The Seven Years' War, often called the first global war, spanned North America, the West Indies, Europe, and India. The author demonstrates how disease played a
The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the cent
First published in 1989. `The book is a distinguished work - of importance to students of governmental development generally. It is written in a fluent, non-tec
2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, History A provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today’s costly, endless wars
Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a commo