In The Long Reach of the Sixties, legal historian Laura Kalman explores the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation battles of the late 1960s and early 1970s and shows how they have haunted-indeed, scarred-the Supreme Court appointments process ever since.

A controversial and sweeping re-examination of the First World War and its enduring consequences.

At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe. This book tells their story and recaptures the fear, chaos and chanciness of battle and uses various eye-witness reports.

Part of the "Longman Companions to History" series, this text examines the phenomena of nationalism in Europe between 1789-1920. Amongst the areas covered are the political, historical and geographical background context in which 19th-century nationalism developed.

Thomas Babington Macaulay's "History of England from the Accession of James II" was his masterwork and one of the great enduring classics of English historical writing. This book presents an introduction to Maculey's major work.

Originally published: as Britain's band of brothers. 2014.

Meriel Schindler tells the story of Cafe Schindler, blending memoir and family history.

Anticipating the centenary of World War I, a brilliant new history of the year it began- 'a year forever memorable' (Woodrow Wilson)- that examines the war and its causes through new eyes.

'This is history as it should be. It is stunningly written, I could not put it down. This is the best account of the French Revolution I have ever read.' Alison Weir, author of 'Henry VIII, King and Court'

Charles Lister, Arthur 'Ock' Asquith (the Prime Minister's son), and the poet Rupert Brooke, whose final hours Kelly witnessed. Olympic champion, composer, pianist, intellectual and leader of men - this is Frederick Kelly's incredible story.

The love lives of famous Europeans, as war approaches - from the bestselling author of 1913

Love of an Unknown Soldier is the publication of a series of intimate documents that were found in a dug-out of an abandoned gun position, resulting in an extremely moving love story.

Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship.

A prizewinning military historian explores a critical but overlooked cause for World War I: the staggering decrepitude of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The rivetingly bizarre stories of the passionate and eccentric Victorian collectors who braved war zones, revolutions, thieves and auction rooms to amass the great collections of nineteenth-century England: 'Yallop's flair for storytelling is evident at every turn.' Scotsman

In Citizen and Subject, Mahmood Mamdani challenges dominant views of the crisis of postcolonial Africa, particularly that the problems the continent faces are home grown. Citizen and Subject insists that the current crisis is the institutional legacy of colonialism.

A book from Cengage Learning on "Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, Volume II: Since 1914, International Edition".