'This bracing tour d'horizon of the once and future world order, although aimed at the informed layman, is well worth reading . . . Simms has done much to rescue the reputation of geopolitical writing, often the preserve of the charlatan, the witless pundit and the video gamer. His newest work is no exception'THE TIMES'Timely . . . thought-provoking'**FINANCIAL TIMES'Cuts through the...

Half a millennium of European warfare brilliantly retold by masterly historian Brendan SimmsAt the heart of Europe's history lies a puzzle. In most of the world humankind has created enormous political frameworks, whether ancient (such as China) or modern (such as the United States). Sprawling empires, kingdoms or republics appear to be the norm. By contrast Europe has remained stubbornly chaotic and fractured into often amazingly tiny pieces, with each serious att...

'A superb little book that is micro-history at its best' Washington Post'The brevity of this remarkable book belies the amount of work that went into it. One can only marvel at how well Professor Simms has gone through the original sources - the surviving journals, reminiscences and letters of the individual combatants - to produce a coherent and gripping narrative' Nick Lezard, GuardianThe true story, told minute ...

'A dazzling perspective on the current EU referendum debate' Prospect MagazineBritain has always had a tangled, complex, paradoxical role in Europe's history. It has invaded and been invaded, changed sides, stood aloof, acted with both brazen cynicism and the cloudiest idealism. Every century troops from the British isles have marched across the mainland in pursuit of a great complex of different goals, foremost among them the intertwined defence of parlia...

Die Briten und wir: Warum der Brexit nicht das Ende der britisch-europäischen Partnerschaft sein wirdEuropa hat in der Geschichte Großbritanniens stets eine wichtige Rolle gespielt. Seit Jahrhunderten mischen sich die Briten mit Lust in die Geschicke der europäischen Nachbarstaaten ein – und werden wiederum von den Ereignissen dort beeinflusst. In seiner fulminanten Geschichte der tausendjährigen, turbulenten Beziehung zwischen den Briten und Europa zeigt Brendan S...

'Studded with brilliant vignettes and arresting insights, Simms's marvellous narrative presents an original and provocative account not only of the rise and decline of British eighteenth-cetury imperial power, but also of the processes that formed the modern global system' Christopher ClarkThis highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain’s extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it...

Brought to you by Penguin.Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms's major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the threat of Bolshevism, but that of international capitalism and Anglo-America. These two fears drove both his anti-semitism and his determination to secure the 'living space' necessary to survive in a world do...

Ein radikal neuer Blick auf Hitlers Leben, Denken und HandelnDie wichtigsten Dinge, die wir über Adolf Hitler zu wissen glauben, sind falsch, das zeigt Brendan Simms in dieser umfassend recherchierten und thesenstark argumentierten Biographie. So kreiste Hitlers Denken nicht etwa, wie allgemein angenommen, um den »Bolschewismus«, sein wichtigster Bezugspunkt war vielmehr »Anglo-Amerika«, so Simms. Die Vereinigten Staaten und das Britische Empire galten Hitler als V...

For most of 1992-1995, Britain stood aside while an internationally recognised state was attacked by externally-sponsored rebels bent on a campaign of territorial aggression and ethnic cleansing. It was her unfinest hour since 1938. Based on interviews with many of the chief participants, parliamentary debates, and a wide range of sources, Brendan Simm's brilliant study traces the roots of British policy and the highly sophisticated way in which the government sought to minimise the crisis...

La vie d’Hitler est certes l’un des récits les plus stupéfiants du XXe siècle. Brendan Simms, dans une biographie originale, en renouvelle la perspective en mettant l’accent sur la dimension internationale du projet hitlérien autour de son lien puissant mais ambivalent avec l’Amérique et l’Empire britannique. Si sa relation avec le monde anglo-saxon fut au final conflictuelle, du fait de Churchill et Roosevelt, elle a été d’abord empreinte d’admiration et même de fascination. Cette dernièr...

'This bracing tour d'horizon of the once and future world order, although aimed at the informed layman, is well worth reading . . . Simms has done much to rescue the reputation of geopolitical writing, often the preserve of the charlatan, the witless pundit and the video gamer. His newest work is no exception'THE TIMES'Timely . . . thought-provoking'FINANCIAL TIMES

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019A revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan SimmsAdolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms's major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the t...