The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire (Mitchell A. Wess)(Paperback)

The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire (Mitchell A. Wess)(Paperback)

The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical worldThe Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain

Rethinking American Grand Strategy (Borgwardt Elizabeth)(Paperback)

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy. What is grand strategy? What does it aim to achieve? And what differentiates it from normal strategic thought--what, in other words, makes it grand? In answering these questions, most scholars have

American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump (Brands Hal)(Paperback)

'Looking beyond the headlines to address the enduring grand strategic questions facing the United States todayAmerican foreign policy is in a state of upheaval. The rise of Donald Trump and his 'America First' platform have created more uncertainty about America's role in the world than at any time

The Habsburg Empire: A New History (Judson Pieter M.)(Paperback)

A EuropeNow Editor's PickA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 'Pieter M. Judson's book informs and stimulates. If his account of Habsburg achievements, especially in the 18th century, is rather starry-eyed, it is a welcome corrective to the black legend usually presented. Lucid, elegant,

A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918 (Kann Robert A.)(Paperback)

'An impressive achievement in a task of extraordinary difficulty...The outstanding asset of this work does not consist in in its comprehensiveness and objectivity, however, nor even in the wide knowledge and special expertise Kann can bring to bear from his early legal training, his formidable

Egon Schiele - The Egoist (Gaillemin Jean-Louis)(Paperback / softback)

Egon Schiele lived in Vienna during its last years as capital of the declining Habsburg Empire. Rejected by his family and hounded by society for his interest in young girls, he expressed through his art a deep and bewildering loneliness and an obsession with sexuality, death and

The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction (Rady Martyn)(Paperback)

The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New

On Grand Strategy (Gaddis John Lewis)(Paperback)

'The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader.'--The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades John

Red Prince - The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe (Snyder Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

Wilhelm von Habsburg wore the uniform of an Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the decorations of the Order of the Golden Fleece and, every so often, a dress. He spoke the Italian of his archduke mother, the German of his archduke

On Grand Strategy (Gaddis John Lewis)(Paperback / softback)

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 (Ingrao Charles W.)(Paperback)

Geographically and linguistically diverse, by 1789 the Habsburg monarchy had laid the groundwork for a single European polity capable of transcending its unique cultural and historic heritage. Challenging the conventional notion of the Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward, Charles W

Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (Hardt Michael)(Paperback)

In their international bestseller Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri presented a grand unified vision of a world in which the old forms of imperialism are no longer effective. But what of Empire in an age of 'American empire'? Has fear become our permanent condition and democracy an impossible

Thrawn: Treason (Zahn Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.'If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance.'Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset (Levine Philippa)(Paperback)

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was like under colonial rule, weaving the everyday stories of people living through the experience of colonialism into the

Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Mangament (Mintzberg Henry)(Paperback)

Strategy Safari, the international bestseller on business strategy by leading management thinker Henry Mintzberg and his colleagues Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel, is widely considered a classic work in the field. No other book synthesizes the entire history and evolution of strategic management

The Empire of Gold (Chakraborty S. A.)(Paperback)

The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) (Mitchell Stephen)(Paperback)

From Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator whose Iliad was named one of The New Yorker's Favorite Books of 2011, comes a vivid new translation of the Odyssey, complete with textual notes and an illuminating introductory essay.The hardcover publication of the Odyssey received glowing reviews:

The Currency of Empire (Barth Jonathan)(Paperback)

In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas.The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues,

Empire of the Moghul: Raiders From the North (Rutherford Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The first book in the gripping and brilliant Empire of the Moghul

Empire of the Moghul: Ruler of the World (Rutherford Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The Empire Project (Darwin John)(Paperback)

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a

The Illustrated Grand Grimoire (Lamba Aaman)(Paperback)

The Grand Grimoire is a foundational book of magic from the 19th century. The first portion of the book describes the process of evocation, and the making of a pact with Lucifuge Rofocale the Infernal 'Prime Minister' who controls all the wealth and treasures of the world. The second part of the

To Lose an Empire: British Strategy and Foreign Policy, 1758-90 (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

Bringing strategy, foreign policy, domestic and imperial politics together, this book challenges the conventional understanding as to why the British Empire, at perhaps the height of its power, lost control of its American colonies. Critiquing the traditional emphasis on the value of alliance

Hero of the Empire - The Making of Winston Churchill (Millard Candice)(Paperback / softback)