David Brown

A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784–1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine. He engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, engineered the defeat of the Russians in the Crimean War, and played a major...

The European Union, Counter Terrorism and Police Co–Operation, 1991–2007 examines the underlying foundations on which the European Union's counter-terrorism and police co-operation policies have been built since the inception of the Treaty on European Union. It questions both the effectiveness and legitimacy of the EU's efforts in these two critically important security areas. Given the importance of such developments to...

Based on the chart-topping BUSINESS WARS podcast and re-imagined using Sun Tzu's THE ART OF WAR as a guide, The Art of Business Wars features stories and lessons from history's greatest business rivalries, revealing why some companies triumph while others crumble. Business is a fight for survival. In business, as in war, leaders match their wills in pursuit of opposing...