After the unprecedented destruction of the Great War, the world longed for a lasting peace. The victors, however, valued vengeance even more than stability and
A superb history of the world's people during the last four million years, beginning before the human race moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other c
The First World War was a watershed in world history. Tragic but far from futile, its origins, events and legacy have roused impassioned debate, creating multip