of the discourse. Since Professor Mets has been researching and writing about airpower his... Lees meer.

L Europe et la Revolution francaise. VII Le blocus continental le grand Empire 1806-1812 4e edition par Albert Sorel ...Date de l edition originale. 1904Sujet de l ouvrage. Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1789-1815Europe -- 1789-1815France -- 1789-1799... Lees meer.

Interpreting Russia s nineteenth-century colonial system in Alaska Russian America looks at how the Russians governed the indigenous people of their American colony and the ways in which they drew upon their experience in Siberia and other imperial models. From 1741... Lees meer.

A new succinct history of American expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War showing how an aggressive foreign policy went hand in hand with the rise of nationalism.... Lees meer.

In the aftermath of the Second World War Churchill sought to lead Europe into an integrated union but just over seventy years later Britain is poised to vote on leaving the EU. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon here recounts the fascinating history of Britain s uneasy relatio... Lees meer.

In this book Rodolphe Gasch returns to some of the founding texts of deconstruction to propose a new and broader way of understanding it not as an operation or method to reach an elusive outside or beyond of metaphysics but as something that takes place within it.... Lees meer.

Title. The Monarchies of Continental Europe. The Empire of Russia from the remotest periods to the present time.Publisher. British Library Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world s largest re... Lees meer.