Describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. This book traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations which resulted.

State-sanctioned art performed a key function, giving visual dimension to an abstract political ideology in totalitarian states. This book presents about 50 postcards from the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Spain, and China, between 1920s and the 1970s that look at the art of power and its expression at a time of political upheaval and experiment.

Analyses how Axis strategy evolved. Examining the Second World War on different fronts, this book asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, the Axis might even have won.

This book presents a positive assessment of democratic quality as it has developed in ten postcommunist countries.

The First World War was unique in being fought largely in trenches. Men ate, slept, fought, sang, prayed, and died there. This book brings together a collection of postcards which portray this strange subterranean world and provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of the men who fought one of the most gruesome wars in history.

Presents postcard images of lost emperors, kings and queens, czars and czarinas, princes, grand dukes, dukes, and duchesses. From the Balkans to the Iberian peninsula, this book features regal portraits that hint at the values of another era and capture something of the essence of the long-vanished world of international royalty.

Describes how four titanic figures (Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sir Alan Brooke, and the US Army Chief of Staff, General George C Marshall) shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. This book shows clearly the impact of personality upon history.

Which was the most brilliant of Napoleon's victories? How close did the Duke of Wellington come to losing the battle of Waterloo? What qualities made 'Stonewall' Jackson a battlefield commander of genius? This book presents a chronological survey of the 50 commanders of the early modern and modern worlds.

Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to win at least two of the others over in order to get his strategy adopted. The book traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the r

A dual biography of the greatest opposing generals of their age who ultimately became fixated on one another, by a bestselling historian.

Traces the development of the Berlin Wall - from its beginnings as a simple stretch of barbed wire to the daunting final structure made of concrete and containing over 300 watchtowers. This book contains images that capture scenes of tension and urgency.

The twentieth century has seen perhaps more political upheaval and change than any other period. This book presents a collection of unusual and surprisingly personal images of the individuals who influenced and shaped the course of the twentieth century in the political arena.

Part of the 'Making History Series' - 'Waterloo' is an exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world -- Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history.

A biography of Churchill's Foreign Secretary and Viceroy of India, by a bestselling historian.

Which was the most brilliant of Hannibal's 3 crushing defeats of Roman armies? What tactics did Julius Caesar employ to defeat Pompey at Pharsalus? What qualities made Attila the Hun a strategist of genius? Answering many such questions, this title offers a chronological survey of the 50 greatest commanders of the ancient and medieval worlds.

The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was one of the most important events of the 20th century. It has been studied from many angles, but never before from the visual perspective of postcards. This is a unique visual record capturing the fading splendour of monarchy and the mood of revolution which swept through the country

A dozen star historians on what might have happened at history's turning points ... if the dice had fallen differently.

Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century