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In The First Fleets, Benjamin C. Schaffer reveals how, contrary to widespread beliefs, the American colonies had a long tradition of independent naval defense decades before the Revolution. He demonstrates that Anglo-American governments established and maintained significant provincial naval forces and that the history of provincial navies illuminates broader aspects of colonial history and the colonies' ultimate break with the British Crown. Based on meticulous research, Schaffer recounts the sea-borne threats that American colonies faced from the French, Spanish, pirates, and others.

Covering the years 1920–1925, Without a Dog’s Chance is the first major study of Northern nationalists’ role in the Boundary Commission that they, and their allies in the Irish Free State, had hoped to use to end partition and destroy the new Northern state. For Northern nationalists, the partition of Ireland was an intensely traumatic event, not only because it consigned almost half a million nationalists to a government that was not of their choosing, but also because they regarded partition as the mutilation of their Irish citizenship and nationhood. Without a Dog’s Chance fills ...

Take a unique, poetic, look at the history, the characters and the places that have helped shape the great City of Edinburgh. Read, from a fresh perspective, the timeless tale of Greyfriars Bobby and the horrific story of mass-murderers Burke and Hare. Take a poetically guided tour around enchanting Holyrood Park. Hear of the blood-soaked histories of Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Chapel. Meet three of the world-renowned writers from the city, Scott, Stevenson and Conan Doyle. Read of Edinburgh's Hogmanay, of the founding-father of Floral Clocks, of Mayday on the mount and ...

This is the history of Scotland from the earliest times of human habitation to around the mid 14th century. This book details the long forgotten people and events that created the foundations of Scotland and, indeed, Britain - and explains why things are the way they are, exploring the roots of the long running antagonism between Scotland and England. Mistakes, successes, disasters, reasons as well as pinpointing the exact events that created such a long lasting rivalry between Scotland and its nearest neighbour. It also explains that after a bloody start forged in harsh times, how an ...

In this fascinating sequel to the ground-breaking publication of Broad Church in 2019, A Broad Church: Volume 2 reveals the true history of the Provisional Republican movement in the south of Ireland in the cataclysmic decade of the 1980s. This period saw a sea-change in the movement, with the political wing increasingly coming to fore of the republican struggle. This led to a rethink on the movement’s policy of abstentionism both within the military and political movements, culminating in the historic overturning of the policy in the Republic. This growing politicisation supplemented the...

This book provides an up to date introduction to the main debates surrounding the career, achievements and legacy of Oliver Cromwell. This book examines the factors that influenced Cromwell’s evolution from fenland farmer to civil war general and national leader. It also addresses the following key issues: Why was Cromwell so successful as a military commander? Is it possible to defend the methods he used in his controversial campaign in Ireland? Was Cromwell motivated by ambition or by his religious convictions? Was the Protectorate nothing more than a military dictatorship? What was the...