While Europe’s great powers entered World War I with strong industries, advanced rail networks, and modern weaponry, the ...
Crescent Dawn is a highly readable and well researched military and political history of the Ottoman empire during its rise. The book is illustrated with eight clear maps, several family trees, and a ...
In his new book "Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire" (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BC to 609 BC) ...