Oxford University Press

Threats, Responses and StrategiesThis book offers an analysis of the threats facing the UK and its policy        responses, presented under the framework of the Government's National Security        Strategy. It contains opinions from leading figures across relevant agencies,        including the National Security Council and members of ACPO, as...

The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BCAlfonso Moreno presents a sweeping re-interpretation of the economy and society of        ancient Athens, showing how the city depended for its survival on a supply of grain        from overseas sources. The need for grain determined Athenian foreign policy,        prompting military...

Any organization must ask three interrelated questions in order to develop its strategy: where are we, where do we want to be, and how will we get there? Given today's realities, how should companies answer these questions? In this book, leading business school academics use their managerially-relevant research to explore these questions....

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What was the impact of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem on the history of western Europe? Colin Morris shows that the Holy Sepulchre had a vital influence on pilgrimage, the Crusades, the cult of the Cross, and art and architecture, as well as featuring in the emergence of hostility between Christendom and Islam....

Soldier, satirist, duellist, principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, tutor to the son of Sir Walter Ralegh, and Shakespeare's greatest contemporary, Ben Jonson was a complex and volatile character. Ian Donaldson's new biography draws on freshly discovered writings by and about Jonson to provide a vivid depiction of his remarkable life....