How I might have lived my life had I been an historian living in eighteenth century Britain.
Month: December 2020
Sherlock Holmes
Atlases aren’t dead yet
Tank Warfare
History on the box
Booklist Editor’s Choice for 2020
A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps was named a Booklist Editor’s Choice for 2020— calling it “the very best of the best.” See the full list.
Recent activity
The following may be of interest:
What do detective novels tell us about the period in which they were written? Podcast for The Critic.
Liberty’s Charter: the special significance of Magna Carta for Americans for The New Criterion.
Transnational history and the colonisation of a profession for The Article
High thinking & plain living. A review of The Athenæum: More Than Just Another London Club, by Michael Wheeler for The New Criterion.
Military Strategy. A Global History. Podcast for Strategy Bridge.
Ignorance on the Cam. The latest issue of University of Cambridge’s Alumni Magazine encourages ignorant rejection of Britain’s past. Piece for The Critic.
War and culture: the case of the Brontës, for The Article
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Short History of War
Out September 2021:
The Short History of War Yale University Press, 28 September 2021, £14.99,
HB. 9780300256512
Covers the history of war on a global scale, from ancient sources to possible future developments. Black traverses the broad significance of warfare and the way in which cultural understandings of conflict have lasting consequences in societies.
Jeremy Black 