Military & Naval History

Graham Seel explores the period of turmoil in British history from 1637 and the latter part of the reign of Charles I to the restoration with Charles II in 1660. He discusses the political and religious crises as well as the key personalities...

This work is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949...

The actions and decisions of the Northern Department of the Foreign Office at a time of great international tension and conflict..

The later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have been acclaimed as the classic period of artillery fortification. This was an era when fortresses and fortress systems shaped the calculations of strategists and statesmen, and often dictated the course of campaigns. The age was one of almost consta..

The Seven Years War was a global contest between the two superpowers of eighteenth century Europe, France and Britain.  Winston Churchill called it “the first World War”.  Neither side could afford to lose advantage in any part of the world, and the decisive battles of the war ranged from ..

This is the first detailed account of the Invergordon mutiny based on the personal testimony of those involved on the lower deck. Particular attention is given to the way the affair was organized, both centrally and in individual ships, to the structure of command and to the flash points when the us..

This book argues that the Duce's aggressive war against the predominant Mediterranean powers, Britain and France, was the only means whereby Italy might secure access to the world's oceans...

The last decade of the Cold War witnessed the transformation of world politics with the collapse of one-party Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This book explains how it happened and why...

The Law and Society Canon..

First Published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book explores the reaction to the Manchurian crisis of different sections of the state and of a number of different groups in Japaneses society, particularly rural groups, women's organizations and business associations...