History

The interlocking themes of Establishment and Meritocracy are a crucial part of the intellectual compost that made Hennessy's generation of postwar Britons. The Establishment and the concept of a growing and eventually self-propelling meritocracy were always at odds, and the policies that brought it about dramatically altered British society.

1945 was a chaotic year, both for the world and for Winston Churchill. Soon after the death of Roosevelt, Churchill arrived at the Potsdam Conference expecting to broker peace with Stalin and Truman, only to find himself unable to attend the final summit sessions following a notoriously lopsided General ...

This work examines the heraldic rule that states that gold and silver, "Or and Argent" in heraldic terms, should never be put on or near one another. It researches how this rule came about, and whether it should be followed. A limited edition signed copy is available (ISBN 0-9-5715-36-5).

"Reflects on events that have transformed the Middle East between World War II and the Arab Spring, offering insight into the ""clash of civilizations"" that led to current hostilities and how world leaders can appropriately respond. By the best-selling author of What Went Wrong."

This is the story of Dunkirk and of the men who planned it (insofar as it was planned) and of the men who carried it out, and of their ships. He had the assistance of the men who were intimately concerned with planning and organising the operation.

From the Night of the Long Knives to his removal at bayonet-point from a broadcast centre during Anschluss and his coverage of the Nuremberg trials, William L. Shirer redefined the importance of journalism. Using new sources, The Long Night is the story of a maverick journalist's adventures and a new perspective on the Third Reich.

This timely book, published in advance of 2010's inter-governmental Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, makes available for the first time newly declassified government correspondence from David Owen's tenure as Foreign Secretary.

The author reveals all in an exposé, which makes a mockery of the military misconceptions that many people accept as the undisputed truth, offering such revelations as: there was no "Boston Massacre" and General MacArthur never promised "I shall return." Reprint.

A freewheeling, sharp-shooting indictment of a tech-besotted culture.

The first is to draw attention to the existence of a persisting and virtually unrecognised tradition of 'philosemitism' which manifested itself in Britain and elsewhere in the English-speaking world during every significant international outbreak of antisemitism during the century after 1840.

The Australian Bushrangers series by librarian and historical researcher, Jane Smith, details the colourful lives of six of Australia's most famous bushrangers of the gold rush era: Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Frank Gardiner, BenHall, and the two men known as `Captain Starlight'.

Provides an evaluation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC). This work is concerned with national politics, and takes into account the specific, local implications of the TRCs hearings and findings, with the uncensored voices of some of the survivors of human rights abuses, in whose name the whole exercise was undertaken.

“This book presents my analysis of the difficulties France faces. It outlines my proposals for putting France back on the path toward economic growth, social justice, and modernity. And it addresses many of the common domestic, international, economic, and social challenges that advanced democracies ...

Young Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. This title provides a translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey.

An insightful account of British Liberal leaders.

Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme is an edited collection of one hundred headstone inscriptions from those who paid the ultimate price during this infamous battle which marked a turning point in the public perceptions of the war in Britain.

Bruce Ware, Darryl Hart, John MacArthur, and others join the editors in calling evangelicals not to abandon their Reformational roots but to return to them.