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Book Review of <em>Marlborough’s America</em>

Stephen Saunders Webb. Marlborough’s America. The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History series. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013. ISBN 378-0-300-17859-3. Illu… more →

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Book Review of Marlborough's America — 2 comments

William Young wrote 1 week ago: Stephen Saunders Webb. Marlborough’s America. The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture … more →

Tags: Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Book Reviews, Anglo-French Wars, War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14), William Young, Book Review, Military History, Duke of Marlborough

The Battle Of Britain

Daniel wrote 1 month ago: Well its here! For those interested in joining our special “Battle of Britain and Bomber Comma … more →

Tags: General, battlefields, tours and travel, Destinations, History, military, Battlefields ; touring ; introduction ; guiding ; trave, Battlefield touring, Australian Battlefield destinations

Book Review of The Seven Years' War: Global Views — 3 comments

William Young wrote 1 month ago: Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman, editors. The Seven Years’ War: Global Views. History o … more →

Tags: Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), British Foreign Policy, French Foreign Policy, Book Reviews, Spanish Foreign Affairs, French Military History, Russian Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Austrian Military History

A Photo From the Crimean War, Part II — 2 comments

History Kicks Ass wrote 1 month ago: This collection of photos is so awesome. 1855 isn’t a time that I readily associate with lots … more →

Tags: Warfare and Armour, Modern history, european history, historical photos, Photography, History, Library of Congress database, Historical Photograph, Crimean War

Book Review of Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach — 1 comment

William Young wrote 2 months ago: Donald Stoker, Kenneth J. Hagan, and Michael T. McMaster, editors. Strategy in the American War of I … more →

Tags: American War of Independence (1775-1783), Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Naval History, Dutch foreign policy, Dutch Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy

Book Review of The Emergence of Britain's Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748 — 1 comment

William Young wrote 4 months ago: Richard Harding. The Emergence of Britain’s Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748. Wood … more →

Tags: Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), British Foreign Policy, Book Reviews, Anglo-French Wars, British Naval History, War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748), International History, William Young

Book Review of The War of American Independence, 1775-1783 — 1 comment

William Young wrote 5 months ago: Richard Middleton. The War of American Independence, 1775-1783. Modern Wars in Perspective series. H … more →

Tags: American War of Independence (1775-1783), Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, Spanish Foreign Affairs

Book Review of Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars — 3 comments

William Young wrote 5 months ago: Andrew Rothstein. Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars. ISBN 9 … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, Dutch foreign policy, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy, Great Northern War (1700-1721), Polish Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History

Book Review of England in the War of the Spanish Succession: A Study of the English View and Conduct of Grand Strategy, 1702-1712 — 1 comment

William Young wrote 6 months ago: John B. Hattendorf. England in the War of the Spanish Succession: A Study of the English View and Co … more →

Tags: Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14), Book Review, Godolphin, John B. Hattendorf

Book Review of The Global Seven Years War, 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Global Power Contest — 4 comments

William Young wrote 6 months ago: Daniel A. Baugh. The Global Seven Years War, 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest. … more →

Tags: Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), British Foreign Policy, French Foreign Policy, Book Reviews, French Military History, Seven Years War (1756-1763), Anglo-French Wars, British Naval History, William Young

Book Review of The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-56

William Young wrote 9 months ago: Andrew Lambert. The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-56. Second edition. Far … more →

Tags: Europe in the 19th Century (1815-1914), British Foreign Policy, Ottoman Wars, French Foreign Policy, Ottoman Foreign Policy, Book Reviews, French Military History, Russian Military History, Russian Foreign Policy

Diego Garcia: A Strategic Reassessment

65janestreet wrote 11 months ago: Whether the removal of the population at Diego Garcia during the building of a base there in 1966 wa … more →

Tags: Bureaucracy of Id, Biot, britian, British History, British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos, Chagos Archipelago, Cold War, Cold War policy

The Thin Khaki Line: The Evolution of Infantry Attack Formations in the British Army 1899-1914 — 1 comment

Ross wrote 1 year ago: The transformation of British infantry between 1899 and 1914 was one of the most striking developmen … more →

Tags: War Studies, First World War, Military History, 19th Century, Publishing, british army, military innovation, British Expeditionary Force, spencer jones

Officers at Play

Misstoricalfiction wrote 1 year ago: One could argue that early Londoners were very lucky to have the British military deploy several reg … more →

Tags: Roxanne Lutz, Mark Tovey, Upper Canada, British military in Canada, Canadian theatre, Canadian military artwork, MisstoricalFiction, Garrison theatre, Jane Austen Society

From Symposium to Book... — 7 comments

Ross wrote 1 year ago: Back in April, several of this blog’s contributors organised a Postgraduate and Early Career Histori … more →

Tags: War Studies, Military History, Naval History, Air Power History, Publishing, university of birmingham, military innovation, Barry Posen, Helion and Company

British Military History by Dave Roberts

melissaball86 wrote 1 year ago: The book I read to research this post was British Military History for Dummies by Bryan Perrett and … more →

Tags: History, Warfare, The Army, Military History

New Acquisition - Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

Rene Tyree wrote 3 years ago: I’ve made a number of new acquisitions over the past few weeks. I bought this book to assist w … more →

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American Military History, Book Reviews, Books, Civil War Command and Leadership, David Ben-Gurion, George Clemenceau, winston churchill

The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon by Jeremy Black

Rene Tyree wrote 3 years ago: The good folks at the University of Oklahoma Press forwarded a review copy of Jeremy Black’s n … more →

Tags: American Military History, book publishers, Book Reviews, Books, Jeremy Black, Napoleon Bonaparte, the war of 1812, University of Exeter, University of Oklahoma Press


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