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“brendan simms”

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  • Three Victories and a Defeat

    The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783

    by Brendan Simms ...
    'Studded with brilliant vignettes and arresting insights, Simms's marvellous narrative presents an original and provocative account not only of the rise and decline of British eighteenth-cetury imperial power, but also of the processes that formed the modern global system' Christopher ClarkThis highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain’s extraordinary scramble to world ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Europe

    The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present

    by Brendan Simms ...
    Half a millennium of European warfare brilliantly retold by masterly historian Brendan SimmsAt the heart of Europe's history lies a puzzle. In most of the world humankind has created enormous political frameworks, whether ancient (such as China) or modern (such as the United States). Sprawling empires, kingdoms or republics appear to be the norm. By contrast Europe has remained stubbornly chaotic ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Hitler

    Only the World Was Enough

    by Brendan Simms ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019A revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan SimmsAdolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms's major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Longest Afternoon

    The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo

    by Brendan Simms ...
    'A superb little book that is micro-history at its best' Washington Post'The brevity of this remarkable book belies the amount of work that went into it. One can only marvel at how well Professor Simms has gone through the original sources - the surviving journals, reminiscences and letters of the individual combatants - to produce a coherent and gripping narrative' Nick Lezard, GuardianThe true ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hitler's American Gamble

    Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War

    by Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman ...
    An “absorbing” and “visceral” (New York Times) account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United StatesBy early December 1941, war had changed much of the world beyond recognition. Nazi Germany occupied most of the European continent, while in Asia, the Second Sino-Japanese War had turned China into a ... Read more

    Was $25.99 CAD Now $21.99 CAD

  • The Return of the Great Powers

    by Brendan Simms ...
    From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the new rules of global leadership.“An exceedingly timely and very compelling book.” ―General David Petraeus, former director of the CIAFrom the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Cold War, global history was defined by rivalries between Great Powers. In the West, this meant the ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The New Makers of Modern Strategy

    From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

    by John Bew, Lawrence Freedman, Walter Russell Mead, Toshi Yoshihara, Matthew Kroenig, Hew Strachan, John H. Maurer, Michael Cotey Morgan, James Lacey, Eric Helleiner, Jonathan Kirshner, Iskander Rehman, Matt J. Schumann, Michael V. Leggiere, Charles Edel, Kori Schake, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Sarah C. M. Paine, Priya Satia, Margaret MacMillan, Williamson Murray, Robert Kagan, Tami Biddle, Brendan Simms, Francis Gavin, Daniel Marston, Guy Laron, Tanvi Madan, Sergey Radchenko, Thomas G. Mahnken, Christopher J. Griffin, Dmitry Adamsky, Carter Malkasian, Ahmed S. Hashim, Elizabeth Economy, Seth G. Jones, Sue Mi Terry, Jason K. Stearns, Joshua Rovner, Thomas Rid, John Lewis Gaddis, Eric Edelman, Andrew Ehrhardt, Mark Moyar, Antulio Echevarria ...
    The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD

  • Unfinest Hour

    Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia

    by Brendan Simms ...
    For most of 1992-1995, Britain stood aside while an internationally recognised state was attacked by externally-sponsored rebels bent on a campaign of territorial aggression and ethnic cleansing. It was her unfinest hour since 1938. Based on interviews with many of the chief participants, parliamentary debates, and a wide range of sources, Brendan Simm's brilliant study traces the roots of British ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Silver Waterfall

    How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway

    by Brendan Simms, Steven McGregor ...
    Eighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of MidwayThe Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and air force, so much so that it was quickly described as “a miracle.” Yet fortune favored the Americans at Midway, and the conventional wisdom has it that the Americans’ lucky streak continued as the war ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Return of the Great Powers

    by Brendan Simms ...
    'This bracing tour d'horizon of the once and future world order, although aimed at the informed layman, is well worth reading . . . Simms has done much to rescue the reputation of geopolitical writing, often the preserve of the charlatan, the witless pundit and the video gamer. His newest work is no exception'THE TIMES'Timely . . . thought-provoking'FINANCIAL TIMES<s... ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East

    by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms ...
    It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dragged in all the neighbouring powers. It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires. It inflicted suffering beyond belief and generated waves of refugees. No, this is not Syria today, but the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which turned ... Read more

    $46.79 CAD

  • Harfleur to Hamburg

    Five Centuries of English and British Violence in Europe

    Edited by DJB Trim, Brendan Simms ...
    Britain has historically been seen as an upholder of international norms, at least in its relations with western powers. This has often been contrasted with the violence perpetrated in colonial contexts on other continents. What is often missed, however, is the extent to which the state with its capital in London--first England, then Great Britain--inflicted extreme violence on its European ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD