28,000 British soldiers went to fight for a relic of the Empire in a God-forsaken corner of the world, 15,000 km from home. Some died, others remained crippl...

A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hastings, Winston’s War captures the full range of Churchil...

From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles--...

Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. More than 56,000 British and Commonw...

On June 6, 1944, American and British troops staged the greatest amphibious landing in history to begin Operation Overlord, the battle to liberate Europe ...

Winston Churchill was the greatest war leader Britain ever had. In 1940, the nation rallied behind him in an extraordinary fashion. But thereafter, argues...

From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequ...

Every book by the great historian and writer Sir Max Hastings becomes an event. The author is known for his meticulous approach to research, the use of a hug...

Vietnam is another seminal work by Hastings, the bestselling author of World War I and World War II, a truly sweeping tale of an epic struggle. In his new bo...

In Europe, “The Second World War” by British military historian Max Hastings is the most famous and authoritative one-volume work on this war. In a dynamic, ...

The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history – 28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000 miles from home. At the time, ma...