Libros de Jeremy Black

Geopolitics And The Quest For Dominance

• 352 páginas
• History and geography delineate the operation of power, not only its range but also the capacity to plan and the ability to implement. Approaching state strategy and policy from the spatial angle, Jeremy Black argues that just as the perception of power...

The Politics Of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels To The Big Screen

• The adventures and antics of James Bond have provided the world with many of the most gripping..

War And The Cultural Turn

• In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of..

War In The Eighteenth-century World

Eighteenth Century Europe, 1700-1789

• 458 páginas
• This new edition of this highly successful and influential work includes two entirely new chapters - on Europe and the wider world and on the Revolutionary crisis - and is extensively revised throughout. It offers a wide-ranging thematic account of the...

War In The World

• 264 páginas
• War was a central theme in the world history of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with military capability and activity central to its states, societies, economies and cultures. War in the World 1450–1600 provides an account...

The Age Of Total War, 1860-1945

• What is total war? Definitions abound, but one thing is certain—the concept of total war has come to be seen as a defining concept of the modern age. In The Age of Total War , celebrated historian Jeremy Black explores the rise and demis...

European International Relations 1648-1815

• Offering a thought-provoking combination of analysis and chronological coverage, this book offers an up-to-date treatment of a crucial period in the development of European international relations. The determined engagement with events in Eastern Europe...

Nineteenth-century Britain

• 368 páginas
• The nineetenth century was a period of striking developments, and subject to a great pressure of change. This process of change is the primary focus of the book. Organised into a series of thematic chapters, Black and MacRaild's wide-ranging text offers...

Modern British History

• 378 páginas
• Jeremy Black's compelling text provides a thematic account of British history centering on the twentieth century. To the traditional, chronological account of historic events, Black adds long-range thematic chapters reflecting the full range of topics....

War And The New Disorder In The 21st Century

• Jeremy Black’s book prophetically explores the realities of war in a globalized world where growing prosperity can increase the likeliehood of conflict and American power is likely to be increasingly challenged.

Public History

• 176 páginas
• To travel round the world is to be reminded of the very public presence of history, of the past as issue and identity. Yet this is widely underrated. Using History is the first book to tackle public, non-academic history for the student and general reader...

European Warfare, 1494-1660

• The onset of the Italian Wars in 1494, subsequently seen as the onset of ’modern warfare’, provides the starting point for this impressive survey of European Warfare in early modern Europe. Huge developments in the logi...

Reading Sumerian Poetry

• 218 páginas
• An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC. The account is structured around a complete English translation of the fragmentary Lugalbanda poems, narratin...

Maps And History

• 278 páginas
• Historical atlases offer an understanding of the past that is invaluable to historians, not only..

Why Wars Happen

• 272 páginas
• Black considers the causes of war from 1450 to the present, using global examples to illustrate his argument. This study bridges the disciplines of history, political science and international relations.

European Warfare, 1660-1815

• 234 páginas
• This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.