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Isaac Newton
Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of the …
Philosophising the Occult
Was it mere encyclopedism that motivated Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d.1210), one of the most influential Islamic theologians of the twelfth century, to theorize on astral magic – or was …
The Military Organization of Moldavia and Wallachia in the Phanariot Era, 1709-1821
In the summer of 1806, Charles-Fr d ric Reinhard (1761-1837), resident and general commissioner of France in the Romanian Principalities, stated that there weren't any armies in …
Life and Death of States
An intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world orderSprawled across the heartlands of Europe, the Habsburg …
Upton and the Army
Scorched Earth
A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crimeThe environmental infrastructure that sustains human societies has been a target and instrument …
Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done
On the eve of the Civil War, the Regular Army of the United States was small, dispersed, untrained for large-scale operations, and woefully unprepared to suppress the rebellion of …
Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution
Should become part of the increasingly varied repertoire available to everyone interested in the formation of the discourse of modern politics as well as specifically feminist …
Culloden and the '45
The Jacobite '45 rebellion was one of the greatest challenges to the eighteenth-century British state, and the Battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of the …
Culloden and the '45
The Jacobite ’45 rebellion was one of the greatest challenges to the eighteenth-century British state, and the Battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of the …
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards, Best History & Biography 2020 …