Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for a Squadron engaged at the forefront of military activity for the past 100 years. With a number ...

The development of air transport in the early 20th Century led military strategists to examine the concept of inserting light infantry at key points behind enemy lines by air landi ...

This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a battle which decided the outcome of the ...

The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite t ...

This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain's Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. To ...

The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented scale, stretching across most of ...

'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' – Seventy-five years on the unforgettable words of Winston Churchill ring as powerfully as they did in ...

The Great War was the first 'Total War'; a war in which human and material resources were pitched into a life-and-death struggle on a colossal scale. British citizens fought on bot ...

On the declaration of war in 1939 the British Admiralty signalled all warships and naval bases 'Total Germany, Total Germany'.It was fortunate that of Germany's three armed service ...

The exceptional exploits, courage and leadership of British SOE Agent Trotobas have long been recognised in France but not in his own country despite being recommended for the Vict ...

Sue Wilkes reveals the shadowy world of Britain's spies, rebels and secret societies from the late 1780s until 1820. Drawing on contemporary literature and official records, Wilkes ...

The life of many combatants in The Great War was often short and brutish. But there were choices for some. Taking to the air was an attractive alternative to the slime, stench and ...

Världen har blivit bättre. Människor är friskare, rikare och lever längre. Men flykten från armodet har också skapat ett gap av ojämlikhet mellan människor och nationer. I denna bo ...

Ilmastonmuutos ja elinympäristöjen tuhoutuminen eivät ole ainoita syitä siihen, miksi niin monia eläinlajeja uhkaa sukupuutto. Halvan lihan kysynnällä on yhtä tuhoisa vaikutus. Dea ...

»En av världens mest inflytelserika tänkare i frågor om klimat och kapital.« Ola Söderholm En stridsskrift från en av samtidens mest främsta röster i klimatfrågor Betydelsen av s ...

”Jag får ofta frågan hur jag står ut med att bo i Ryssland, både av ryssar och västerlänningar. Varför bo och arbeta i ett land där vardagen är så fylld av besvär? Där byråkratin ä ...

"All that is loathsome, drooping, or decayed is here."In 1842 Dickens sailed to America to observe The New World that held such fascination for the English. He went to magnificent ...

"Their good humour and delight know no bounds - for it is a delightful morning, all blue over head, and nothing like a cloud in the whole sky."Under the pseudonym of Timothy Sparks ...

Termen som skapades redan i det sena 1800-talets turbulenta Ryssland beskriver sig själv: En sammetsdiktatur är något hårt invävt i nåt mjukt.Det mjuka i Ryssland är till exempel r ...

Det var en revolution när den unga generationen kvinnor på 1970-talet gick ut i yrkeslivet och bröt med det gamla hemmafruidealet. Och det väckte en strävan efter jämställdhet och ...

Vem var Sophie Sager? Hon var misshandelsoffret som blev kvinnorättskämpe, sömmerskan som blev författare, kvin­nan på barrikaden som blev husmodern i Brooklyn. Hon blev riksbekant ...

"The Homely Heroine" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping ...

John S. ‘Slew’ McCain was an old–school sailor. Wiry, profane, a cusser and a gambler, he reminded more than one observer of ‘Popeye.’ He was also a pioneer in the hard–hitting nav ...

A Mighty Fortress is the personal account of the Captain and crew of a lead bomber in the enormous formation raids made by the 8th Airforce during the last few months of the Second ...

At a time when international terrorism is the focal point of our concerns, a far more pressing threat has arisen to the balance of power in the world and ultimately to the security ...