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  • Belgium and the First World War

    by Henri Pirenne ...
    Translated by Vincent Capelle, Jeff Lipkes ...
    During World War I, Americans and British were riveted by the invasion and occupation of Belgium. Over 5,500 innocent civilians were executed in August 1914, over 2 million fled to the Netherlands, France, and Britain, and the 5 million remaining in the country faced mass starvation. The great medieval historian Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) provides a detailed, gripping account of the occupation. He ... Read more

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  • The German Empire

    A Short History

    by Michael Sturmer ...
    Series Book 4 - Modern Library Chronicles
    In The German Empire, one of Europe's great historians and men of letters chronicles one of history's most fateful transformations--Germany's rise from new nation to prime mover in the chain of events that sent it hurtling into two world wars.In 1871, Otto von Bismarck fused with "blood and iron" a motley collection of principalities, Free Cities, and bishoprics into one Reich. In England, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Concise History of France

    by Roger Price ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available ranging from the early middle ages to the present. Amongst its central themes are the relationships between state and society, the impact of war, competition for power, and the ways in which power has been used. Whilst taking full account of major figures such as Philip Augustus, Henri IV, Louis XIV, Napoleon and de ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Mike Rapport ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Napoleonic Wars have an important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries they provided the stimulus for radical social and political change - particularly in Spain, Germany, and Italy - and are frequently viewed in these places as the starting point of their modern histories. In this Very Short ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A History of Diplomacy

    by Jeremy Black ...
    In A History of Diplomacy, historian Jeremy Black challenges the conventional account of the development of diplomacy, devoting more attention to non-Western traditions and to the medieval West than is usually the case. By the nineteenth century a system of diplomacy was increasingly formalized. Black charts the course and evolution of ‘diplomacy’ in all its incarnations, concluding with the ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • A Brief History of France, Revised and Updated

    by Cecil Jenkins ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    When we think of France, we tend think of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris or the chic beaches of St Tropez. Yet, as the largest country in Europe, France is home to extraordinary diversity.The idea of 'Frenchness' emerged through 2,000 years of history and it is this riveting story, from the Roman conquest of Gaul to the present day, that Cecil Jenkins tells: of the forging of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Pursuit of Power

    by William H. McNeill ...
    "Remind[s] us that all humankind has a shared past and, particularly with regard to its choice of weapons and warfare, a shared stake in the future." —Stuart Rochester, The Washington Post Book WorldIn this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the ... Read more

    $22.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • France: A Short History (A Short History)

    by Jeremy Black ...
    Series Book 3 - A Short History
    A short and entertaining narrative of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities that helped create France’s cultural and political influence today.Country and destination, nation and idea, France has a rich and complex history that fascinates the world and attracts millions of visitors each year to its chateaux and cathedrals, boulevards and vineyards. In ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815

    by Hamish Scott ...
    Series series The Modern European State System
    The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815 examines a key development in modern European history: the origins and emergence of a competitive state system.H.M. Scott demonstrates how the well-known and dramatic events of these decades - the emergence of Russia and Prussia; the three partitions of Poland; the continuing retreat of the Ottoman Empire; the unprecedented territorial expansion of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Conquering Peace

    From the Enlightenment to the European Union

    by Stella Ghervas ...
    A bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer lasting peace.Political peace in Europe has historically been elusive and ephemeral. Stella Ghervas shows that since the eighteenth century, European thinkers and leaders in pursuit of lasting peace fostered the idea of European unification.Bridging ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • The Great Class War 1914-1918

    by Jacques R. Pauwels ...
    Historian Jacques Pauwels applies a critical, revisionist lens to the First World War, offering readers a fresh interpretation that challenges mainstream thinking. As Pauwels sees it, war offered benefits to everyone, across class and national borders.For European statesmen, a large-scale war could give their countries new colonial territories, important to growing capitalist economies. For the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450 - 1919

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    Though international relations and the rise and fall of European states are widely studied, little is available to students and non-specialists on the origins, development and operation of the diplomatic system through which these relations were conducted and regulated. Similarly neglected are the larger ideas and aspirations of international diplomacy that gradually emerged from its immediate ... Read more

    $102.99 USD