Overview : Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker's highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically ab... Read More
Overview :The upheavals, terror, and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a grand scale, makin... Read More
Overview :From church establishment figure to revolutionary, supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte to promoter of the Bourbon Restoration, the twists and tu... Read More
Overview :Two hundred years ago, Napoleon was at the apogee of his power in Europe. This broad ranging reassessment explores the key themes presented ... Read More
Overview :At just thirty years of age, Napoleon Bonaparte ruled the most powerful country in Europe. But the journey that led him there was neither in... Read More
Overview :At the beginning of the eighteenth century Prussia was but one in a mosaic of German states, but it rose to be the unchallenged leader of Ge... Read More
Overview :The rise of Prussia and subsequent unification of Germany under Prussia was one of the most important events in modern European history.Howe... Read More
Overview :Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our mos... Read More
Overview :A superb new volume tracks Napoleon's ruthless drive for absolute power, from the post-coup years to exile on Elba In this second volume of... Read More
Overview : Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essa... Read More
Overview : Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among... Read More
Overview :In The Better Angels of Our Nature Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argued that modern history has witnessed a dramatic decline in human v... Read More
Overview :This comparative, global study of violence on the colonial frontier from 1780 to 1820 looks at four regions of the world: the expansion of B... Read More
Overview :Every since Talleyrand assumed a prominent role during the opening stages of the French Revolution, his intentions and motivations have been... Read More