Although many books have been published about the Western Front, few of them look beyond the Great War to consider trench warfare in a wider historical context.

New research highlighting the invention of new weaponry and its front-line combat use.

On May 25, 1863, after driving the Confederate army into defensive lines surrounding Vicksburg, Mississippi, Union major general Ulysses S. Grant and his Army o

How did technical advances in weaponry alter the battlefield during the reign of Queen Victoria? In 1845, in the first Anglo-Sikh War, the outcome was decided b

The World of the Siege examines relations between the conduct and representations of early modern sieges. The volume offers case studies from various regions in