War and the Past
David G. Chandler completes his series with a look at drill books and tactics.
Military
The Boer War Assembled
Denis Judd on a collection of essays on the South African War
War and the Past
David G. Chandler discusses the logistics of Military History.
Tsar Alexis Goes to War
The invasion of Poland by Tsar Alexis of Russia in May, 1654, marked the emergence of his country as a major European power. As Philip Longworth argues here, it was also to inaugurate, albeit indirectly, a decisive stage in the Westernisation of Russia.
The Fall of Lo-Yang
Arthur Waley profiles life and ideas in the 3rd century Chinese capital at the time of its capture and destruction by Huns.
Prelude to Civil War 1642
Mr Justice Malet and the Kentish Petitions by T. P. S. Woods
The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War
by Kenneth Stampp
Charles V and the Turks
The loss to the Turks of Constantinople, the ancient capital of the Eastern Empire, in 1453 had been a terrible blow to Christendom. It was the crusading dream of Charles V, argues Sinclair Atkins, to reconquer the Byzantine city.
Makers of the Twentieth Century: Hitler
Hitler's contribution to the history of the twentieth century has been one of destruction. The war he started in 1939, argues Jeremy Noakes, was to recast the pattern of our world irreparably.