External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these chall

External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these chall

The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on the continen

Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, this book charts a turbulent per

Focusing on three of the defining moments of the twentieth century - the end of the two World Wars and the collapse of the Iron Curtain - this volume presents a