This book presents an insightful and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the political context of the Bond books and films. Jeremy Black offers a historian's interpretation from the perspective of the late 2010s, assessing James Bond...

Ein Atlas der Superlative, der in punkto Wissensvermittlung Maßstäbe setzt: Die ideale Verbindung aus Karten- und Bildmaterial sowie fundierten Texten lässt die Entwicklung der Menschheit von ihren Anfängen bis heute lebendig werden. Der...

Städte sind Orte der Hoffnungen und Träume. Hier begegnen sich Fortschritt und Zerstörung, Chaos und Ordnung. Da wundert es nicht, dass Stadtkarten nicht nur zu den beliebtesten, sondern auch zu den ältesten Formen der Kartographie...

Dedicated fans of Jane Austen's novels will delight in accompanying historian Jeremy Black through the drawing rooms, chapels, and battlefields of the time in which Austen lived and wrote. In this exceedingly readable and sweeping scan...

Introduces and critically examines the debates surrounding the World War Two and its legacy in the modern world.

Jeremy Black examines war as a global phenomenon, looking at the First and Second World Wars as well as those ranging from Han China and Assyria, Imperial Rome, and Napoleonic France to Vietnam and Afghanistan. Today, as traditional...

Power of Knowledge von Black, Jeremy

Geschichte der Landkarte: Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart

A timely history of Britain's complex relationship with 'the Continent'. von Black, Jeremy

Jeremy Black explores the relationship between purpose, force, implementation, and effectiveness in military strategy. Taking a "total? view of strategy, Black looks at leading powers in their national and international contexts. He...

In 2016, Britain stunned itself and the world by voting to pull out of the European Union, leaving financial markets reeling and global politicians and citizens in shock. But was Brexit really a surprise, or are there clues in Britain's...

Rethinking Military History is a bold new 'thought book' that reconsiders military history at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The chapters provide a valuable and concise survey of the main themes in the study of military...