Historie og arkeologi

A pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture—“one of the few contemporary works …

An award-winning historian’s examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance   “Historically rich and superbly written.”—David J. …

An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged—and how to adapt to this new reality  “This brisk everyman’s guide—straight-talking and free of jargon—is a useful …

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field“A whistle-stop …

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western …

A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them   Benjamin Franklin once said, “There never was a good war or …

A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings In this magnificent book, distinguished …

The end of the Cold War was an opportunity – our inability to seize it has led to today’s renewed era of great power competition   1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring …

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demise   “A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell …

Nature’s Government is a daring attempt to juxtapose the histories of Britain, Western science, and imperialism. It shows how colonial expansion, from the age of Alexander the …