New edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare
Victor Gordon Kiernan Books
A British Marxist historian with a particular focus on the history of imperialism. His work delved into the deep structures of power and their influence on world history. He explored how colonial systems were formed and evolved, and their impacts. His analyses offered penetrating insights into historical processes.
A Dictionary of Marxist Thought - Second Edition
- 672 pages
- 24 hours of reading
Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas.
Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare
- 312 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age.
Colonial Empires and Armies, 1815-1960
- 314 pages
- 11 hours of reading
A wide-ranging book which brings within a single view the wars which created Europe's empires. Beginning with the post-Napoleonic era, it presents all the major episodes of an often dramatic story in which the military agents of European imperialism met the peoples of the rest of the world in armed conflict.
Erudite, ironic, and global in its scope, this book is a definitive guide to the history of racism and Eurocentrism.