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Americans call the Second World War "the Good War." But before it even began, America's ally Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens-and kept killing them during and after …
In this definitive biography of father and son, an eminent historian "brings to life the full drama of ancient history" (Wall Street Journal)Alexander the Great's conquests …
A "thrilling" (Wall Street Journal) history of the Vikings by a pre-eminent scholar The Viking Age saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the world. As …
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from …
A leading historian reveals the never-before-told story of a doomed British prison and the massacre of its American prisoners of warAfter the War of 1812, more than five thousand …
The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and …
"A provocative, revisionist take on the Second World War" (Financial Times) by a prize-winning historianWe remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler …
An "exemplary" (Timothy Snyder, New York Times) history of the onset of World War IIFor Americans, World War II began in December 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for …
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near …