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Two Continuum books shortlisted for the Longman/History Today Award 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm delighted to announce that two of our books have made it onto the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award shortlist this year.

The King's Jews: Money, Massacre and Exodus in Medieval England by Robin R. Mundill is an account considering the Jews of Medieval England as victims of violence and as an isolated people and Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army 1700 to 2000 by Charles Kirke pairs social anthropology and military history to look at the anatomy of the British army at unit level from a completely human perspective. 

If you haven't read these books, I hope you'll take advantage of the above links to the previews for each of them...

We wish both books luck!

Carly

The Battle of Britain - a day-by-day blog

Thought I'd share with you a blog that has been set up by one of our authors, Richard North, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. 

Written in the present tense, The Days of Glory blog takes a day-by-day approach to the narrative of the Battle of Britain, with the aim of drawing together events happening at sea and on land, as well as in the air, to present the events of the Battle of Britain as an integral whole.  As well as using sources already familiar to historians, Richard is making special use of the huge wealth of information now available online - pointing out that we have access to so much more source material now than ever before!  There's a really intersting break-down of Richard's approach at his About Us page, which details the archives etc he is using in his research.

Richard argues that by delving into these many layers of information and drawing it all together, the air battle itself is only a very small part of the whole story. 

Carly

War: A Short History - new in paperback with free online resources

It gives me great pleasure to kick off my first post on the brand new Continuum History Blog with news of another web-based treat for Continuum readers. The critically-acclaimed War: A Short History is released in a new paperback edition this week (in the UK) and we have managed to do what some considered impossible and what many believed at least improbable and make the book even better...

We have added a range of helpful online resources that will prove invaluable nuggets of information and interest for students, academics and general readers everywhere - and you don't even have to buy the book. And now, when reading the world-renowned history scholar Jeremy Black’s thoughts on non-western as well as western traditions of warfare, you can intensify your edification with a multiple choice quiz, sample material, chapter summaries, audio and video links, reviews and loads of other cool extras at the War: A Short History companion website.

The companion website even has some additional features for lecturers to log on and access in what is definitely the first and what will undoubtedly become one of the finest companion websites to grace the Continuum History list. ‘Read this’ book (Times Educational Supplement) and if that’s not enough...then go online.

You can also preview the book here.

Thanks for reading and take care,

Rhodri

Assistant Editor - General Trade and History Division

War Studies Reader: a preview and review

It's nice for one of our first posts on this blog to be on such a positive note as we introduce one of our most recently published books, War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond, edited by Gary Sheffield.  Gary will, I'm sure, be a familiar name to those of you with an interest in military history, as he currently holds the Chair of War Studies at the University of Birmingham.

In this reader, he introduces a selection of essays from experts that cover a wide spectrum of topics - including strategy, coalition warfare and ethics to name a few - in order to cover all of the areas students may come across in their studies. You can preview the book using the box to the left, or by clicking directly on this link.

PhD student Ross Mahoney has kindly reviewed the book over at the unofficial blog of War Studies students at Birmingham, Birmingham "On War".  Hopefully if you're a student or a lecturer you'll find his comments useful.  Overall, Ross comments 'This work is ideal for new students taking up the challenge of trying to understand the phenomenon of war and is highly recommended.'

Carly